Officials have said at least 173 in Lebanon have been injured by white phosphorus exposure in the past eight months.
An Israeli strike illuminates the sky above the southern Lebanese village of Khiam late on April 17, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.Israeli forces have deployed an extremely incendiary and dangerous wartime chemical across at least 17 municipalities, including residential areas, spanning the southern Lebanon border just since October of 2023, a new report finds.
“I had my windows open while driving, and the smoke went into the car,” one photographer told Human Rights Watch of his experience inhaling white phosphorus from one of several Israeli attacks on Kafr Kila. The substance also causes damage to buildings, vehicles and agricultural land, lighting homes on fire and contaminating land. Its effect on agricultural land is so severe that some experts have likened the use of white phosphorusUse of white phosphorus on residential areas is a violation of international law because of its indiscriminate effect on civilians.
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