A senior official from the United Nations peacekeeping force in south Lebanon says five rockets have been discovered near the country's border with Israel. Milos Strugar says the rockets were discovered along with a launching pad by a patrol of peacekeepers Wednesday near the town of Naqoura where the UN force is headquartered. They were not set to be fired.
Strugar said Lebanese army units were called in and an investigation was underway.
The militant group Hezbollah, which has a strong presence in south Lebanon, has a large rocket arsenal, but is not believed to have used them against Israel since the end of the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Rockets from Lebanon were fired into Israel on two occasions during Israel's Gaza offensive last month. Palestinian militant groups are suspected of having fired them.