Rocket launcher found near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon

STORY: Rocket launcher found near Marjayoun in southern Lebanon DATELINE: April 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ambulances 2. various of damage caused by the missiles 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAMER GHEZAYEL, Local resident 4. various of local people STORYLINE: The Lebanese army said on Friday it found and dismantled a rocket launcher in the Marjayoun area of southern Lebanon. The army said in a tweet that an army unit found a launcher containing a number of rockets yet to be fired, and work was underway to dismantle it. Photos attached to the tweet showed that the launcher was found in a grove, and there were six rockets remaining in the weapon capable of launching 12 projectiles. On Thursday evening, several rockets were fired from the Lebanese district of Marjeyoun into northern Israel. It came after dozens of rockets were fired into Israel from Lebanon, prompting the Israeli army to shell the outskirts of the southern Lebanese town of al-Qul