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Conflict Incident Report
Landmine amputate feet and hand of Syrian boy in south Lebanon
A Syrian boy was severely wounded when a landmine exploded in a tobacco field he was working in, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The victim was rushed to the Bint Jbeil government hospital, where he underwent "several" surgeries in which both of his feet and one of his hands were amputated. His name and age were not released.
Landmines and cluster bombs scattered across the country were commonly used throughout Lebanon's civil war and more recently during the 2006 war with Israel.
The Lebanese Mine Action Center, which operates under the Lebanese Army, and several non-government organizations have frequently patrolled areas across Lebanon to dismantle leftover mines and munitions.
LMAC reported that Israel left 550,000 mines before it withdrew from Lebanon in May 2000.
Israel dropped about 4 million cluster bombs over southern Lebanon during the summer 2006 war, a quarter of which did not detonate and continue to maim and kill people to this day.
One man suffered various injuries when a landmine left over from Israel’s 2006 assault exploded last November in south Lebanon.
Nine hundred and three people have been killed and 2,780 injured by undetonated munitions and landmines in Lebanon between 1975 and 2012, according to British NGO the Mines Advisory Group.