2023-10-31 12:36:12
Even when many countries have banned the use of white phosphor, it is no universal law, and their use is not generally prohibited. Israel also never signed the ban. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(12-2-46) Author
2023-10-31 12:53:51
NNN, the information in the post is factual - Israel has broken existing international law, regardless of whether they've decided to ratify it on national level. To simply state opinions regarding the post - please use the reply function instead NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(39-3-18) Author
2023-10-31 13:11:30
White phosphorus is used in munitions as an incendiary or to produce smoke screens. While controversial, its use is not in itself a war crime, and it is not included under the Chemical Weapons Convention. [Link] The image shows smoke artillery rounds, similar to these examples: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(38-0-47) Author
2023-10-31 13:27:50
"...the use of phosphorus bombs near populated areas/civilians is still a war crime, as humanitarian law requires military attacks to be selective. The command is obliged to distinguish between civilians and soldiers... which is impossible when using...in populated areas." [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-1-16) Author
2023-10-31 13:37:01
The use of phosphorus smoke grenades is not banned by any international law. Experts classify them not primarily as incendiary devices, but rather as concealment tools, given that their principal purpose is to generate a smoke screen. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(37-2-52) Author
2023-10-31 13:59:23
NNN. "The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon [...] it was an indiscriminate attack that injured at least nine civilians and damaged civilian objects [...]". So it was not just "smoke screen" used. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(36-0-16) Author
2023-10-31 16:12:13
While white phosphorus is not internationally prohibited, its use on civilian targets is. The post, by a human rights organisation, reports the indiscriminate use of such shells within a populated area. Within this context, notes are not needed. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(29-2-11) Author
2023-10-31 16:47:19
The use of white phosphorus may violate Protocol III (on the use of incendiary weapons) of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCCW) in one specific instance: if it is used, on purpose, as an incendiary weapon directly against humans in a civilian setting. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(20-1-13) Author
2023-11-01 01:26:47
The legal use of White Phosphorus in combat is limited to masking purposes, such as smokescreens. Incendiary munitions are illegal. Its use on civilian targets and densely populated areas, like Israel's use in Gaza as described by the article, are a war crime. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-14) Author