US EditionHRW Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorous Over Lebanese Homes
Human Rights Watch verified seven images of white phosphorus airbursts over Yohmor, urging Israel to halt use due to risks of fires and civilian harm in residential areas.
- On March 9, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of unlawfully using white phosphorus over residential parts of a southern Lebanese town last week, citing the March 3 incident.
- Amid the escalation, the Israeli military ordered evacuations south of the Litani River and in Yohmor and 50 other villages on March 3, according to authorities.
- Verified images from March 3 showed seven airburst white phosphorus munitions and civil defense workers extinguishing fires in two homes and one car, consistent with M825-series 155mm artillery projectiles, HRW said.
- HRW urged Israel to prohibit airburst white phosphorus use in populated areas and called on states supplying Israel with weapons to suspend military assistance and arms sales.
- Looking beyond the incident, HRW and others have documented widespread use of white phosphorus, which can cause horrific burns, respiratory damage, and death, raising legal questions under Protocol III, which Lebanon has ratified but Israel has not.
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The NGO claims that its use is “extremely alarming” and will have “terrible consequences” for civilians
International NGO Human Rights Watch has reported Monday that the Israeli Army illegally used white phosphorous artillery ammunition in a bombing of residential areas in the town of Yohmor in southern Lebanon on 3 March.
Human Rights Watch says Israel dropped white phosphorus in southern Lebanon
Through geolocating and verifying seven images, Human Rights Watch said Israel fired white phosphorus using artillery at residential areas in the southern Lebanese village of Yohmor. Advocates say it is illegal to use white phosphorus under international law when the substance is fired into populated areas
The Israeli army unlawfully used the munitions with white phosphorus launched by artillery over settlements in southern Lebanon, in the city of Yomor, accused Human Rights Watch (HRW) of months in a communiqué taken by international press agencies. HRW claims that it verified and geolocalized seven images showing the munitions with white phosphor detonated in ...
The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) today accused Israel of using white phosphorus munitions in an attack on a residential area in the town of Johmor in southern Lebanon last week, foreign news agencies reported. The Israeli military has not yet responded to the accusations.
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