NNA - Caretaker Environment Minister Nasser Yassin wrote today on platform “X”: “4.6 million square meters (462 hectares) were burnt by the Israeli enemy’s shells and phosphorus weapons on the border towns in southern Lebanon, which ignited more than 100 fires that spread over vast forest areas that have high environmental importance, including agricultural lands and tens of thousands of olive trees."

He added: "We will file a documented complaint against the scorched earth policy and the use of phosphorus shells pursued by the Israeli enemy."

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