TL;DR: Probably true
Lebanon: Evidence of Israel’s unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate date: October 31, 2023 author: ? publication: Amnesty International tags: Israel-Palestine
- used between October 10-16 on the town of Dhayra
- “indiscriminately used”
- “Amnesty International’s Crisis Evidence Lab analysed a video showing a crusted-over white phosphorus felt wedge reigniting in a resident’s backyard when poked with a stone”
- White phosphorus can reignite when exposed to oxygen, even weeks after it is deployed
- also used in Aita al-Chaab, al-Mari
- use banned by Protocol III of the Convention on Conventional Weapons
- talks about incendiary weapons, not WP specifically
Israel’s military responds to white phosphorus accusations with carefully worded statement date: November 2, 2023 author: Tamara Qiblawi, Florence Davey-Attlee and Sarah Sirgany publication: CNN
- dismissed Amnesty international’s claims
- Lebanon also accused them of burning olive trees, which IDF also denies
- “The IDF also said it does not use the incendiary weapon in densely populated areas, but added that “certain exceptions” applied.”
- “Human Rights Watch has also accused Israel of repeatedly firing white phosphorus at Lebanon since the escalation between the two countries began on October 8, sparked by the Hamas-Israel war”
- “Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have documented the use by Israel of white phosphorous in civilian areas in Gaza during previous rounds of fighting there. CNN also documented its use.”
- CNN has seen fire, smoke, burning olive fields
Israel: White Phosphorus Used in Gaza, Lebanon date: October 12 2023 author: ? publication: Human Rights Watch
- verified videos taken in Lebanon and Gaza
- Israel has used it before in 2008-2009 during Operation Cast Lead
- Gaza City’s port, Israel-Lebanon border
- 155mm white phosphorus artillery projectiles
- Snopes - October 13th
- this happened in the past in Gaza (2008), and that Israel later admitted it could have been used
- Israel committed in 2013 that it would stop using white phosphorus in populated areas except for “two narrow situations” that were kept secret
- Israel claims they’ve switched from WP to M150 HC munitions
- smoke trails, but no burning and all that other stuff
- shots fired during October don’t resemble M150
- Snopes has a bunch of pictures
- Reuters - October 13th
- Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using WP munitions in Gaza and Lebanon
- IDF denies using white phosphorus in Gaza (sus, why not mention Lebanon?)
- Reuters could not independently verify the rights group’s accounts