Southern Lebanon Demining: Clearing Explosive Hazards
Summary
In r/Lebanon, this announcement covers ongoing demining in southern Lebanon, where recent conflict left unexploded weapons and other hazards. Teams are clearing land, providing risk education, and supporting safe movement and the gradual return of families, with roughly two million square metres of new contamination identified since the ceasefire.
In coordination with the @LebarmyOfficial peacekeepers have been removing these hazards to protect lives, restore freedom of movement, support resolution 1701 & help communities gradually return as conditions improve
Credit X: UNIFIL & Mine Advisory Group MAG
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Demining is one of the most dangerous tasks our peacekeepers carry out. Before October 2023, peacekeepers were already clearing remnants of past conflicts. Now, the recent conflict has left many new unexploded weapons across the south.
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In coordination with the @LebarmyOfficial peacekeepers have been removing these hazards to protect lives, restore freedom of movement, support resolution 1701, and help communities gradually return as conditions improve
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Today – 27 November – marks one year since the ceasefire in Lebanon.
Yet large areas of the south remain heavily contaminated with explosive ordnance following the escalation in hostilities in 2024.
Against this backdrop, MAG’s teams have been working to keep communities safe, deliver urgent risk education, and clear land so families can begin returning home.
Large sections of southern Lebanon remain dangerous. According to the Lebanese Mine Action Centre (LMAC), roughly two million square metres of new contamination have been identified since the ceasefire, alongside more than 2.3 million cubic metres of rubble scattered across residential areas, farmland and critical infrastructure. This destruction continues to restrict movement, hinder recovery, and slow the return of displaced families.
The humanitarian toll also remains severe. Since November 2024, LMAC has recorded 48 explosive ordnance victims – three-quarters of them adult men. Civilians were injured while checking their homes, clearing rubble, collecting scrap metal, working their fields, or simply moving through area...
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