Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel is using white phosphorus in its military aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

Human Rights Watch confirmed that Israel is using white phosphorus in its military aggression on Gaza and Lebanon.

In a question-and-answer document released on Thursday, the group said that it “verified videos taken in Lebanon and Gaza on October 10 and 11, 2023, respectively, showing multiple airbursts of artillery-fired white phosphorus over the Gaza City port and two rural locations along the Israel-Lebanon border”.

White phosphorus, according to HRW, “has the potential to cause civilian harm due to the severe burns it causes and its lingering long-term effects on survivors.”

“Its use in densely populated areas of Gaza violates the requirement under international humanitarian law that parties to the conflict take all feasible precautions to avoid civilian injury and loss of life”.

White phosphorus “causes severe burns, often down to the bone, that are slow to heal and likely to develop infections,” the report reads.

This is not the first time Israel has used white phosphorus in a war against the besieged Gaza Strip.

read more: https://www.palestinechronicle.com/hrw-confirms-israel-is-using-white-phosphorus-in-gaza/

archive: https://archive.ph/aJhmK#selection-1209.0-1215.101

  • kbotc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    155·
    1 year ago

    So far it’s been used over the water (illumination of ships) and near the Lebanon border as a smokescreen. It’s literally in the linked article.

    • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Israel’s military said on Friday that it was “currently not aware of the use of weapons containing white phosphorus in Gaza”.

      If the uses are legal (unlike in 2009), why are they denying using WP (like in 2009)?