LEBANON ISRAEL WAR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
September 1st, 2006
BY PAUL COCHRANE
BEIRUT: The month long war waged by Israel against Hizbullah has caused considerable damage to Lebanon's environment.
The coastline is marred by an oil spill, the air has been polluted by burning fuel oil, destroyed factories, forest fires and dust kicked up from bombings, and there is the possibility that depleted uranium (DU) and phosphorous bombs were used by the Israeli military.
On July 13 and 15 Israeli warplanes targeted the Jiyye power plant 30 kilometres south of Beirut, causing between 10,000-15,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil to ...
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