At Least One Rocket Lands in Northern Bekaa Town of Btedei

Conflicting media reports emerged Monday evening after at least one projectile hit the northern Bekaa town of Btedei.

State-run National News Agency said two rockets landed Monday evening in Btedei, without elaborating on the source of the projectiles.

It said the rockets hit near the house of Sobhi and Nadimeh Fakhri, who were killed in November 2014 at the hands of fugitives from the powerful Jaafar clan who were fleeing army troops.

The rockets created two 80-centimeter craters in the ground, NNA added.

“A military expert has headed to the region to unveil the circumstances of the incident and determine the source of the rockets,” NNA said.

Meanwhile, LBCI television said a projectile that exploded in Btedei was “a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fired from Iaat” upon the arrival of the body of a Hizbullah fighter killed in Syria.

Later on Monday, Btedei municipal chief Samir Fakhri confirmed that a rocket had struck the town's plain, noting that the location from which it was fired was still unknown.

“There is no damage and investigations are still underway to determine the source of the rocket,” he added.

Earlier media reports had said that the rocket was fired from the Eastern Mountain Range on the Lebanese-Syrian border, where several Syria-based militant groups are based.

Y.R.