The particles continue to burn unless deprived of atmospheric oxygen," it states in notes on the weapon. "These weapons are particularly nasty because white phosphorus continues to burn until it ...

"However, white phosphorus has a significant, incidental, incendiary effect that can severely burn people and set structures, fields, and other civilian objects in the vicinity on fire," the ...

White phosphorus is a highly incendiary substance ... Upon exposure to oxygen, it ignites and produces dense white smoke, causing severe burns upon contact with skin. The use of white phosphorous ...

"It fired white phosphorus repeatedly over densely populated ... a chemical weapon and is not banned per se, it ignites and burns on contact with oxygen and creates a smokescreen at night or ...

As an incendiary weapon, white phosphorus burns fiercely and can set cloth, fuel, ammunition and other combustibles on fire, and cause serious burns or death.

Beirut, Lebanon – Israel has intensively used white phosphorus on a strip in southern Lebanon that matches a zone its army has marked as a red “no go” zone on maps it distributes to Lebanese ...