In a development adds another grave dimension to the conflict sparked by US-Israel strikes on Iran, UN-affiliated monitoring agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Israeli military of unlawfully using white phosphorus incendiary shells over residential areas in the Lebanon town of Yohmor, where its forces claim to be attacking Iran-allied group Hezbollah. Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, on Monday, March 9, 2026. The white phosphorus attacks took place a week earlier, said HRW. (AP Photo) Follow: Updates on the US-Iran conflict The HRW report released on Monday, March 9, said these strikes took place on March 3. It said it geolocated and verified seven separate images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions being deployed over the village. Live: What’s the situation in UAE, wider West Asia These included photographs posted to Facebook by the Civil Defense Team of the Islamic Health Committee in Yohmor, which is affiliated with Hezbollah. “The photographs show workers extinguishing fires on residential rooftops and in a car and smoke emerging from the …