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Girl scouts behind a box containing cluster bomb shells to mark the Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs earlier this month. (Reuters) del.icio.us Digg It!  new Last update - 13:33 20/11/2007 Report: Hail detonates leftover IDF cluster bombs in Lebanon By Reuters Tags: Lebanon, cluster bombs, IDF  A hailstorm has caused hundreds of cluster bombs, dropped by the Israel Defense Forces in the Second Lebanon War last summer, to explode in south Lebanon, the Lebanese National News Agency said on Tuesday. The hailstones, as big as walnuts, fell in a number of valleys in south Lebanon, the agency said. Advertisement When cluster bombs burst, they spread bomblets over the ground and vegetation. Air- or ground-launched, the bombs often fail to explode on impact. Cluster bombs have killed 30 people since the war. Dozens more have been wounded. The United Nations and human rights groups have accused Israel of firing as many as 4 million cluster bombs into Lebanon during its 34-day war with the militant group Hezbollah that ended in a UN-brokered cease-fire on August 14. UN demining experts say up to 1 million of the cluster bombs failed to explode immediately and continue to threaten civilians, especially children who can mistake the ordnance for batteries or other small objects. Related articles Briton killed while clearing IDF cluster bombs in southern Lebanon Senate: Stop Israel from buying cluster bombs with U.S. aid IDF admits targeting civilian areas in Lebanon with cluster bombs Budget-saving, American-made cluster bombs left vicious legacy in Lebanon Lebanese security: 12-year-old killed by cluster bomb in south IDF commander: We fired more than a million cluster bombs in Lebanon Bookmark to del.icio.us Religious discrimination Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch rejects Israel's Jewish identity in a pre-Christmas speech. Patriot protection The IDF successfully tested an improved defense missile in anticipation of attacks.   1.   Hailstones setting off cluster bombs 13:01  |  Pat 20/11/07   2.   Here`s a very simple solution..don`t launch terror 14:00  |  SLAVO 20/11/07   3.   Israel = Terrorist State 14:26  |  #1YANK 20/11/07   4.   Israel has caused war crimes but is always above the law 14:29  |  Gisele 20/11/07   5.   Message to callous SLAVO 14:37  |  Mohamed Ali 20/11/07   6.   ..don`t launch terror 14:44  |  Pali 20/11/07   7.   Hail nasrallah 14:52  |  Jerusalem Jew 20/11/07   8.   A Question to Israels Supporters 15:08  |  Anton 20/11/07   9.   1yank 15:19  |  Teacher 20/11/07   10.   What goes around comes around 15:38  |  Naftali Lavie 20/11/07   11.   Not surperised about the Israeli terror state`s war crimes 15:40  |  anti-racist 20/11/07   12.   to Anton#8 15:47  |  Ilya 20/11/07   13.   Blessing from GOD or a blessing from GOD 16:26  |  I.A. 20/11/07   14.   Brilliant! 17:09  |  Nyctamere 20/11/07   15.   I A....Yes indeed, 17:10  |  Lynn 20/11/07   16.   #10 Naftali of Toronto 17:11  |  Lynn 20/11/07   17.   YANK from a terrorist state 18:07  |  Man deVoshkes 20/11/07   18.   Gisele, do not harbor Hizballah 18:09  |  Man deVoshkes 20/11/07   19.   # 5 Mohamed Ali,WHO 18:12  |  NEIL 20/11/07   20.   Lynn - Corruption in the Pentagon 19:12  |  Mark of Lewiston 20/11/07   21.   To Lynn 19:28  |  I.A. 20/11/07   22.   #17 I.A. 21:02  |  democrat 20/11/07   23.   Hail stones explode cluster bombs! 07:09  |  Yohan Dahal 21/11/07   24.   Mohammed No. 5 08:52  |  Mickey 21/11/07   25.   Natural 09:55  |  sh 21/11/07   26.   G_d answers Israel 10:26  |  someoldyid 21/11/07   27.   Israel should sue America 15:16  |  Avi Moalem 21/11/07   28.   # 22 I A 16:35  |  Lynn 21/11/07   29.   How can they be sure that these are not Hizbullah Iranian mines? 19:33  |  Genuine Tosefta 21/11/07   30.   To Mohamed Ali...see #19 and #24; and be ashamed of yourself 20:29  |  SLAVO 21/11/07   31.   Israeli State Sponsored Terrorism that Just Keeps on Killing 20:50  |  Lev Bronstein 21/11/07   32.   To Lynn #28 21:09  |  I.A. 21/11/07   33.   27 Avi in Jerusalem - The Manufacturers 21:38  |  Mark of Lewiston 21/11/07   34.   Don`t understand how anyone can justify such a weapon 17:11  |  newageblues 22/11/07   35.   Whining 12:51  |  Uzi 23/11/07   36.   See there!!! There is a G_D!!!! 21:53  |  JB 19/12/07

Today Online PMO: 'No decision' on new East Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood Responses: 208 Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch rejects Israel's Jewish identity Responses: 186 Argentina: Iran behind Jewish center, Israeli embassy attacks Responses: 106 Issacharoff and Harel: A Gaza invasion is the last thing Israel wants Responses: 102 Falafel recipe painted on West Bank fence as part of protest Responses: 50 Rosner's Domain Huckabee can 'live with a contained Iran' (What to Read) Rabin's long memory and the U.S. NIE report on Iran Guest: Leader of the Zionist Organization of America on post-Annapolis Mideast Without the Reform movement in Israel, there's no Reform movement More Headlines 21:25 IDF successfully tests improved Patriot defense missile 21:04 Palestinian teen tries to stab IDF soldier at West Bank checkpoint 19:57 Assad: U.S. election makes peace by 2008 unlikely 17:14 Jerusalem's Latin Patriarch rejects Israel's Jewish identity 20:53 Report: Cluster bomb left over from war kills man in S. Lebanon 18:43 Mofaz: Israel should mull indirect talks with Hamas over Qassams 16:32 MKs slam gov't declaration of 'special situation' in Sderot 12:13 PMO: 'Nothing decided' on new E. J'lem Jewish neighborhood 18:35 Parents file NIS 3.8b suit against Education Ministry over strike 21:31 IDF takes responsibility for reservists' deaths in Katyusha strike Previous Editions Select Day 18 dec 17 dec 16 dec 14 dec 13 dec 12 dec 11 dec 10 dec 09 dec 07 dec 06 dec 05 dec

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