Phosphorous Bombs News Today

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is not conducting a formal review of the Amnesty International report about Israel’s use of white phosphorous munitions in the conflict in Gaza, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said on Wednesday.

The United States is looking into reports confirmed by The Washington Post and two human rights groups that Israel attacked southern Lebanon with US-made white phosphorus shells, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.

Ukraines army posted a video of what it said were Russian planes targeting the Black Sea island Moscows troops left a day earlier.

A regional governor in northeastern Ukraine says a child was hospitalized after Russian forces used phosphorous weapons in a civilian area.

And this morning ukrainian president zelenskyy accused russia of using phosphorous bombs to terrorize ukrainian civilians. kylie atwood is live for us at the state department with more. kylie? >> reporter: thats right, brianna, this morning president zelenskyy claiming that the russians have used phosphorous bombs as part of their assault on ukraine. these are highly toxic, they create extremely, extremely horrific injuries if they are used. but technically phosphorous bombs arent culleactually ...

Zelensky accuses Russia of using phosphorous bombs, terror tactics

Deliver it not just even humanitarian supplies, even military supplies, the point is they have every right to protect its skies and we can say simply here is the path were flying and it is on russia if they challenge us. im just a believer that russia is going to escalate whether it is chemical weapons, god forbid tactical nukes, not strategic nukes, theyre going to escalate anyway if ukraine beats them versus, you know, somehow there is only theyll fight nato, i guess. >> by the way, we should ...