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Israel says white phosphorus use in Gaza "exceeded authority"
Israel said this weekend that two senior military officers were reprimanded for their role in the war in Gaza last year, in particular for their involvement in the highly controversial use of white phosphorus.
Drawn up by the Foreign Ministry after several months' work, Israel's 46-page response to the Goldstone report indicated that the two officers were reprimanded for "exceeding their authority in a manner that jeopardized the lives of others."
It notes that Gaza Division Commander Brig. Gen. Eyal Eisenberg, as well as Col. Ilan Malka, Commander of the Givati Brigade, were the subject of disciplinary action after their superiors found that they had overstepped their authority in approving the use of phosphorous shells.
But on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) denied that the two senior officers had been subject to disciplinary action, in contradiction to the report issued on Friday by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.