Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon

Rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon: There are reports that some type of missle or rocket had been fired towards Israel from Lebanon... Unconfirmed reports are one laned in the sea and the other close to a small Israeli town. There has been no confirmation yet from Israeli officials. The rockets may have been the work of Hizb Allah.

Two rockets were fired towards Israel from inside Lebanon, one landing in the sea and the other in an Israeli town just across the border without causing any damage, Lebanese security sources have said.

They said the Katyusha rockets were fired at around 7 pm (1700 GMT) on Monday and that police were trying to find out who had fired them.

Initial indications were that Hizb Allah, the main group fighting Israel from Lebanon, was not involved.

An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately comment on the rocket launch, saying only than an explosion was heard near Israel's border town of Shlomi. - Al Jazeera - More...

A few days ago Hizb Allah took credit for flying two drones into soverign Israeli airspace. Still it remains unclear what group fired these rockets towards Israel. israel has been on a higher state of alert since the death of Yasser Arafat. -- zzb