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UN gets Israeli cluster bomb maps | UN gets Israeli cluster bomb maps |
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Israel has handed over details of where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war in 2006, UN peacekeeping forces have confirmed. | Israel has handed over details of where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war in 2006, UN peacekeeping forces have confirmed. |
The UN says Israel used some four million cluster bomblets on Lebanon, of which about a quarter did not explode. | The UN says Israel used some four million cluster bomblets on Lebanon, of which about a quarter did not explode. |
The data will be assessed and then passed on to the Lebanese army. | The data will be assessed and then passed on to the Lebanese army. |
The UN has repeatedly called on Israel to provide information to help speed up the clearance operation and prevent further casualties among civilians. | The UN has repeatedly called on Israel to provide information to help speed up the clearance operation and prevent further casualties among civilians. |
Most of the cluster bomblets were fired in the last 72 hours of the 33-day war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in July and August 2006. | Most of the cluster bomblets were fired in the last 72 hours of the 33-day war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in July and August 2006. |
According to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, about 300 civilians have since been killed or maimed by left-over munitions. | According to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, about 300 civilians have since been killed or maimed by left-over munitions. |
The majority of the victims were children, often from rural areas in south Lebanon, who had used the bomblets as toys. | The majority of the victims were children, often from rural areas in south Lebanon, who had used the bomblets as toys. |
Although cluster bombs are not illegal under the laws of war, campaigners say their use in populated areas constitutes an indiscriminate attack on civilians. | Although cluster bombs are not illegal under the laws of war, campaigners say their use in populated areas constitutes an indiscriminate attack on civilians. |
In a statement the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora confirmed that he had received a call from the Unfil commander General Claudio Graziano who informed him about the details Israel had provided. | In a statement the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora confirmed that he had received a call from the Unfil commander General Claudio Graziano who informed him about the details Israel had provided. |
Mr Siniora said the maps and locations should have been handed over immediately after the end of class="bodl" href="/1/hi/world/middle_east/7381389.stm">hostilities in 2006. |
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