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Israeli Troops Shelled Lebanon With US-Supplied White Phosphorus – Report
Israeli Troops Shelled Lebanon With US-Supplied White Phosphorus – Report
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The IDF purportedly shelled Lebanon with the toxic shells procured from the US at least once last month.
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Israeli Defense Force (IDF) troops firing across the border at targets in Lebanon is far from uncommon, especially amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, a recent report has claimed that Tel Aviv had no qualms about using white phosphorus ordnance in such attacks in October.According to the Washington Post, remnants of three 155mm artillery shells fired at the village of Dahaira in southern Lebanon not far from the Lebanese-Israeli border were found by one of their journalists.The three white phosphorus shells were reportedly fired by Israeli forces at Dahaira on October 16 during an attack that was later dubbed as the “black night” by the locals and which resulted in at least nine people being injured and at least four residences getting “incinerated.”The ordnance in question was apparently the M825 smoke rounds that are generally used to set smokescreens or to mark targets. The shells were produced and supplied to Israel by the United States, though it was not immediately clear whether they were provided to the Israeli forces before or after the Gaza Strip crisis began on October 7.Though such shells do have “legitimate use on the battlefield,” their contents can inflict “potentially fatal burns and respiratory damage,” and their use “near civilian areas could be prohibited under international humanitarian law,” the newspaper noted.
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Israeli Troops Shelled Lebanon With US-Supplied White Phosphorus – Report
The IDF purportedly shelled Lebanon with the toxic shells procured from the US at least once last month.
Israeli Defense Force (IDF) troops firing across the border at targets in Lebanon is far from uncommon, especially amid the ongoing escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, a recent report has claimed that Tel Aviv had no qualms about using white phosphorus ordnance in such attacks in October.
According to the Washington Post, remnants of three 155mm artillery shells fired at the village of Dahaira in southern Lebanon not far from the Lebanese-Israeli border were found by one of their journalists.
The three
white phosphorus shells were reportedly fired by Israeli forces at Dahaira on October 16 during an attack that was later dubbed as the “black night” by the locals and which resulted in at least nine people being injured and at least four residences getting “incinerated.”
The attack involved Israeli artillery lobbing white phosphorus munitions at Dheira in the evening and throughout the night, with the newspaper questioning this move since “smoke would have little practical use at night and there were no Israeli troops on the Lebanese side of the border to mask with smokescreens.”
The ordnance in question was apparently the M825 smoke rounds that are generally used to set smokescreens or to mark targets. The shells were produced and supplied to Israel by the United States, though it was not immediately clear whether they were provided to the Israeli forces before or after the
Gaza Strip crisis began on October 7.
14 November 2023, 19:37 GMT
Though such shells do have “legitimate use on the battlefield,” their contents can inflict “potentially fatal burns and respiratory damage,” and their use “near civilian areas could be prohibited under international humanitarian law,” the newspaper noted.
