Visual journalists film cross-border shelling at a site near the village of Alma al-Shaab in Lebanon, close to the Israeli border, on Oct. 13, 2023. (Credit: Issam Abdallah/File Photo/Reuters)
BEIRUT — A Syrian shepherd was severely injured on Saturday when a cluster bomb exploded in the vicinity of the town of Jezzine in south Lebanon, a medical source told our correspondent Muntasser Abdallah. The cluster bomb is likely to have been lying in the area for years.
A source at the Jezzine Governmental Hospital told our correspondent that the Syrian shepherd has "severe injuries to his hands, legs and various parts of his body" and is in a "critical condition" as a result of the explosion.
He was "shepherding his livestock" when the cluster bomb exploded. The Lebanese Red Cross then took him to the hospital.
Unexploded landmines and cluster munitions, which were left behind in some parts of Lebanon after the Israeli-Lebanese war in 2006, continue to claim victims. De-mining operations conducted by UN teams and the Lebanese army, however, have cleared many of these devices.