Report: Man Arrested in Plot to Launch Rocket on Israel

The Lebanese army thwarted an attempt to launch a rocket from southern Lebanon towards Israel several days ago and arrested a man involved in the operation, As Safir newspaper reported Wednesday.

The newspaper quoted military sources as saying that the man had transported the rockets and set their launch pad.

Investigation is underway to find the parties that lie behind the incident and uncover whether there was a link between the plot and the roadside bomb that targeted the convoy of U.N. peacekeepers in the south on Friday.

High-ranking security sources told As Safir that the probe into the bombing has unveiled that an extremist group had planned the attack on the patrol.

They said that extremists lie in some areas near the coastal town of Rmaileh, where the bombing took place.

Meanwhile, five Italian troops, who were injured in the bombing, were transported to their home country on Tuesday while the sixth peacekeeper was kept at the hospital in the southern port city of Sidon due to the severe injuries he sustained in the attack.