Members of Israeli security forces inspect the impact site of a reported rocket fired from Lebanon on central Israel
Hezbollah says it fired missiles at Mossad HQ near Tel Aviv
Lebanon’s militant group warns that its strikes on Tel Aviv hours earlier are only the beginning and that Hezbollah has not engaged in "direct ground clashes" with Israeli troops.
Tuesday 01/10/2024
Members of Israeli security forces inspect the impact site of a reported rocket fired from Lebanon on central Israel
DUBAI - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had used new Fadi 4 missiles to attack the Tel Aviv headquarters of Israel's Mossad intelligence agency and the Glilot military base, where the army’s 8200 intelligence unit is headquartered on the outskirts of the Israeli city.
The head of Hezbollah's media office, Mohammad Afif, said that no Israeli troops have entered Lebanese territory, and warned that the group's strikes on Tel Aviv hours earlier were "only the beginning".
In a written statement to Reuters, Afif said Hezbollah had not engaged in "direct ground clashes" with Israeli troops, but that it would be ready to do so.
The Israeli military said earlier that Israel's ground raids into southern Lebanon will target Hezbollah strongholds along the border that threaten Israel, not a war against the Lebanese people.
"These localized ground raids will target Hezbollah strongholds that threaten Israeli towns, kibbutzim and communities along our border," said military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. "Hezbollah turned Lebanese villages next to Israeli villages into military bases ready for an attack on Israel."
Israel also launched a strike on a building in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian camp near south Lebanon's Sidon early on Tuesday, a Palestinian source and Lebanese media said.
It marked the first strike on the overcrowded camp, Lebanon's largest of several Palestinian camps, since cross-border hostilities broke out nearly a year ago.