Unknown assailants launched a rocket at dawn Tuesday from the outskirts of south Lebanon's Shabaa town towards Israel but landed in Lebanon's territory, a security source told Xinhua.
The sources said that in retaliation, the Israeli army launched flare bombs over the region surrounding hills while Unmanned Aerial Vehicles hovered over the area.
It added "the Lebanese army immediately patrolled the southern tip of Shabaa in search for the rocket platform which launched missiles towards the north of the occupied Palestinian territories, " the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in coordination with the Lebanese security agencies erected checkpoints in the area.
On Saturday the Lebanese Army found in the southern west region of Rashaya al-Fakhar a launch pad that was used a week before to fire a rocket towards Israel but it fell short and landed in Lebanon's territory.
Earlier, two rocket launch pads were found in the southern city of Tyre.