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

BEIRUT AP Lebanese agents 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 announced Sunday The army declared in a message that the arrests are linked to other detentions revealed earlier this week It added that as military intelligence was analyzing that scenario they got information that a new rocket attack was being planned The army disclosed troops raided an apartment near the southern port city of Sidon and confiscated specific of the rockets and the launchers and detained several people who were involved in the operation it commented the detainees were referred to judicial personnel On Wednesday the army stated in a declaration that officers 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 declared Source