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  • Hula, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Mahmoud Yahoub, 35, a sheperd, lost his left heel and was seriously injured to both legs by shrapnels from a Israeli cluster bomb submunition on 26 august, 12 days after the end of the war. He was wounded near his village as he was guarding his sheeps. His mother Fatima Fares, 83, never leaves his side.

  • Hula, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Mahmoud Yahoub, 35, a sheperd, lost his left heel and was seriously injured to both legs by shrapnels from a Israeli cluster bomb submunition on 26 august, 12 days after the end of the war. He was wounded near his village as he was guarding his sheeps.

  • Hula, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Mahmoud Yahoub, 35, a sheperd, lost his left heel and was seriously injured to both legs by shrapnels from a Israeli cluster bomb submunition on 26 august, 12 days after the end of the war. He was wounded near his village as he was guarding his sheeps. His mother Fatima Fares, 83, never leaves his side.

  • Hula, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Hezbollah flags, martyr posters and Hassan Nasrallah pictures celebrate 'The Divine Victory' against Israel according to the Hezbollah leader.

  • Blida, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Ali Hassan, 11, was seriously injured to both legs by shrapnels from an Israeli cluster bomb sub-munition after the end of the war. He was wounded while playing in the village together with 3 other children: his sister Sohar Hassan, 10, Abbas Abbas, 5 and Ahmad Shibli, 11.

  • Blida, South Lebanon, September 2006.Unexploded Israeli M77 cluster bomb submunition inside a village..During the 33 days war, Israel shot more than a million of such submunitions in South Lebanon, most of them during the last 3 days as the cease-fire had already been agreed; it is estimated that due to the age of these weapons (many of were US manufactured during the Vietnam war) as well as because of their poor design, between 30% and 60% didn't explode and are now as many uncharted landmines..Their use is strictly prohibited in civilian areas by international laws such as the Geneva convention.

  • Blida, South Lebanon, Sept. 2006.Ahmad Shibli, 11, was seriously injured in the abdomen (liver, kidney) and in the left arm by shrapnels from an Israeli cluster bomb sub-munition after the end of the war. He was wounded while playing in the village together with 3 other children: Sohar Hassan, 10, Abbas Abbas, 5, and Ali Hassan, 11.

  • Blida, South Lebanon, September 2006.Unexploded Israeli M77 cluster bomb submunition inside a village..During the 33 days war, Israel shot more than a million of such submunitions in South Lebanon, most of them during the last 3 days as the cease-fire had already been agreed; it is estimated that due to the age of these weapons (many of were US manufactured during the Vietnam war) as well as because of their poor design, between 30% and 60% didn't explode and are now as many uncharted landmines..Their use is strictly prohibited in civilian areas by international laws such as the Geneva convention.

  • Tyr, South Lebanon, September 2006.Ali Awan El Numeiri, 55, a sheperd, was seriously injured to both legs, the abdomen and both hands by shrapnels from a Israeli cluster bomb submunition on September 11, 28 days after the end of the war. He was wounded near his village as he was guarding his sheeps.

  • Kafra, South Lebanon, September 2006.The village Mosq was totally destroyed on August 8 by a massive Israeli bomb; Zeydan Sbeity, 57, the village muezzin, was staying in the basement of a house nearby and declares that there was no one left in that part of the village and no Hezbollah fighters or weapons in the vicinity at the time of the attack.

  • Kafra, South Lebanon, September 2006.The village Mosq was totally destroyed on August 8 by a massive Israeli bomb; Zeydan Sbeity, 57, the village muezzin, was staying in the basement of a house nearby and declares that there was no one left in that part of the village and no Hezbollah fighters or weapons in the vicinity at the time of the attack.

  • Kafra, South Lebanon, September 2006.The village Mosq was totally destroyed on August 8 by a massive Israeli bomb; Zeydan Sbeity, 57, the village muezzin, was staying in the basement of a house nearby and declares that there was no one left in that part of the village and no Hezbollah fighters or weapons in the vicinity at the time of the attack.

  • Kafra, South Lebanon, September 2006.The village Mosq was totally destroyed on August 8 by a massive Israeli bomb; Zeydan Sbeity, 57, the village muezzin, was staying in the basement of a house nearby and declares that there was no one left in that part of the village and no Hezbollah fighters or weapons in the vicinity at the time of the attack.

  • Aita Chab, South Lebanon, September 2006.Sukhna Marai, 11, left, was seriously injured in the abdomen (liver, stomach, pancreas) as well as in the left arm and leg by shrapnels from an Israeli cluster bomb sub-munition 3 days after the end of the war. Her cousin Marwa Marai, 12, right was injured at the elbow and on the legs. They were wounded while playing in the village near their grandfather's house, together with another child: Hassan Hussein Tahini, 11.

  • Aita Chab, South Lebanon, September 2006.Fatima, 1, with her mother, in front of their devastated house.

  • Al Qaouzah, South Lebanon, September 2006.A family in the rubble of their home; the neighboring orchards are littered with unexploded ordance: cluster bomb submunitions, shells and mortar shells.

  • Al Qaouzah, South Lebanon, September 2006.The village mosq at the end of the evening prayer. Most of South Lebanon is Chi'ite in its majority, Hezbollah being very popular .

  • Deir Qanoun, South Lebanon, September 2006.Israeli cluster bomb strike inside a village..During the 33 days war, Israel shot more than a million of such submunitions in South Lebanon, most of them during the last 3 days as the cease-fire had already been agreed; it is estimated that due to the age of these weapons (many of were US manufactured during the Vietnam war) as well as because of their poor design, between 30% and 60% didn't explode and are now as many uncharted landmines..Their use is strictly prohibited in civilian areas by international laws such as the Geneva convention.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Hussein, 50, in the rubble from the old city center. Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict and is now littered with unexploded ordnance of all kinds.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict and is now littered with unexploded ordnance of all kinds.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Magida Moghne, 54, in front of her devastated house. Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict and is now littered with unexploded ordnance of all kinds.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Samira Al HAwarani, 60, tries to recover personal items from her devastated house in the old medina; a widow, she is homeless, ressourceless and has nowhere else to go. It is a very risky operation as at least 2 unexploded 155mm Israeli artillery shells still lay inside the house, one under a half-collapsed wall, the other stuck under the fridge...

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Bent Jbeil, called by its inhabitants 'The Liberation Town', was the epicentre of the Lebanese armed resistance during the 18 years of Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. As a probable reprisal, the old town centre has been almost completely levelled down by the Israeli Army during this conflict.

  • Bent Jbeil, South Lebanon, September 2006.Samira Al HAwarani, 60, tries to recover personal items from her devastated house in the old medina; a widow, she is homeless, ressourceless and has nowhere else to go. It is a very risky operation as at least 2 unexploded 155mm Israeli artillery shells still lay inside the house, one under a half-collapsed wall, the other stuck under the fridge...

  • Aita Chab, South Lebanon, September 2006.Hassan Hussein Tahini, 11, was eviscerated by shrapnels from an Israeli cluster bomb sub-munition 3 days after the end of the war. He was declared 'in deep medical shock, critical with very little chance of survival' on arrival by the Bent Jbeil hospital doctor who stabilized him after the accident; a month later he miraculously recovered but still suffers from abdominal pains and remains in a state of psychological shock..He was wounded while playing in the village together with 2 other children: Sukhna Marai, 11, who was seriously injured in the abdomen (liver, stomach, pancreas) as well as in the left arm and leg and with her cousin Marwa Marai, 12, who was injured at the elbow and on the legs .

  • Aita Chab, South Lebanon, September 2006.Unexploded Israeli 155mm artillery shell inside the village..

  • Deir Qanoun, South Lebanon, September 2006.A Iraqi Kurdish team of demining experts from MAG (Mines Advisory Group) removes dozens of unexploded Israeli M77 cluster bomb submunitions in a banana plantation. During the 33 days war, Israel fired more than a million of such submunitions in South Lebanon, most of them during the last 3 days as the cease-fire had already been agreed; it is estimated that due to the age of these weapons (many of were US manufactured during the Vietnam war) as well as because of their poor design, between 30% and 60% didn't explode and are now as many uncharted landmines. Their use is strictly prohibited in civilian areas by international laws such as the Geneva convention.

  • Deir Qanoun, South Lebanon, September 2006.A Iraqi Kurdish team of demining experts from MAG (Mines Advisory Group) removes dozens of unexploded Israeli M77 cluster bomb submunitions in a banana plantation. During the 33 days war, Israel fired more than a million of such submunitions in South Lebanon, most of them during the last 3 days as the cease-fire had already been agreed; it is estimated that due to the age of these weapons (many of were US manufactured during the Vietnam war) as well as because of their poor design, between 30% and 60% didn't explode and are now as many uncharted landmines. Their use is strictly prohibited in civilian areas by international laws such as the Geneva convention.

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