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Israeli attacks burned 160 sq km of southern Lebanon's green land since 2023
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Israeli attacks have burned around 7,000 hectares (70 sq km) of agricultural land and woodland in southern Lebanon over a five-month period this year alone, bringing the total area affected by fires since 2023 to approximately 16,000 hectares (160 sq km), Lebanon’s Environment Minister Tamara al-Zein has said.
Zein said the latest damage, recorded between March and August, was equivalent to the area destroyed by fires unrelated to war over a period of five years.
The overall area burned since October 2023 – when the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel started – was equivalent to the damage caused by natural or deliberately started fires over a decade, she added.
Zein said fires had broken out almost daily across fields, orchards and woodland in southern Lebanon as a result of Israeli bombardment and the use of white phosphorus munitions.
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Israel #Lebanon
Israel Accused of Using Deadly White Phosphorus Over Homes in Lebanon
https://t.co/cO0qbzUPEd
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A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that they “cannot currently comment” on the claims made by HRW. They noted that the IDF uses smoke shells that may visually resemble white phosphorus, but which are used to create smoke screens, not to cause fires, adding that these smoke shells are “not used in densely populated areas, with certain exceptions.”
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Israel Accused of Using Deadly White Phosphorus Over Homes in Lebanon
https://t.co/cO0qbzUPEd
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A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that they “cannot currently comment” on the claims made by HRW. They noted that the IDF uses smoke shells that may visually resemble white phosphorus, but which are used to create smoke screens, not to cause fires, adding that these smoke shells are “not used in densely populated areas, with certain exceptions.”
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Israel #Lebanon
Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus
https://t.co/19ziBhfpuH
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White phosphorus can be used for multiple purposes, including to obscure, mark, signal, or directly attack military personnel and materiel. Concerns over its use in populated areas are amplified by the technique shown in videos of air-bursting white phosphorus projectiles, which spread 116 burning felt wedges impregnated with the substance over an area between 125 and 250 meters in diameter, depending on the altitude and angle of the burst, indiscriminately exposing more civilians and civilian structures to potential harm than a localized ground burst.
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Israel #Lebanon
What is white phosphorus and is it illegal? Israel accused of using weapon on Lebanon during Iran war
https://t.co/xO6YAFucYz
Israel has unlawfully released white phosphorous on homes in Lebanon, according to evidence found by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The organisation said it had verified and geolocated seven images showing an airburst of white phosphorous munitions deployed over a residential area in the southern Lebanon town of Yohmor.
Civil defence workers were also pictured responding to fires in at least two homes and one car in that area on March 3.
The global human rights group found the shape of the smoke cloud caused by the airbursts in the picture to be consistent with the “knuckle” made by the expelling and bursting charges of an artillery projectile that contains white phosphorous.
“The Israeli military’s unlawful use of white phosphorous over residential areas is extremely alarming and will have dire consequences for civilians,” said Ramzi Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at HRW. “The incendiary effects of white phosphorous can cause death or cruel injuries that result in lifelong suffering.”
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Thailand #Cambodia
Did Thailand Deploy Chemical Weapons Against Cambodia?
https://t.co/USNWMGdwRf
@WeTheBrandon, it is good to write about the use of WP in the @TheNatlInterest.
However, the #ChemicalWeaponsConvention (CWC) has no protocols.
The protocols you are referring to are part of the so-called Inhumane Weapons Convention, more formally known as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons or CCW.
So, I am afraid that you will have to rewrite part of your analysis. Sorry ...
#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Thailand #Cambodia
Cambodian Commander Struggles to Breathe After Exposure to Poisonous Smoke
https://t.co/pwjhSI37wi
A Cambodian frontline commander remains in serious condition in a Siem Reap hospital after claiming he was exposed to poisonous smoke during July’s five-day border clash with Thailand, according to his son.
While Thailand has rejected Cambodia’s accusations of using chemical weapons, its army recently acknowledged using white phosphorus, which can be used for creating smokescreens to conceal troop movements or as an incendiary agent to set targets on fire. It can also cause respiratory problems - sometimes fatal.
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #WhitePhosphorus #Thailand #Cambodia
Cambodia condemns Thailand’s use of white phosphorus
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“It is extreme that the Thai armed forces use white phosphorus to attack Cambodian soldiers and civilians during their clashes in Cambodia,” Senior Minister Ly Thuch, First Vice-President of the Cambodian Mine Action and Victim Assistance Authority, told Khmer Times yesterday.
“It is simply unacceptable, especially since such an act violates the international humanitarian laws. We really find it hard to understand how Thailand made such a decision.”
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#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #ThermobaricWeapons #China
China’s non-nuclear hydrogen bomb generates fireball to burn targets at 1800°F: Report
https://t.co/DU26Cihz39
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According to the team, the blast itself is not as powerful as more conventional explosives in terms of blast pressure, yielding around 40% of the equivalent TNT. But it can release far more heat and lasts much longer.
While the weapon cannot deliver the quick punch that more conventional chemical explosives do, it acts more like a blowtorch, providing a slower, more sustained, and super-hot hit.
Another interesting side effect of the explosive is that it doesn’t just explode; it also acts like a kind of thermal chain reaction that lasts as long as it has fuel to sustain it.
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Producing magnesium hydride was once a challenging and hazardous process, typically conducted in small laboratory batches. However, China has recently built a factory capable of producing 150 tonnes per year, utilizing a safer and cheaper method.
This weapon has some other potential benefits beyond its destructive capabilities. Since it is not nuclear-based, for example, it can be developed without breaching nuclear treaties.
If fully developed and deployed, it would also introduce a new class of thermal weapons that can fry electronics, melt armor, or torch an area for denial purposes.
International rules have failed to prevent a grow in use of incendiary weapons; we support @hrw's call for immediate action to protect civilians.
#incendiaryweapons #whitephosphorous
Read the report here: https://t.co/HoVGdycl4q
Incendiary weapons cause excruciating burns, respiratory damage, and lifelong suffering.
There has been a dangerous increase in the use of incendiary weapons over the past year, having been used in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Syria. https://t.co/S9o24EJnjO
Pleased to join NGO #IncendiaryWeapons statement to #UNGA79 #FirstCommittee⚠️👉🏼https://t.co/o6VuhMS4W2 #StopKillingCivilians @timjonesbooks @WeavingHouse @ronnykareni @MarnieLloydd @AWoodward_NZ @Phosphor_Abyad @dasafo123 @karlyannburch @ScoopNZ @UN_Disarmament @explosiveweapon
The chapter written by @marywareham of @hrw highlights that #IncendiaryWeapons are being used in at least four conflicts, putting civilians at risk. Find out more in our #FirstCommittee Briefing Book: https://t.co/6Xxwqm8sjb
💡Did you know that #napalm #thermite #whitephosphorus & other #IncendiaryWeapons are not banned to this day?
🔥IW burn through humans, objects, the environment
💧often hard to extinguish
🏥🌳horrific #humanitarian & #environmental consequences
❌should be banned ASAP!
#ChemicalWeapons #IncendiaryWeapons #UkraineRussiaWar
Innovative drone drops molten thermite on hidden positions in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
https://t.co/p9kMuldZVf
Video footage showed what appeared to be a drone raining down fiery, white-hot metal on unseen soldiers hidden in a treeline. The drone hovers, and slowly, methodically, 'breathes' a stream of fire, tentatively identified as molten thermite, up and down the hidden positions.
Both Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels have claimed responsibility for the terrifying new drone innovation. The Ukrainian military-focused media outlet Defense Express wrote that the drone had been deployed by Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade, adding that the video was taken near the village of Ukrainske, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The most terrifying development in drone warfare I’ve seen thus far. Makes FPVs with unitary warheads look like a walk in the park.
The POV videos of incendiary rockets cascading burning magnesium and thermite were horrifying, but this is next level.
💡Did you know that #napalm isn’t banned? Neither is #WhitePhosphorus !
We held a roundtable on #IncendiaryWeapons w/experts discussing this burning issue. 🔥
See what the issue is & what needs to be done from our @duric_kristina👇
#BanIncendiaryWeapons
#StoptheBurn
Banning incendiary weapons, including white phosphorus, is realistic and urgent. Read Kristina Đurić's discussion of the critical need to address the gaps in the current legal framework governing these weapons here:
https://t.co/H5J3Nm6HUL
#WhitePhosphorus has grave incendiary effects, indiscriminately harms civilians, causing excessive harm during attack & for decades after. It should be banned asap with all #incendiaryweapons !
Check out the @hrw report on WP use & harm in 🇱🇧 by 🇮🇱 https://t.co/Xd6bfQ8wuW
NEW: Israel's use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at risk and contributing to displacement.
HRW verified the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in at least 17 municipalities in south Lebanon since Oct. 2023. https://t.co/K9WpgX1Ppc
📅 12Dec
🕛 12:00 CET
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Join us for a panel discussion on #IncendiaryWeapons & #WhitePhosphorus
Read more 👇
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#IncendiaryWeapons + #WhitePhosphorus facts
☄️Deep & excruciating burns
👶Children more vulnerable
💥Higher risks for clearance & destruction ops for decades after
❌No military objective justifies the harm
📢 Ban all IW including #WhitePhosphorus
https://t.co/Rq3FOtYKkM
1️⃣ Good progress at #UNGA, but work remains to be done on #AutonomousWeapons
2️⃣ #EWIPA univrs.&impl. cannot wait
3️⃣ Discuss & ban #IncendiaryWeapons, incl. #WhitePhosphorus
4️⃣ #APMine use never justified
Read our full #CCWUN statement 👇
📢Hear our @RWeschke on the latest from #CCWUN & what we have to say to states about #AutonomousWeapons
#EWIPA
#IncendiaryWeapons &
#protection of #civilians
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