{"id":11311,"date":"2026-03-09T14:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=11311"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:22:03","slug":"hrw-accuses-israel-of-using-white-phosphorus-in-populated-areas-of-southern-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=11311","title":{"rendered":"HRW Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorus in Populated Areas of Southern Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Beirut (HRNW)-\u00a0Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Israeli military of firing white phosphorus shells in populated areas of southern Lebanon, which is considered a violation of international humanitarian law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">According to HRW, verified images show that shells were fired over residential areas in Yohmor on March 3, causing at least two houses to catch fire. Ramzi Qais, a Lebanon researcher at HRW, stated that white phosphorus burns upon contact with oxygen, endangering homes, agricultural land, and civilians, potentially leading to deaths and serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The report also geo-verified photos and videos confirming that artillery-fired white phosphorus shells targeted residential areas. The situation in Lebanon remains tense, with 394 people martyred, over 1,000 injured, and millions displaced due to ongoing Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">HRW has called on Israel\u2019s allies, including the US, UK, and Germany, to suspend arms supplies to Israel and conduct an investigation into the attacks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Support independent journalism and human rights reporting.<br \/>\nDonate here:<\/em><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/\">https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/donate-us\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beirut (HRNW)-\u00a0Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Israeli military of firing white phosphorus shells in populated areas of southern Lebanon, which is considered a violation of international humanitarian law. According to HRW, verified images show that shells were fired over residential areas in Yohmor on March 3, causing at least two houses to catch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11313,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11311\/revisions\/11313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}