US: Cluster Munitions Plan a Deadly Regression

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Ammunition set out for a mine-risk education event to raise students’ awareness about the threat of landmines and unexploded ordnance from past conflicts, in Shebaa, Lebanon, January 21, 2026. © 2026 Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu via Getty Images (Washington, DC) – The reported plans for the United States Department of Defense to purchase cluster munitions from Israel further weaken global norms that protect civilians from the widely banned weapons, Human Rights Watch said today. If used, these weapons would put civilians at grave risk. The media reported that…

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