Firefighters in southern Lebanon have accused the Israeli military of deliberately igniting wildfires across olive groves, forests, and agricultural land in the nearly two months since the 17 June ceasefire, using drones, flares, and incendiary munitions including white phosphorus to start blazes.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military dropped flares into a wooded area near Khiam, sparking fires that drew firefighters before a nearby drone strike forced them to withdraw. A similar pattern emerged near Kfarchouba, where a drone dropped a munition into woodlands on Friday, and a second drone reignited the area on Sunday after crews had extinguished the initial blaze. Hussein Fakih, head of civil defence in the Nabatieh region, said 30 to 40 percent of land near the frontline has been affected by fires.
Hisham Younes, founder of the conservation group Green Southerners, [called the attacks an