Israeli occupation forces launched new attacks across southern Lebanon as rights groups documented 23 incidents involving white phosphorus munitions earlier this year.
Reposted from Palestine Chronicle , September 10, 2026
Key Developments
- Israeli artillery and airstrikes targeted several areas of south Lebanon overnight and Thursday morning, including Wadi al-Hujeir, Wadi al-Saluki, Mansouri and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.
- The Lebanese army said Israel has violated the June agreement approximately 7,700 times, including incidents involving Israeli fire near Lebanese army personnel and patrols.
- Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic documented 23 verified incidents involving Israeli use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon between March and May 2026.
Israeli Attacks Continue across South Lebanon
Israeli occupation forces carried out new artillery strikes, air attacks and explosions across south Lebanon overnight and early Thursday, despite the US-mediated agreement aimed at ending the fighting.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli artillery targeted Wadi al-Hujeir and Wadi al-Saluki overnight and at dawn.
Explosions were also heard in Mansouri in the Tyre district, where Israeli aircraft subsequently carried out an airstrike.
In the Nabatieh district, Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah toward Mayfadoun. Israeli occupation forces also carried out a “very large” explosion in Bani Hayyan in the Marjayoun district, according to the Lebanese national news agency NNA.
The attacks come as Israel continues to occupy Lebanese territory and carry out military operations despite the agreement.
The Lebanese army said Wednesday that Israeli occupation forces had violated the deal approximately 7,700 times since it was signed in June, including by opening fire near Lebanese military personnel and patrols.
Israeli forces have also advanced more than 10 kilometers into Lebanese territory during the current war, according to Anadolu news agency.
“Israel’s” use of white phosphorus in southern #Lebanon has renewed calls for stronger international rules governing the incendiary weapon, with 23 verified incidents between March and May 2026. #HRW #SouthLebanon https://t.co/1nR57E8hkn
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) September 10, 2026
23 White Phosphorus Incidents Documented
Separately, Human Rights Watch and the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School documented 23 verified incidents involving Israel’s use of white phosphorus munitions in south Lebanon between March and May 2026.
The findings were published in a report titled Burning Out of Control: The Inhumane Effects of White Phosphorus Munitions and the Need for Stronger Law.
The investigation drew on open-source evidence, legal analysis, 16 in-person and remote interviews, diplomatic monitoring and additional research.
“White phosphorus munitions can cause excruciating burns and lifelong physical, psychological, social and economic damage,” Bonnie Docherty, senior arms adviser at Human Rights Watch and a lecturer at Harvard’s International Human Rights Clinic, said.
White phosphorus ignites when exposed to oxygen and can cause severe burns. Particles embedded in wounds can reignite when subsequently exposed to air, including during medical treatment.
The report argued that Israel’s recent use of the munitions in Lebanon illustrates significant gaps in existing international law.
BREAKING:
Israel is burning the village of Haris in South Lebanon.
A centuries-old village is being deliberately set ablaze and destroyed in broad daylight — before the eyes of the entire world. pic.twitter.com/D3562ESmY3
— sarah (@sahouraxo) September 9, 2026
Rights Groups Call for Stronger International Law
Human Rights Watch and the Harvard clinic called for stronger international regulation of white phosphorus munitions, arguing that existing treaties fail to adequately address their humanitarian consequences.
The report assessed the weapons under the Martens Clause, a longstanding principle of international humanitarian law providing protections based on principles of humanity and the dictates of public conscience where specific treaty rules are absent.
Docherty called for states to ultimately pursue “a complete ban on the production, transfer and use of these weapons,” arguing that such a measure “would have the greatest humanitarian benefits.”
The groups urged governments to raise the issue during the UN General Assembly’s disarmament meetings in New York in October.
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