Mohammad Hammud, in his late 70s, was at home with his wife in a south Lebanon border village when Israeli bombing hit. This time, the attack was different.
"Fire broke out in front of the house... there was a strange smell... we had trouble breathing," he told AFP by telephone from his village of Hula.
"We thought it was a regular bombing but when the emergency responders arrived they told us it was phosphorus and took us to hospital," he said.
The Israeli military and Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement have been exchanging near-daily fire since Palestinian militant group Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war.
Lebanon has accused Israel of using controversial white phosphorus rounds, in attacks authorities say have harmed civilians and the environment.
White phosphorus, a substance that ignites on contact with oxygen, can be used to create smokescreens and to illuminate battlefields.
But the munition can also be used as an incendiary weapon and can cause fires, horrific burns, respiratory damage, organ failure and death.
"Israel's widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk and contributing to civilian displacement," Human Rights Watch said in a report released Wednesday.
The rights watchdog said it "verified the use of white phosphorus munitions by Israeli forces in at least 17 municipalities across south........