UNIFIL concludes Israeli balloons dumped over south Lebanon not harmful

KUN0095 4 GEN 0115 KUWAIT /KUNA-NMH3 POL-UN-BALLOONS-UNIFIL UNIFIL concludes Israeli balloons dumped over south Lebanon not harmful UNITED NATIONS, Jan 31 (KUNA) -- UN spokesperson Michele Montas on Wednesday announced that the UN Interim Force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) concluded after an investigation that the "suspicious green balloons" dumped over south Lebanon earlier this week are "not harmful". Media reports said the people who were close to the balloons when they fell down were taken to the hospital suffering from suffocation, nausea and dizziness. Montas said she could not comment on media reports and insisted that UNIFIL investigation concluded that the balloons were "not harmful". (end) sj.bs KUNA 312232 Jan 07NNNN