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BEIRUT, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- The Lebanese army on Saturday
announced that it had found 25 cluster bombs in Kfar Hamam village along the
borders with Israel, which were believed to have been dropped by Israeli warjets
during raids on southern Lebanon.
In a statement, the army said that "in the
framework of operations to find unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israeli
aircraft on the border region during its last aggression, the army found 25
cluster bombs."
Army bomb squads are defusing the bombs, said the statement,
adding that a 155mm-calibre shell was also found in the same
area.
According to the army, its troops are still searching
the area for other possible duds and have warned the public against touching any
suspicious objects.
However, the Israeli side denied the report, saying it did not
use cluster bombs banned by the international law.
Also on Saturday, Lebanon's permanent delegation to the United
Nations delivered a complaint to the world body on the Israeli land, sea and air
space violations.
The violations on the Lebanese sovereignty reached 83 since the
beginning of this month, December, said the complaint, adding in November,
Israel violated the Lebanese sovereignty 92 times.
Lebanon called on the United Nations to shoulder responsibility
towards halting the Israeli violations. Enditem |