Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday, marking its deepest strike yet into Israel amid escalating tensions after Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed hundreds, AP News reports.
The Israeli military intercepted the missile, which set off air raid sirens, with no reported casualties and retaliated by striking the launch site in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah claimed it targeted Israel’s Mossad headquarters in retaliation for recent killings of its commanders allegedly by Israel, but Israeli officials dismissed this as “psychological warfare.”
The missile launch follows heavy Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, which have killed at least 560 people since Monday, leading to widespread destruction and displacement in Lebanon. Both sides have been exchanging fire for nearly a year, with Hezbollah regularly launching rockets into northern Israel in solidarity with Gaza and Hamas.
