At least one person is injured after two rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel early Saturday, with one slamming into a village in northern Israel, according to Lebanese and Israeli officials.
The rockets were fired from the Mansouri and al-Qulaila areas, which are near the coastal town of Naqoura, Lebanese security personnel said.
An Israeli army spokesperson said one woman was injured in the attacks. However, Israeli paramedics in Jerusalem said one rocket injured three people who were taken to a hospital in the coastal town of Nahariya.
The exact location of the rocket's landing point is unknown, as Israeli censorship guidelines do not allow media to report specific landing points for rockets fired from Lebanon.
What is known is the rocket exploded in a primarily Christian Arab village in the Galilee region.
The rocket left a hole in the ground next to a house, which was littered with shrapnel.
"I was sleeping when I heard something like a bomb," Masad, a local resident who did not give his last name, told Associated Press Television News. "I got up and saw something unbelievable -- a katyusha," he said, referring to the type of rocket often used by militant groups in south Lebanon.
About half the population of Israel's Galilee region is Arab, many of which are Palestinians. During the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon, their villages were shelled by Lebanese guerillas, which led to a number of deaths.
Lebanese officials said the Israeli military responded to the rocket attacks by firing at least six shells towards the area from where the rockets were launched.
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora condemned both attacks.
The rockets fired from Lebanon "threatened security and stability" in the region and violated a UN resolution that ended the 2006 war, Saniora said in a statement.
He also called Israel's decision to fire shells on Lebanese territory "an unjustified violation of Lebanese sovereignty."
No one claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.
Hezbollah has a heavy rocket arsenal, but it has not used it in attacks on Israel since 2006. Rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel during its recent offensive in Gaza, but Hezbollah has denied being involved in those attacks.
The Syria-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine also denied being involved in Saturday's incident.
The violence came a day after Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the hard line Likud party, was chosen to form a new Israeli government.
With files from The Associated Press
