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2024-08-03 22:20:15 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

While not banned internationally, there are rules about illegality of its use in some situations. The CN should add a qualification that "although use of white phosphorus is not internationally banned, Israel has been plausibly accused of using it illegally in southern Lebanon. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/lebanon-evidence-of-israels-unlawful-use-of-white-phosphorus-in-southern-lebanon-as-cross-border-hostilities-escalate/

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• While not banned internationally, there are rules about illegality of its use in some situations. The CN should add a qualification that "although use of white phosphorus is not internationally banned, Israel has been plausibly accused of using it illegally in southern Lebanon. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/10/lebanon-evidence-of-israels-unlawful-use-of-white-phosphorus-in-southern-lebanon-as-cross-border-hostilities-escalate/