Israeli Landmine Kills One, Wounds Two in Marwahin
A woman was killed and two people were wounded on Tuesday in the explosion of a landmine left over from the several wars with Israel in the southern town of Marwahin, state-run National News Agency reported.
The body of the 35-year-old woman, Nada Ghannam, was taken to Salah Ghandour Hospital in Bint Jbeil, NNA said.
A Lebanese army soldier was slightly injured while another woman was critically wounded in the incident, the agency added.
“After discovering the landmine, Ghannam carried it and tried to hand it over to a Lebanese army soldier. It exploded in her hand, killing her immediately, while the soldier and another woman who was in the location were wounded,” NNA said.
Security forces immediately arrived on the scene, cordoned off the area and launched a probe into the incident, the agency added.
The United Nations estimates that a million cluster bombs were dropped on Lebanon by Israel between July 12 and August 14 in 2006 during the war with Hizbullah.
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