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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kareem Chehayeb

Amnesty International says Israeli forces wounded Lebanese civilians with white phosphorus

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The human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition.

The organization said it verified three other instances of Israel's military dropping white phosphorus on Lebanese border areas in the past month, but Amnesty said it did not document any harm to civilians in those cases.

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