Israeli military responded with artillery strikes after Lebanon's rocket launch
A statement said the rocket "exploded adjacent to the Blue Line in Israeli territory", referring to the UN-demarcated frontier between the states.
Lebanon's state news agency reported that more than 15 Israeli shells had hit the outskirts of the Lebanese villages of Kfar Shouba and Halta.
So far no militant groups have claimed they were behind the rocket launch.
The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, Unifil, urged all sides to "exercise restraint and avoid any action that could cause further escalation" on the frontier, where tensions have increased in recent months.
In April, the Israeli military carried out air strikes on targets it said belonged to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in southern Lebanon after more than 30 rockets were fired from there towards Israeli territory.
It was the biggest such barrage from Lebanon since Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fought a war in 2006.
Unifil said that its peacekeepers detected explosions near al-Majidiya shortly after 08:00 local time (05:00 GMT) on Thursday, and that while they could not confirm the cause the sounds were consistent with a possible rocket launch.
Around 12:00, they detected shellfire from Israel hitting Kafr Shouba, it added.
There were no immediate reports of any damage or casualties.
Security sources in Lebanon told Reuters news agency that two rockets were fired towards Israel on Thursday.
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