Israeli Rocket, Filled with Cluster Bombs, Discovered in South

A rocket filled with cluster bombs, dropped by Israel during the July 2006 war, was discovered in the South, reported the National News Agency.

The discovery was made by Abbas Yaghi as he was surveying a field in Western Zawtar in al-Nabatiyeh.

He promptly informed the municipal chief, Hassan Ezzeddine, who in turn contacted Army Intelligence.

Members of the branch arrived at the field, cordoning off the area ahead of carrying out the necessary measures to either remove the rocket or detonate it at the location should they be unable to perform the first option.

Ezzeddine said: “This area had been previously swept of Israeli cluster bombs, but some still remain as they have been covered by rain and landslides.”

One person had been killed and 12 wounded in various cluster bomb incidents in the region, he revealed, while pleading with the army and international and local organizations to remove the mines and remaining bombs.

He demanded that new sweeps of fields be performed in order to verify that they do not have any mines.

“The presence of these mines is a form of Israeli subterranean occupation, whose danger is worse than the Israeli presence on the ground,” he said.

M.T.

D.A.