Lebanese and UNIFIL soldiers deployed along the Blue Line, facing Israeli armed vehicles, in March, 2023. (Credit: Lebanese Army/File photo)
BEIRUT — Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Thursday, one of them landing in Lebanese territory and the second near a disputed area at the border, three security sources in Lebanon said.
There was no claim of responsibility for the reported rocket fire and no immediate comment from the Lebanese army or the United Nations' peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL).
According to Reuters, the Israeli military said it has detected no unusual incidents on its side of the border with Lebanon, but is aware of an explosion having taken place on the Lebanese side of border near Ghajar village.
Thursday's incident happened after, over the weekend, Israel de facto incorporated the Lebanese part of Ghajar, contributing to heightened border tensions. Located on the border between Lebanon and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights this Alawite-majority village, which is crossed by the Blue Line, was completely cut off from Lebanon after the Israeli army erected a fence to its north, in violation of Resolution 1701.
Hezbollah also recently installed two tents in the disputed region of the Kfarchouba hills and the Shebaa farms.
The reported rocket fire also came after Israel concluded one of its largest military operations in years in the occupied West Bank in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jenin.
Hezbollah, the powerful, Iran-backed Lebanese group that controls southern Lebanon and has fought several wars with Israel, expressed support for the Palestinian cause during the Israeli operation.
Hezbollah did not comment on the reports of rocket fire.
Israel blamed the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon in April during another flare-up in Israeli-Palestinian violence. That prompted Israel to hit sites in Lebanon.
