The soldiers found around 17 rocket launchers and also found a concrete foundation that could be used to launch the rockets at a location near the town of Rachaya al-Foukhar, the sources said.

'The depot was camouflaged and the weapons were hidden in a sealed barrel,' the sources added.

The arms were handed over to the Lebanese army, they said.

Spain has deployed nearly 1,100 troops in the beefed-up UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in accordance to UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended 33-days of Israeli war against the Hezbollah militant group.

The UNIFIL force monitors the fragile ceasefire at the Lebanese- Israeli border.

Picture: Russian made rocket launcher

Sources: DPA , Ya Libnan