(April 20, 2025 / JNS) The Lebanese Armed Forces announced on Sunday morning that it had preempted “preparations for a new rocket launch” toward Israel, raiding an apartment in the country’s south and seizing several projectiles.

“As a result of ongoing monitoring, surveillance and investigations, the Intelligence Directorate obtained information about preparations for a new rocket launch targeting the occupied Palestinian territories,” the LAF wrote in an Arabic statement posted to its social media channels.

“Following this, a patrol from the Directorate, supported by an army unit, raided an apartment in the Sidon-Zahrani area,” the Lebanese military statement continued. “They confiscated several rockets with launching platforms and arrested several individuals.”