The U.S. military uses the munition for smoke screens and to light up battlefields. Rights advocates object to its use near civilians because the chemical burns human skin.
White phosphorus isn’t a war crime unto itself, and Ukraine has shown no evidence of breaching Protocol III on incendiaries. The way Israel is likely to use them, however, in an area dense with civilians and possibly even deliberately attacking civilians, would be a war crime.
White phosphorus isn’t a war crime unto itself, and Ukraine has shown no evidence of breaching Protocol III on incendiaries. The way Israel is likely to use them, however, in an area dense with civilians and possibly even deliberately attacking civilians, would be a war crime.