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-brokered ceasefire.
