Without a real explanation, the Israeli Foreign Ministry declared that it is not illegal for Israeli forces to use internationally banned cluster bombs.

After Israel declared war on Hezbollah on 12 July within the context of years of struggle during Israel’s continued occupation of southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah then killing eight soldiers, Israeli forces began using cluster bombs. Internationally recognized as illegal and therefore banned, the Israeli air forces use them anyway. The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a statement Friday to explain why.

After being questioned on Israel’s use of prohibited weapons, the Foreign Ministry wrote, “Concerning the use of cluster bombs by the IDF are described as illegal, it should be noted that these methods of combat are not prohibited under the International Charter on Conventional Weapons, which Israel is a signatory.”

The statement continued, “Israelis want to stress that, in all circumstances, Israel is doing its utmost to ensure that military operations a conducted in a manner that would restrict the greatest possible destruction to the civilian population and their property.”

Israeli forces attacking Lebanon killed 900 people since 12 July, most civilian and many among them children.
The Israeli Ministry of Affairs also attempted to explain their freedom of use of banned weapons by claiming they found the Iranian army or remnants of it, at the Lebanese border in yet another attempt to involve Iran in the fight. When the United States speaks of its “new Middle East,” it includes war against Iran and Syria to ensure compliance in the US’s new world vision.

It is noteworthy that the impact of cluster bombs is seen in corpses buried under the rubble in Lebanon, in addition to the burns on the bodies of those infected which distorts their faces and bodies.