Lebanese army says one wounded in Lebanon blast

BEIRUT (Reuters) - One person was wounded when a shell exploded in a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday, the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said on Tuesday.

Hezbollah lawmaker Hussein Haj Hassan said the explosion took place in the garage of a Hezbollah member, wounding one person. "We are concerned with finding out the reasons for this explosion," Hassan said.

Lebanese security sources said on Monday five people had been killed in a munitions explosion in a house in Tayr Filsi, just inside U.N. peacekeepers' area of operations.

Hezbollah then denied anyone died in a blast in the area.

Israeli officials have accused Hezbollah of stockpiling munitions in violation of a truce which ended a 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shi'ite guerrilla group.

The Israeli military released video footage on Tuesday it said was taken from an unmanned surveillance drone overlooking the scene shortly after the explosion. The footage was taken by an infra-red camera in black and white.

It showed frantic activity by dozens of people around the site with people loading at least one long object on a truck. The army then said two truckloads of munitions, including rockets were taken to another hiding place in nearby village.

"This footage proves that Hezbollah continues to hide munitions at hundreds of locations across southern Lebanon in places that are supposed to be clear of weaponry," a spokeswoman said.

A senior Israeli military source said the Israeli military has asked UNIFIL, the peacekeeping force that was reinforced after the 34-day war in 2006, to open an investigation. Deputy Israeli Defense Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel's Army Radio on Tuesday it was clear this was "a Hezbollah accident."