Sawaneh, Lebanon - In 2006, shortly after Israel ended its 33-day war against Lebanon, 9-year-old Hussein Sultan and his best friend Hassan stepped on a cluster bomb while playing in the backyard of his home in the southern Lebanese village of Sawaneh.

Hassan died immediately, while Hussein, now 11, sustained serious injuries to the hands and chest.

"I still suffer from breathing problems at night because shrapnel hit one of my lungs," Hussein told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Hussein recalls the incident and describes it as "a nightmare that still haunts him."