Israel Deploys White Phosphorus Bombs in Southern Lebanon
- World news
- March, 26, 2026 - 14:37
Al-Mayadeen reported that the Israeli regime used white phosphorus bombs in strikes on the areas of Arnoun, Yohmor al-Shaqif and Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli regime launched its military aggression against Lebanese territory on March 2.
Lebanon's Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 1,094 people have been killed and 3,119 others wounded since the start of the Israeli regime's aggression on Lebanon.
In the latest wave of Israeli assaults on Lebanon over the past less than four weeks, more than one million people have also been displaced.
Separately, the use of white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon known to cause severe burns and long-term suffering, in populated areas has drawn sharp condemnation as a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
Human Rights Watch and other monitors have documented such deployments over residential zones, underscoring the regime's reckless endangerment of civilians.
This pattern of aggression, marked by mass killings, widespread displacement and the deployment of prohibited weapons, constitutes war crimes and crimes against humanity under established international statutes.
Such acts breach the Geneva Conventions and related protocols that explicitly prohibit the use of incendiary weapons in civilian areas and demand accountability for systematic attacks on protected populations.
Perpetrators of these offenses face potential prosecution through mechanisms including the International Criminal Court, where evidence of deliberate civilian harm and disproportionate force can lead to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.