Rocket from Lebanon to Israel falls short, wounds a woman

PanARMENIAN.Net - A rocket fired from Lebanon toward Israel fell short, wounding a Lebanese woman, a senior Lebanese military official said Monday, December 12.

The attack comes nearly two weeks after rockets fired from Lebanese territory hit the Jewish state for the first time in two years.

It follows rising concerns that conflict in neighboring Syria may spill across the border.

This latest rocket was fired late Sunday from the southern village of Majdal Silim and hit a home in Houla, another village close to the border, the official said on Monday.

He said an investigation is under way, speaking anonymously in line with regulations. Early Monday, at least four warplanes were seen flying at high altitude over southern Lebanon and the Lebanese capital Beirut.

Israeli warplanes and drones frequently fly over Lebanon but it was not clear if these flights were related to the rocket attack, The Associated Press reported.

The southern border has been tense, but largely quiet, since Lebanon's Hezbollah group and Israel fought a deadly 34-day war in 2006. During the fighting, Israel bombed Hezbollah's strongholds in Lebanon, and the militant group barraged northern Israel with nearly 4,000 rockets.

About 1,200 Lebanese and 160 Israelis were killed in the conflict, which ended with a U.N.-brokered truce that sent thousands of Lebanese troops and international peacekeepers into southern Lebanon to prevent another outbreak.