In other news from the region, an Israeli military prosecutor has concluded that Israel’s use of cluster bombs during the 2006 Lebanon war was justified and did not violate any standards of international law. Lebanese officials accused the Israeli army of covering up war crimes. The United Nations and human rights groups say Israel dropped about four million cluster bomblets during the thirty-four-day war. More than thirty people have been killed by cluster bomb and land mine explosions in Lebanon since the 2006 summer war.