Friends of Landmine Victims

Living without a leg | Bikya Masr

Designed to kill indiscriminately, almost 40 percent of these weapons were either too old or dropped from too low an altitude to detonate upon impact with the ground. Some buried in the dense orange groves around Nabatieh, others nestled in clutches of long grass, becoming de facto landmines that continue to contribute to the list of over 1,200 Lebanese who perished in the war