The Egyptian authorities suggested that the reported incidents were probably caused by napalm, not gas.

In the Tyre and Bent Jbail area, Israeli aircraft used napalm in shelling Chaqra. The bombing targeted a shelter housing more than 20 families in Majdal Silm, killing and wounding many.

In the context of the topic of the security of United Nations peace keeping forces, we stated that quot we remember with sadness the fatal casualties caused to peace keepers in Cyprus in 1974 as a result of the indiscriminate napalm bombing by the invading country apos s air force quot .

At its twenty seventh session, in 1972, the General Assembly considered this question under the item entitled quot General and complete disarmament quot and welcomed the report of the Secretary General entitled Napalm and Other Incendiary Weapons and All Aspects of Their Possible Use (resolution 29 32 A (XXVII)).