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submunition causing it to explode. Idriss suffered injuries to her right arm, sending her to the hospital for a week. She now must live with her daughter to get the care she needs for recovery. Children Of MACC SL’s 192 reported civilian casualties, about 32 percent were under the age of 18. 151 Children frequently grab submunitions out of curiosity, attracted by the ribbon or the weapon’s unusual shape and size. Several also reported that they thought the submunition resembled a soda can or, in one case, a perfume bottle. The submunitions “look like a toy,” said Àli Fakih, the mukhtar of Kfar Dounine. 152 Thirteen-year-old Hassan Hussein Hamadi was undergoing treatment in London when Human Rights Watch visited. Hassan’s friend Àli Hussein Dabbouk recounted that on August 27, in Deir Qanoun Ras al-Èin: Hassan and a few of us were playing hide-and-seek next to the house. When Hassan went to hide, he found a cluster bomb, and he thought it had already exploded. So he brought it with him. It was black with the white ribbon completely burned. From the inside, there was red stuff. He brought it back to the house. When he was alone, he threw it and it exploded. 153 Hassan’s 19-year-old sister, Fatima Hussein Hamadi, said he lost his right thumb, part of three fingers on his right hand, and flesh on his right arm. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his stomach and neck, and doctors had to operate on his right shoulder. 154 151 MACC SL Casualty List. The Landmines Resource Center found at least 26 percent of its casualties were children. LMRC Casualty List. 152 Human Rights Watch interview with Àli Fakih, mukhtar, Kfar Dounine, October 24, 2006. 153 Human Rights Watch interview with Àli Hussein Dabbouk, Deir Qanoun Ras al-Èin, September 22, 2006. 154 Human Rights Watch interview with Fatima Hussein Hamadi, Deir Qanoun Ras al-Èin, September 22, 2006. 53 Human Rights Watch February 2008
Marwa Àli Marì, 12, recovers in the Jabal Amel Hospital, Tyre, with her mother on August 16, 2006. Marwa picked up a dud submunition in the town of Àita al-Cha`b and it exploded. She was severely injured in the blast along with two other children. © 2006 Marc Garlasco/Human Rights Watch Clusters intrigued other children, such as Sukna Ahmed Marì, 12, and her two cousins Marwa Àli Marì, 12, and Hassan Hussein Tahini, 11, all from Àita al-Cha`b. According to the children, with whom Human Rights Watch spoke in Tyre’s Jabal Amel Hospital, the three were exploring a site where fighting had taken place during the war. As the children walked through the town, Marwa picked up a small cylindrical object she described as “like a Pepsi can but smaller.” 155 She threw it to the ground, causing it to explode. Hassan said, “My stomach was pulled out. All three of us were injured, but I was injured most. Noise was coming out of my stomach. My hand and my stomach hurt me the most.” 156 155 Human Rights Watch interview with Marwa Àli Marì, Jabal Amel Hospital, Tyre, August 18, 2006. 156 Human Rights Watch interview with Hassan Hussein Tahini, Jabal Amel Hospital, Tyre, August 18, 2006. From the ceasefire on August 14 until August 18, the hospital had received 12 cluster munition victims. Dr. Ahmed Mroue told Human Rights Watch that the hospital received a total of 841 injured patients during the conflict and 96 on the first day of the ceasefire. Human Rights Watch interview with Dr. Ahmed Mroue, Jabal Amel Hospital, Tyre, August 18, 2006. Flooding South Lebanon 54
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Lebanon Flooding South Lebanon Isra
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Civilian Harm......................
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Acronyms BLU CBU CCW COI DPICM ICRC
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Summary The Israel Defense Forces (
Page 10 and 11: Israel’s strikes in 2006 were the
Page 12 and 13: leaving behind vast numbers of haza
Page 14 and 15: compensate for the cluster rockets
Page 16 and 17: immediately before a negotiated cea
Page 18 and 19: knowingly or recklessly indiscrimin
Page 20 and 21: production, transfer and stockpilin
Page 22 and 23: numerous men, women, and children w
Page 24 and 25: To the Secretary-General of the Uni
Page 26 and 27: Cluster Munitions and International
Page 28 and 29: At least 14 states and a small numb
Page 30 and 31: • Refraining from launching attac
Page 32 and 33: This does not just mean immediate c
Page 34 and 35: Israel is a major producer and expo
Page 36 and 37: Types of Cluster Munitions and Subm
Page 38 and 39: An unexploded M77, a US-made dual p
Page 40 and 41: This CBU-58B cluster bomb casing, s
Page 42 and 43: likely that the MZD-2s found in Leb
Page 44 and 45: contaminated by submunitions. 89 Ho
Page 46 and 47: Timing and Targets: When and How Cl
Page 48 and 49: with 500-pound bombs. The increase
Page 50 and 51: Human Rights Watch field research c
Page 52 and 53: percent, and dismissed the problem
Page 54 and 55: A UNIFIL deminer holds an Israeli-m
Page 56 and 57: Civilian Harm Cluster munitions hav
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Page 62 and 63: Dr. Àbdel Nasser Farran told Human
Page 64 and 65: Agriculture Perhaps the most danger
Page 66 and 67: exploded, and a young woman was pic
Page 68 and 69: from the war. 180 Tragedy struck wh
Page 70 and 71: injured in my legs. I still can’t
Page 72 and 73: in operation for many years, includ
Page 78 and 79: the grove of fruit trees. Though sh
Page 80 and 81: of the fighting. Although no one is
Page 82 and 83: oad to visit his cousin when his br
Page 84 and 85: Four-year-old Àli Muhammad Yaghi w
Page 86 and 87: place.” 237 Assessing the monetar
Page 88 and 89: especially because we needed to irr
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Page 92 and 93: An engine from a US-made M26 Multip
Page 94 and 95: duds around villages. 268 With the
Page 96 and 97: Various reasons exist as to why com
Page 98 and 99: Lack of Israeli Assistance Perhaps
Page 100 and 101: checkpoints. Similarly, UNIFIL has
Page 102 and 103: Israel’s Statements on the Use of
Page 104 and 105: This statement followed the finding
Page 106 and 107: investigations into Israel’s appa
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specific to the weapons. When conce
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disregard of that character, they g
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employed, the way that they were us
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are antipersonnel, area denial weap
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emain to take care of elderly or si
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early 2007 aimed at identifying the
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the United States, there is little
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Conclusion Israel’s use of cluste
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kidnapped IDF soldiers, and so aver
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Proportionality A further legal req
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In practice, this requires that the
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neutralization offers a definite mi
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it is more brutal. If Hizbullah had
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Another issue of humanitarian conce
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Acknowledgements This report was wr
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