Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers discover rocket cache

Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers discover rocket cache Beirut - The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers on Friday discovered an old cache of rockets near the border with Israel, Lebanese security sources said.

The incident came a day after at least three Katyuhsa rockets were fired into northern Israel.

The cache consisted of 34 rockets and some boxes of ammunition placed in two old bunkers and covered by camouflage nets.

According to the sources, the cache seemed to date from 2006, when Hezbollah and Israel fought 33 days of fierce battles in southern Lebanon.

"There is no sign of any recent use of the bunkers and the weapons appear to date from the period of the 2006 conflict," a UNIFIL statement said.

The Lebanese army said in a separate statement that the weapons found near the village of Kfar Hamam were a rocket launcher and 24 rockets. It described the weapons as "old and unusable."

On Thursday, at least three Katyusha rockets were fired into Israel from south Lebanon, wounding two people.

Palestinian militants were believed to be behind the rocket launches into northern Israel, in protest against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The UNIFIL statement quoted commander Major General Claudio Graziano as saying the peacekeepers and Lebanese troops were taking the necessary measures to ensure the border area was free of any illegal armed personnel, assets and weapons. (dpa)

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