Israel’s buffer zone, created by bombing Lebanon with white phosphorous
Israel hit southern Lebanon 191 times with white phosphorus.
A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese village along the border with Israel [File: Hussein Malla/AP Photo]
Some earlier pictures:
Structures in Lebanon are hit by artillery shells containing white phosphorous fired by the Israeli Army as seen from Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
#Israel's apparent use of #WhitePhosphorous in the suburbs of #Beirut tonight reminds the world yet again the #genocidal #apartheid regime's deliberate strategy of #terror and suffering on civilian populations of its neighbors. White phosphorous causes 4th & #5thDegreeBurns on contact with human tissue, and its use in such a densely populated neighborhood would represent another in a long litany of #WarCrimes and #GraveBreaches of #CustomaryInternationalHumanitarianLaw
Why is #Israel using flammable toxic #WhitePhosphorous to contaminate and de-populate Lebanon rendering South Lebanon uninhabitable and killing its olive groves?
Human Rights Watch: Lebanon: Israel’s White Phosphorous Use Risks Civilian Harm
#HumanRightsWatch documents #Israel's illegal use of #WhitePhosphorous over civilian space in #Lebanon since October 2023.
These weapons are outlawed under Protocol III of the #GenevaProtocols, which is merged into International Law (applying to all countries, signatory or not,) and whose enforcement is required of signatory nations such as the #USA and #Canada.
Israel's widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement. Human Rights Watch verified the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in at least 17 municipalities across south Lebanon since October 2023, including 5 municipalities where airburst munitions were unlawfully used over populated residential areas.
Israeli forces have illegally dropped white phosphorus munitions on densely populated residential areas in southern Lebanon, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. White phosphorus, which poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering, was dropped by Israel over at least 17 municipalities in Lebanon since October 2023. Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health says at least 173 people have been injured in the white phosphorus attacks, which have also caused hundreds of forest fires in Lebanon. “It can burn down to the bone and cause lifelong suffering,” says Ramzi Kaiss, a researcher at Human Rights Watch. “This widespread use is putting civilians at grave risk and also contributing to displacement.”
Israel's widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement. Human Rights Watch verified the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in at least 17 municipalities across south Lebanon since October 2023, including 5 municipalities where airburst munitions were unlawfully used over populated residential areas.
The Israeli military’s widespread use of white phosphorous munitions in its cross-border attacks on southern Lebanon is placing civilians at grave risk, and adding to the further displacement of local people, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
In a new report, the New York-based global rights group said it had documented the use of white phosphorous by Israel in attacks on at least 17 municipalities in southern Lebanon since October 2023.
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