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White phosphorus munitions.

Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of using white phosphorus over residential parts of the Lebanese town of Yohmor last week, saying it "verified and geolocated seven images showing airburst white phosphorus munitions being deployed".

Israel's military said it "cannot confirm use of shells that contain white phosphorus". The army said its policy was not to use shells containing white phosphorus "in densely populated areas, with certain exceptions"

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The United States plans to release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over four months, beginning next week, the Energy Department said Wednesday evening. This is part of a coordinated effort by the International Energy Agency, whose 32 member countries have agreed to put additional oil supplies into the market to try to prevent prices from rising further because of the war in the Middle East.

Nevertheless, oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday evening, with Brent crude, the international benchmark, approaching $100 a barrel. Brent fetched less than $90 a barrel earlier in the day, before the I.E.A. announced plans for its members to release oil from their reserves.
 
Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said he warned Lebanese President Joseph Aoun that if Lebanon cannot control its territory and prevent Hezbollah from attacking and threatening residents of northern Israel, “we will take the territory and do it ourselves.”

Katz said he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to prepare for an expansion of its operations in Lebanon.
 
The war has caused “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. Global supplies are set to decrease by 8 million barrels a day, the I.E.A. said in its monthly report, with oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz plummeting to “a trickle” because of attacks on shipping vessels and energy infrastructure. On Wednesday, the I.E.A.’s member states agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves, the largest release in the agency’s history, to help offset the disruptions caused by the conflict.
 
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