A Lebanese teenager was seriously wounded Sunday when an Israeli shell dating from the occupation of southern Lebanon exploded as he was handling it, police said.
Alaa Hussein, 17, received multiple injuries in the blast in the village of Kakaiyat al-Jisr and was taken to hospital in Beirut.
Two men had their feet amputated and two children received other injuries Saturday after stepping on landmines in the former Israeli-occupied border zone in southern Lebanon.
Nine civilians have been killed and 60 others injured by mines since the May 24 Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. A dozen Lebanese troops were also injured during mine clearing operations.
The UN estimates that there are at least 130,000 Israeli mines and unexploded shells remaining in southern Lebanon.
On November 14, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon announced that its mine clearing units had removed 1,520 explosive devices -- SIDON, Lebanon (AFP)
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