The summer of 2006 Israel left a deadly legacy in South Lebanon.
Approximately, 4 million cluster bombs were dropped on Lebanon in
the July 2006 war, of which around 1 million did not explode on
impact. Most of these bombs were dropped in the last 72 hours of the
war. To date, after 10 months, the battle area clearance
organisations have disposed of a total of 118,000 cluster bombs.
As of June 2007, 905 strike areas have been located in all,
covering an estimated 36 million sqm.
Clearing 100 sqm takes 10 battle area clearance operatives
between 30 and 60 minutes.
Since the war ended on the 13th of August 2006 until the 7th of
June 2007, 239 people have been injured or killed by unexploded
ordnance, the vast majority by cluster bombs.
Cluster bombs are delivered in dispensers by aircrafts and
rockets or in artillery shells. Each cluster bomb dispenser can
contain up to 650 cluster bombs.
When dispersed from an aircraft or a rocket the cluster bombs
will spread across an area app. 400 meters long and 200 meters wide
equalling 80,000 square meters.
Unexploded Bombs in Lebanon / Aftermath of 2006 Israel war
Living with Cluster Bombs in Lebanon, Documentary from
2007
Lebanon Cluster Bomb Documentary
Director Jawad Metni from Pinhole Pictures follows the Lebanon
Cluster Bomb Removal teams following the aftermath of the
Israel-Hisbullah War in 2006. A non-political inside look on the
sufferings and the dangers that the population in South Lebanon is
living. Host/Producer Zeina Yazbek interviews Jawad Metni with a
group of young Arab-Americans with Q & As, comments and
different
perspectives.
