Gaza health ministry: Israel using banned weapons in Gaza

The Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday called for an international probe into what it described as "evidence" it had collected that Israel was using internationally-banned materials in its ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

The ministry said its personnel had reported the arrival at Gaza hospitals of persons with missing limbs and other serious injuries inflicted as a result of Israel's use by Israel of experimental Dense Inert Metal Explosive (DIME) explosives, which are internationally-banned.

In a statement, the ministry asserted that Israel was also using small "nail bombs," shrapnel from which causes serious injury to all parts of the body.

The ministry further contended that weapons being used by Israel in the Gaza Strip may contain radioactive materials that could have serious long-term health effects and pollute the environment.