Hezbollah’s attempt to strike Israel’s economic capital comes after the IDF’s large-scale aerial bombardment campaign targeting southern Lebanon resulted in more than 500 deaths.
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Hezbollah fired a missile at Tel Aviv on Wednesday—its deepest strike into Israeli territory and the latest sign of escalating tensions—which Israel’s military said it intercepted to prevent any damages or casualties.Key Facts
Hezbollah said the ballistic missile fired at Tel Aviv was meant to target the headquarters of Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, which the militant group has blamed for the recent killings of some of its leaders and last week’s attack involving exploding pagers, which killed at least a dozen.
