Old "Israeli" rocket kills Lebanese man

Source: AFP, 30-11-2007
ADAYSSEH: A Lebanese man was killed Thursday when he tried to take scrap metal from an unexploded "Israeli" rocket in the South of the country, police said. Hassan Jaber, 37, was killed instantly when the rocket exploded in his garage where he had been trying to dismantle the ordnance in order to extract the metal for scrap, they said.
Police said the rocket was dropped on Lebanon by the "Israeli" Army during the devastating offensive on the country in July-August 2007.
The munitions dropped by "Israel" last year included more than a million rockets and cluster "bomblets," about 40 percent of which failed to explode on impact, according to the United Nations.
Unexploded ordnance has killed at least 40 people and wounded 227 since the conflict ended in August 2006, according to an AFP count from Lebanese police and UN figures.
Despite repeated requests by the United Nations, "Israel" has refused to hand over strike maps of the targets that it hit during the war - a step that would make de-mining much easier.