Lebanese Army Experts Studying Cluster Bomb Maps
The Lebanese army”s engineering unit received from UNIFIL three maps of where cluster bombs were dropped by Israel during the 2006 war with Hizbullah, a military source told As Safir newspaper.
The source said that the unit is studying the maps to locate the areas of where the bombs were dropped through aerial bombardment and artillery shelling.
The Israeli army handed over the maps to UNIFIL on Tuesday. The Jewish state has twice given U.N. peacekeepers maps on cluster bombs. However they were useless, according to As Safir on Thursday.
UNIFIL”s deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti told the daily that Israel handed over the maps and locations after years of diplomatic efforts by several sides.
He stressed that it is still early to confirm if the maps are sufficient because technical experts from UNIFIL have to assess the data received.