The Al Qaida-aligned Fatah Al Islam has fired at least 30 122 mm Grad rockets against the Lebanese Army around the Palestinian refugee camp of Naher Al Bared. Fatah Al Islam began launching the Katyusha-class rockets, believed to have been obtained from Syria, over the weekend.

On Sunday, Fatah Al Islam launched at least five Katyusha rockets in retaliation for Lebanese Army artillery and main battle tank fire that pounded Al Qaida positions in Naher Al Bared. The Katyushas landed in nearby fields and at least one person was injured.

The state-owned National News Agency said the Lebanese Army entered Naher Al Bared and surrounded a Fatah Al Islam stronghold on Sunday. The agency said several Islamic insurgents were killed.

The Al Qaida insurrection began on May 20 and so far nearly 100 Lebanese soldiers have been killed. Palestinian sources said about 80 Fatah Al Islam fighters remained in Naher Al Bared.

In an unrelated development, a bomb was detonated alongside a patrol of the United Nations peace-keeping troops near Tyre on Monday. Nobody was injured.