The last cluster bombs planted by Israel in the July 2006 war with Hezbollah were destroyed Wednesday with financing from Saudi Arabia. Saudi Charge D'Affairs in Lebanon, Fayez Wafa detonated the last remaining unexploded Israeli cluster bomb in the city of Tyre after speaking about the strong relations between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. The detonation marks the return of safety and security to the region, SPA reported. A cluster bomb is defined as a container, which drops several ‘bomblets' to increase the surface area damage on a target. The July 2006 conflict was sparked by the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah. Israel responded with a 34-day military offensive and a blockade of all major entry points in and out of the country, killing around 1,000 Lebanese according to the BBC. Israel dropped an estimated 1 million cluster bomblets in southern Lebanon, 90 percent were dropped in the last three days of the conflict, a report from Landmine Action stated in July 2007. The Israeli attack caused wide-ranging damage to the country's infrastructure. International peacekeepers were called in to help police a UN
