Acknowledgments

This report was researched and written by Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst in the Emergencies Program of Human Rights Watch, Fred Abrahams, senior researcher in the Emergencies Program, Bill van Esveld, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division, Fares Akram, research consultant, and Darryl Li, consultant. It was edited by Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Division, James Ross, legal and policy director, and Ian Gorvin, senior program officer.  Matthew McKinzie created the maps and satellite imagery graphics and Digital Globe provided the satellite images.

Human Rights Watch thanks all the victims and witnesses who provided information for the report. Thanks also to the Palestinian and Israeli human rights organizations that provided assistance, in particular the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, Breaking the Silence, B'Tselem, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.

Human Rights Watch also thanks the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation for arranging the testing of samples taken by Human Rights Watch in Gaza, as well as the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) in Oslo, Norway, which performed the tests, and Ove Dullum of the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI).