A Palestinian man was gravely injured Wednesday when a cluster bomblet fired by Israeli forces during the summer war with Hizbullah went off, security sources said. According to AFP, Kamaleddine Mohammed, 44, was gathering wood near the Rashidiyeh Palestinian refugee camp close to the southern port city of Tyre when he stepped on a bomblet, they said.
He was hospitalized with severe wounds to his head and legs.
On Tuesday, a Palestinian refugee died near the same area as he tried to extract scrap metal from an unexploded Israeli bomb, police said. Ahmed Houeidi, 30, was trying to cut the tip of the bomb when it blew up.
Unexploded ordnance has killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 143 since the war ended on August 14, 2006, AFP said.
