Lebanese authorities detain people they say were planning rockets attacks on Israel

BEIRUT AP Lebanese government have detained several people who they say were planning to launch rockets into Israel and confiscated the weapons they were intending to use the military declared Sunday The army commented in a message that the arrests are linked to other detentions publicized earlier this week It added that as military intelligence was inspecting that event they got information that a new rocket attack was being planned The army noted troops raided an apartment near the southern port city of Sidon and confiscated selected of the rockets and the launchers and detained several people who were involved in the operation it mentioned the detainees were referred to judicial executives On Wednesday the army stated in a report that functionaries detained several people including a number of Palestinians who were involved in firing rockets in two separate attacks toward Israel in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon Lebanon s Hezbollah group denied at the time that it was behind the firing of rockets Also Sunday an Israeli drone strike on the southern Lebanese village of Kawthariet al-Siyad killed one person the state-run National News Agency explained Source