Why aren’t these weapons banned...?!

According to Wikipedia , despite calls from humanitarian organisations and some governments the use of cluster bombs is still legal under international law. Belgium is the only country to date to have issued a ban on their use, transportation, export, stockpiling, trade and production.

Civilians are dying and being maimed by these hideous bombs, scattered throughout southern Lebanon by Israeli artillery shells in the latest conflict.

Again, from Wikipedia :

The area affected by a single cluster munition, also known as the footprint, can be as large as two or three football fields....depending on type and their use, between 1% and 40% of the bomblets do not explode on impact. …cluster bombs are not banned by any international treaty and are considered legitimate and effective weapons by many NATO governments.

Children are often the victims. Curious by nature, they're attracted by unusual objects they encounter in the ruins that have become their playgrounds, not realizing until it's too late that these are actually explosives.

Israel is not alone in this crime against humanity. The US and British use cluster bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Words fail me...