White phosphorus bombs are an exceedingly cruel weapon.
Those who have used them, witnessed their effects, or directly suffered their damage hold no doubts about this point.
This weapon possesses the dual features of incendiary bombs and poison gas, contaminating even a tiny fraction of the body can result in being burned alive to a mummy, inhaling white phosphorus smoke can scorch the lungs and lead to the failure of internal organs, and even getting too close can risk asphyxiation due to oxygen deprivation. As for the victims who died from various white phosphorus bombs and the survivors who spent the rest of their lives with painful memories and disabilities, their experiences can only be described as "too dreadful for words."