adminBEIRUT. – Hezbollah yesterday fired ballistic missiles targeting Mossad’s headquarters near Tel Aviv, the Lebanon-based group said.
Warning sirens sounded in Tel Aviv as a surface-to-surface missile was intercepted by Israeli air defence systems after it was detected crossing from Lebanon, the Israeli military said. Israel’s army says it was first time an attack from Lebanon reached central Israel as cross-border hostilities continue.
Hezbollah said that the building targeted was where the Israeli intelligence agency planned the recent attacks using pagers and other wireless devices. The launch came amid Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, which has killed at least 550 people and forced tens of thousands to flee.
It is the first time that group has claimed a ballistic missile strike since October when hostilities with Israel were triggered by the war on Gaza.
The group added that the strike was carried out in support of the people of Gaza and “in defence of Lebanon and its people”.
There were no reports of damage or casualties in Israel and the military said there was no change to civil defence instructions for central Israel.
Yesterday the Israeli army reported that Hezbollah had also launched attacks on the occupied Syrian region of Golan Heights and near Mount Carmel in northern Israel.
It added that the defence systems intercepted rocket and unmanned air vehicle attacks in the morning.
Israel’s war on Gaza has drawn in Hezbollah and other groups from across the Middle East.
– Aljazeera.com
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