Cases / Law, regulation and treaties · Lebanon · 2024–2025
White phosphorus fires burned farmland across southern Lebanon
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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
Al Majalla reported that white phosphorus caused 812 fires and burned 2.4 million m2 of farmland in southern Lebanon. The sources reviewed do not describe soil or wildlife effects.
What?
White phosphorus fires burned farmland in southern Lebanon, Al Majalla reported. Al Majalla
Where?
Southern Lebanon Al Majalla
When?
2024–2025 Al Majalla
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
- Farmland in southern Lebanon — 2.4 million m2 burned completely Al Majalla
Harmed
None on recordWhy?
Al Majalla places the fires within Israel's war on southern Lebanon. Al Majalla
How?
White phosphorus; the sources reviewed do not say which party fired it. Al Majalla
6 of 6 questions answered from the record
What happened
The record, in order.
Al Majalla reported that white phosphorus caused 812 fires in Lebanon between 2024 and 2025.
The article reported that 2.4 million m2 of farmland burned completely.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- None on record The sources reviewed do not establish which party fired the white phosphorus.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not describe health or wildlife effects.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not say how the land has recovered.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
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