Sonic weapons cause severe physical harm and injury to civilian populations

Evidence

During five days in September 2005, the Israeli air force, flying over Gaza, triggered twenty-nine sonic booms so powerful that they smashed windows, cracked walls, and once even shook up people in Tel Aviv, almost fifty miles away. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 420

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 420
  • XREF: connects to: Modern militaries use directed extreme sound itself as a weapon against people — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 415; Certain low-frequency sounds can resonate with body organs and cause physical harm — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 45; Extreme battlefield noise can annihilate thought and reduce a person to helpless reflex — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 424

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