Rockets launched from Lebanon coastal region towards Israel: Source

A security source in south Lebanon told MEE that the rockets fired towards Israel on Thursday evening were launched from Basateen al-Qulayla, a coastal area near al-Qulayla village, around 1km from the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Rashidiya, outside the city of Tyre.

The source identified the rockets as Grad, a Russian-made short range projectile, and said they were set off by a timer.

The Israeli army said they landed in the sea.

"A short while ago, three rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Israel," the military said in a tweet.

The Lebanese source said it was not immediately clear who was behind the rockets, adding that no one has been detained, contrary to earlier media reports.

There was no deployment of Lebanese security forces to the area following the incident, MEE's correspondent Adam Chamseddine said. 

Hezbollah, which has a large security presence in the area, has not fought an all-out war with Israel since 2006. In the past, including during the 2014 Gaza war, Palestinian armed groups unrelated to Hezbollah have claimed firing rockets at Israel.