The PHR team found no evidence of the use of as Dum-Dum type bullets, hollow point bullets,
or other expanding bullets. The confusion regarding the types of ammunition used by the IDF is
not unusual in situations where high velocity, M-16 ammunition, not previously in common use,
has been introduced. The massive tissue destruction caused by the release of kinetic energy
from these small projectiles which often disintegrate in the body produces a frightening clinical
presentation which greatly challenges the surgeons who must care for these patients. When
there are many such injuries, medical resources are stressed to the limit.
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