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-- hollow point bullets that expand in human flesh to maximize tissue and organ damage;
-- exploding or fragmenting bullets to tear apart human flesh and leave hard to remove metal fragments inside;
-- .22 caliber bullets designed to be less lethal but more deadly than rubber-coated ones that at times can maim or kill; and
-- 40 mm high-velocity tear gas rounds that resemble shells and explode internally for added velocity and impact; when fired directly at crowds, they're like missiles able to cause serious injuries and deaths.
Collective Punishment and Community Blackmailing
Collective punishment includes threats that it will continue as long as demonstrations persist. It also aims to divide communities, families in the interest of their children, hurt economically by destroying property, deny permits to hamper movement, and break the will to resist.
Violating Civil and Political Rights
As explained above, Israel employs a range of repressive tactics, including threats, physical pressure, curfews, blockades, isolation, arrests, property destruction, and targeted and indiscriminate killings on pretexts such as:
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