BEIRUT, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) spokesperson Yasmina Bouziane said Wednesday that South Lebanon is currently passing through the calmest period since the passage of UN Resolution 1701.

    Saying in an interview on the local NBN television, Bouziane said that the calm is due to the strong partnership and cooperation between UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF).

    UN Resolution 1701 ended the 2006 summer war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. It also mandated and reinforced the UNIFIL to carry out peacekeeping missions in South Lebanon.

    Despite the "calmest period," recent days have seen several incidents that raise the tensions in the border area of Lebanon and Israel, among the latest one is that Israel on Saturday and Monday remotely detonated two wire-tapping devices it had implanted in Lebanon's land.

    Bouziane said that the UNIFIL only had initial data and are awaiting the results of the investigation, adding that UNIFIL cannot specify when the devices were planted.

    The UNIFIL said earlier this week that the devices were buried during the 2006 war. However, Hezbollah said UNIFIL's assertion was "unacceptable act of bias."

    An explosion of a rocket on Monday last week rocked the house of a Hezbollah official's home in the village of Tayr Felsay, some20 km east of Tyre. Hezbollah and LAF said only one was seriously injured.

    Israel later released a footage made by drones allegedly showing Hezbollah members recovering dozens of rockets from the home, while Hezbollah's al-Manar TV reported the rockets were only metal shutters at the place where explosion happened.

    Israel accuses Hezbollah of stockpiling rockets in South Lebanon, which was viewed as a violation of Resolution 1701. The resolution bans any unauthorized arms in UNIFIL's area of operations.