Landmines

A continuing terrible problem, including those left by Israel, which have killed or maimed over 500 innocent people, including shepherds, women and children.

http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2008/06/17/179862.htm

A Syrian Severely Wounded by Landmines left by Israeli Occupation Troops in Quneitra
Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 05:55 PM

Quneitra, southern Syria (SANA)- A Syrian shepherd has his leg and hand amputated when a landmine left deliberately by Israeli occupation forces exploded as he was leading his sheep in Quneitra, southern Syria Monday evening.

Head of the Rehabilitation of Landmine Victims Society Dr. Omar al-Lahibi said the 39-year-old man was severely injured in the blast, and was rushed to a hospital where his foreleg and part of his hand were cut off.

He added that the landmines left by Israeli occupation troops before they withdrew from the liberated city of Quneitra had already claimed the lives of 203 Syrian citizens and causing various handicap to 330 others, most of them women, children and shepherds.

Ahmad Fathi ZAHRA