Two Rockets from Eastern Mountain Belt Hit Hawr Taala

Two rockets fired on Sunday from the Eastern Mountain Range (on the Lebanese-Syrian border) landed on the outskirts of the Bekaa Valley towns of Hawr Taala.

According to a communique issued by the army command, no casualties were reported.

The statement said that an army unit headed to the targeted area and a military expert arrived at the scene to inspect the two rockets.

Media reports had earlier said that one rocket had targeted the heights of the Bekaa town of Brital. media reports said.

LBCI said that the rocket was fired from Syrian territories.

On saturday night several rockets hit on the Bekaa towns of Hermel and Arsal, without causing any fatalities.

Since Hizbullah's intervention in the fighting in Syria, rockets from the Syrian side of the border have frequently landed mainly in Hermel and in Britel.

Earlier in May, two rockets launched from the Eastern Mountain Range landed in the outskirts of the Baalbek town of Britel without causing any injuries.

The assaults are usually claimed by Al-Nusra Front in Lebanon and the Islamic State in Iraq of Iraq and the Levant.