If extinguished fragments get into the body, there's a risk of reignition due to exposure to oxygen. According to the Geneva Convention, the use of weapons containing white phosphorus is ...

However one wants to classify it (and it does make sense, on thinking about it, to classify phosphorus as a chemical weapon), the important thing to keep in mind is that white phosphorus is an ...

"These weapons are particularly nasty because white phosphorus continues to burn until it disappears. If service members are hit by pieces of white phosphorus, it could burn right down to the bone." ...

The Israeli army said it has launched an internal investigation into allegations about its use of white phosphorus weapons during its offensive in the Gaza Strip. White phosphorus is an incendiary ...

"There have been reports of the use of white phosphorus or other similar incendiary weapons. The WHO does not verify the type or provenance of weapons used", WHO Spokesperson Christian Lindmeier ...

The US State Department is investigating Israeli air strikes in Gaza and allegations that the IDF used white phosphorus in Lebanon ... for Israel and pause weapons deliveries as calls mount ...

White phosphorus weapons are not banned, but their use in civilian areas is considered a war crime. They create fast-spreading fires that are very difficult to put out. Russia has been accused of ...

White phosphorus is used in air-delivered bombs, cluster munitions, artillery shells and mines. Although incendiary weapons are classified as conventional weapons, but Convention on Certain ...

SYRIAN Kurdish militia accused Western-backed insurgents of using white phosphorus chemical weapons in attacks on residential areas. People’s Protection Units (YPG) spokesman Redur Xelil said late on ...