In Lebanon, Israeli use of white phosphorus has caused more than 134 forest fires over the last eight months.

“The fire was started by Israeli white phosphorus. It happened as the firefighters had just about contained the fire, the Israelis put some sort of accelerant on top of it,” Abdullah Derdghaya, station chief of the Tyre district civil defence, told TNA.

On Monday night, Israel launched shells at firefighters as they combated a wildfire caused by white phosphorus in the border town of Marwahein.

The New Arab News