Lebanese firefighters, residents, and environmental groups have accused the Israeli military [7] of deliberately lighting wildfires across the areas of southern Lebanon it occupies, with some labelling it "ecocide [8]." According to the reports, up to 40% of the land in areas close to the front line has been burned by Israeli drones, flares and munitions since June, with firefighters in some cases attacked as they attempted to respond. (TNH [10])
See our reports on the initiative to make ecocide [11] an international crime [12],
