Katyusha Rockets Found in Hasbaya

Four Katyusha rockets were found in al-Khansa valley near the town of al-Majidiya in Hasbaya on Monday, media reports said, adding that the army engineering unit was seeking to defuse them.

The rockets, each hidden inside disused plastic water pipes placed under a thin layer of dirt, were found by a farmer.

He alerted authorities after stumbling on the weapons, officials said.

Last week, a rocket fired from Lebanon toward Israel fell short, wounding a Lebanese woman in the town of Houla.

The launch came nearly two weeks after rockets fired from Lebanese territory hit Israel in the first such attack in two years.

It also came after a roadside bomb injured five French peacekeepers near the southern city of Tyre.