British NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG), which operates in Lebanon, has launched a campaign to advise people of the dangers of unexploded ordnance.

“We know from our experience globally that a significant proportion of the ordnance that has hit Lebanon will have failed to explode and will be lodged in the rubble, buried underground or simply lying on the surface,” said MAG CEO Darren Cormack, Al Jazeera reported.

“This poses a severe risk to the civilian population, may cost lives and will hamper reconstruction efforts and any return to normality when the conflict abates. Parts of Lebanon have now endured almost a year of aerial bombardments but the latest escalation obviously poses additional and acute risks to communities,” he added.