Two humanitarian organizations and an eyewitness who spoke to CBS News have accused Israeli forces of using white phosphorus shells in their bombardment of the Gaza Strip over the last week, in what ...

Senior Pentagon officials have recommended that the U.S. provide Ukraine with white phosphorus munitions for use on the battlefield, but the White House has rejected the idea several times, according ...

Russian invaders shelled Avdiivka, Luhansk region, with phosphorus shells on the evening of April 26 and on the morning of April 27. There was also an airstrike on the city this morning, one person ...

FILE - A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese village along the border with Israel, on Oct. 15, 2023. A global human rights ...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military is investigating whether its soldiers fighting in the densely populated Gaza Strip improperly fired shells packed with white phosphorus, a powerful ...

AMMAN — Residents of central Beirut have recently reported choking smoke and mysterious white particles falling from the sky after an Israeli strike, raising concerns that the controversial use of ...

One of the places most seriously affected by the use of white phosphorus was the main UN compound in Gaza City, which was hit by three shells on 15 January. The same munition was used in a strike on ...

Military spokeswoman Maj. Avital Leibovich refused to comment directly on whether Israel was using phosphorus, but said the army was "using its munitions in accordance with international law." Israel ...

White phosphorus is a solid, waxy man-made chemical which ignites spontaneously at about 30C and produces an intense heat, bright light and thick pillars of smoke. The US military says it used white ...