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FelixCress OP ,

"since October, Israel has been spreading something else in southern Lebanon - choking, searing clumps of white phosphorus, contained in munitions.

The chemical substance ignites immediately on contact with oxygen. It sticks to skin and clothing and can burn through bone, according to the World Health Organization.

Moussa al-Moussa - a farmer stooped by his 77 years - knows only too well.

He says Israel fired white phosphorous shells at his land in the village of al-Bustan every day for over a month, robbing him of breath, and his livelihood.

“I had my scarf on, and I wrapped it around my mouth and nose until I was brought to the hospital,” he tells me, gesturing to the red and white keffiyeh – the traditional Arab scarf - on his head.

“We didn’t have any masks. I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t see a metre in front of me. And if you touch a fragment a week later it will ignite and burn again.”

The international campaign group, Human Rights Watch, has verified the use of white phosphorus over several populated areas in southern Lebanon, including al-Bustan.

It says Israel’s use of white phosphorus is “unlawfully indiscriminate in populated areas”.

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TWeaK ,

“Since October” and yet the article only talks about it being done in October/November last year.

dch82 ,

It’s sad that these kinds of headlines don’t surprise me anymore.

TheBigBrother ,

Nazionists do what?

scottmeme ,

Another war crime?

applebusch ,

I was going to make a speed running joke here but it made me sad so you get this instead.

TWeaK ,

Not so much another, this is about them using white phosphorous “every day for over a month” over a village in Lebanon back in October 2023.

I saw reports of them using white phosphorous in Gaza back in October 2023, Israel denied that’s what it was. It was only the one time, though, and I guess they stopped as all the cameras were looking that way. Apparently they didn’t stop so quickly in the other direction.

Kusimulkku ,

Did they change the headline? This is what I see now

Smoke on the horizon - Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to all-out war

victorz ,

Seems like an entirely different article now.

KoboldCoterie ,
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Just need to scroll down, the content about white phosphorous is in there; OP just neglected to name the post the same as the article, so it’ll likely get removed.

Linkerbaan ,
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This makes more sense. BBC would never put israeli war crimes in their title so bluntly.

TWeaK ,

The content about white phosphorous is also somewhat overblown. According to the person they interviewed, they used white phosphorous in Lebanon “every day for a month” back in October 2023. This was also around the time they were accused of using white phosphorous in Gaza.

Obviously any use of white phosphorous is reprehensible, and the fact that they were doing it more in Lebanon than in Gaza (where everyone’s attention was at the time) is even worse, but I think it’s hard to claim that the use of white phosphorous is what’s going to cause the current conflict to boil over.

Linkerbaan ,
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Matt Miller is on the job he asked israel to investigate themselves. Biden admin saves the day again.

TWeaK ,

Which president would do a better job?

NoIWontPickAName ,

Does someone else have to do a better job for us to be disappointed in what we got?

If someone walks in your door and shits on your face, do you ask who could have done it better?

TWeaK ,

I’m not saying people shouldn’t be disappointed with the US’ relationship with Israel, I’m merely saying that the blame for that shouldn’t be constantly lumped with the current president. People are chomping at the bit to say things like that whenever there’s a story about Israel, as if Biden was directly responsible for the situation and could oh so easily change things (with no other consequences).

Meanwhile, such bullshit directly aids Trump winning election shares. So the people complaining aren’t altruistic and making things better, they’re directly pushing towards something far worse.

This is different to someone walking in your door and shitting in your face. This is like your parents giving your friend permission to shit in your en suite toilet whenever they like, so long as they pay you for it in advance, with you accepting payment and then getting angry when they leave a particularly stinky poo that doesn’t flush.

Gotta love the discourse on Lemmy. So rational and well thought out. I’d love it if people would actually engage and argue the ideas, instead of just circlejerking with literal shit takes.

Linkerbaan ,
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Would you say the same thing if Trump was President right now?

TWeaK ,

About the US and Israel? Probably, assuming Trump’s admin did the same as every other.

Tramdan ,

You had me at kills civilians.

MonkderDritte ,

Again?

TWeaK ,

Looking through the article, it doesn’t suggest this is a new event. The photo is from October last year, where Israel was previously accused of using white phospherous, alongside an interview with a farmer who professes the same:

He says Israel fired white phosphorous shells at his land in the village of al-Bustan every day for over a month, robbing him of breath, and his livelihood.

So, not again, but more confirmation of the same previous event. Also, I wasn’t aware of it being done over Lebanon in October, and not every day for a month, I only saw the stuff about them using it one time in Gaza.

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