ISRAEL'S Toxic Legacy: White Phosphorus Bombs on South LEBANON
https://www.aljazeera.com/feat....ures/longform/2024/3
By Justin Salhani
Published On 25 Mar 2024
Beirut, Lebanon - Abbas Baalbaki, an Environmental Chemistry Researcher at the AMERICAN University in Beirut (AU, has been looking at White Phosphorous dropped by ISRAEL onto Lebanese Soil for nearly SIX Months!
Then, one day, a Sample he and a colleague were looking at Burst into Flames.
That should Not have happened. The Samples had been Dropped over Kfar Kila on October 17 and collected on November 10 AFTER it had Rained in the area.
They had been “Spent” for nearly a Month by the time Baalbaki tested them.
He had read All the Literature on WHITE PHOSPHOROUS and taken all the precautions - the Samples should Not have been Active.
“[They] began Emitting Fumes,” Baalbaki recounted to Al Jazeera.
A few Seconds of Exposure to the Fumes was Enough to give Baalbaki BRAIN FOG, Lack of Concentration, Extreme Headaches, Fatigue and Stomach Cramps for Days!
“I called my colleague and asked him How he was Feeling,” he said. “He had the Same Symptoms.
Israel's Toxic Legacy: White Phosphorus Bombs on South Lebanon
“I Hadn’t understood How Toxic it is.”
The WHITE PHOSPHOROUS Dropped on LEBANON, Baalbaki believes, Remains Active, Very Toxic and Flammable for Much Longer than Information on the Topic indicates.
He joins a chorus of LEBANESE Researchers and Experts WARNING that ISRAEL’s Tactics are Causing Long-Term and Potentially IRREVERSIBLE Damage to South LEBANON’s Environment, Agriculture and Economy, Potentially making it UNINHABITABLE.
Baalbaki had to Switch to Studying “Hazardous Substances, Foreign Substances that entered our Land, our Water, our Soil” since LEBANON’s Hezbollah and ISRAEL began trading cross-border attacks in the Wake of the latter’s WAR on Gaza.
The WHITE PHOSPHORUS Baalbaki is Testing is among the Weapons ISRAEL has Attacked LEBANON’s Southern Villages and Agricultural Land with.
On OCTOBER 7, Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,139 people, 👉and ISRAEL began Bombing Gaza in Retaliation, KILLING MORE THAN 32,000 People to Date.👈
On OCTOBER 8, Hezbollah launched Attacks on the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms, and ISRAEL Launched ATTACKS on Southern LEBANON.
By MARCH 6, 👉117 PHOSPHORIC BOMBS had been Dropped on Southern LEBANON, according to LEBANON’s National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS). ATTACKS Continue!
ISRAEL Claims it uses WHITE PHOSPHORUS Munitions to Create a Smokescreen on the Battlefield. But in Discussions about ISRAELI Use of WHITE PHOSPHORUS with Experts in a Range of Domains in LEBANON, a Common Theory Emerged: ISRAEL is using it as Part of a Larger Strategy to PUSH OUT CIVILIANS and make South LEBANON Uninhabitable, NOW and in the FUTURE.
Al Jazeera has reached out to ISRAELI Authorities seeking Comment on the Researchers’ Conclusions that their use of WHITE PHOSPHOROUS is Deliberate but has received No Response as of Time of Publication.
