Rocket Fired towards Israel Lands in Lebanon, Wounds One
A woman was injured after a rocket fired in southern Lebanon landed in a Lebanese village near the border with Israel, the National News Agency reported on Monday.
The Katyusha rocket, fired from al-Qaysiya valley in Majdal Selem, landed in the village of Houla near the border with Israel.
The rocket wounded Nasira Ali Abbas, 55, as the rocket hit her house, according to NNA.
The woman was transferred to Mais al-Jabal Hospital.
Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported on Monday that the Lebanese army informed UNIFIL about the incident and launched an investigation.
Meanwhile, Israeli troops were on very high alert along the southern border with the Lebanese town, according to the radio station.
It was the first such attack since a series of rockets were fired two weeks ago from southern Lebanon landed inside Israel.
Although no one was hurt in those attacks, they were the first fired rockets from Lebanon towards Israel in two years and prompted a return of fire by the Israeli army.
An obscure al-Qaida-linked group calling itself the Brigades of Abdullah Azzam claimed responsibility for the latest attack, as it did for the salvoes fired two weeks ago.
The same group claimed responsibility for the last rocket attack from southern Lebanon against Israel in 2009.
In May 2011, tensions once again flared as protesters massed on the border between the two countries to mark the anniversary of the 1948 creation of the Jewish state, which Palestinians term the "nakba," or catastrophe.
Israeli troops killed 10 people and wounded more than 110 others as protesters tried to flood across the border from Lebanon.
Source: Agence France Presse
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