HAVOC IN THE LEVANT
The enduring lethal ‘toys’ of war. While this has been covered many times here before, it should never be far from one’s mind whenever the subject of the Israel/Lebanon conflict (or modern warfare in general) should come up.
The UN children’s fund (UNICEF) says one third of the casualties caused by cluster bombs since the ceasefire in the July-August war between Israel and Hezbollah have been children, who often mistake the lethal devices for toys.
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Nabatiyah hospital director, Dr Ali Hajj Ali, has a grim warning: “The artificial limb technicians are going to have their work cut out for them in the weeks and months to come.”
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Ibrahim Naim, who runs Al-Abbas laboratory where artificial limbs are fitted, said his centre has received two to three new patients a day since the end of the conflict that cost more than 1 200 people in Lebanon alone. Article
