LEBANON: NO NUCLEAR TRACES WERE FOUND

U.N.: No radioactive weapons in Lebanon

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.N. investigators have concluded there is no evidence Israel used weapons containing radioactive materials in fighting in Lebanon.

An assessment by the U.N. Environment Program looked into allegations Israel used depleted uranium weapons in Lebanon while fighting Hezbollah forces. It released a document this week during a meeting in Kenya saying investigators found no signs Israel has used such weapons. A final report is expected next month.

Investigators visited 32 sites on both sides of the Litani River and took the samples to Switzerland for testing.

Israel attacked suspected Hezbollah sites after militants kidnapped two Israeli soldiers. Some 1,500 people, mostly Lebanese, died in about a month of fighting, which ended with a U.N.-brokered cease-fire.

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