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Hezbollah fires missile at Tel Aviv in further escalation of conflict – National

Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into ******* early Wednesday, including a missile aimed at Tel Aviv that was the militant group’s deepest strike yet and marked a further escalation after ******** strikes on Lebanon ******* hundreds of people.

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The ******** military said it intercepted the surface-to-surface missile, which set off air-raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central *******. There were no reports of casualties or damage. The military said it struck the site in southern Lebanon where the missile was launched.

In this photo taken from video provided by Adar E Goldenberg, traces of presumably an attacking missile, right, and air defense missile, left, are seen in the air in Tel Aviv, *******, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

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Hezbollah said it fired a Qader 1 ballistic missile targeting the headquarters of *******’s Mossad intelligence agency, which it blames for a recent string of targeted killings of its top commanders and for an ******* last week in which explosives hidden in pagers and walkie-talkies ******* dozens of people and wounded thousands, including many Hezbollah members.

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The ******** military said it was the first time a projectile fired from Lebanon had reached central *******. Hezbollah claimed to have targeted an intelligence base near Tel Aviv last month in an aerial *******, but there was no confirmation. The ************ ****** militant group in Gaza repeatedly targeted Tel Aviv in the opening months of the war.

The launch ratcheted up tensions as the region appeared to be teetering toward another all-out war, even as ******* continues to battle ****** in the Gaza Strip. A wave of ******** strikes on Monday and Tuesday ******* at least 560 people in Lebanon and forced thousands to seek refuge.

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1:58
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Fleeing families have flocked to Beirut and the coastal city of Sidon, sleeping in schools turned into shelters, as well as in cars, parks and along the beach. Some sought to leave the country, causing a traffic jam at the border with Syria.

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Hezbollah’s latest strikes included dozens of rockets fired Wednesday into northern *******, with one hitting an empty home and sparking a ***** in the city of Safed. The ******** military said that at one point the militants fired 40 projectiles simultaneously.

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******* responded with its own new strikes on Hezbollah. In Lebanon, at least three people were ******* and nine wounded in an ******** strike near Byblos, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The coastal town is north of Beirut and far from Hezbollah’s main strongholds.

The ******** military has said there are no immediate plans for a ground invasion, but it has declined to give a timetable for the air campaign.

Tensions between ******* and the Lebanese militant group have steadily escalated over the last 11 months. Hezbollah has been ******* rockets, missiles and drones into northern ******* in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and its ally ******, a fellow Iran-backed militant group.

******* has responded with increasingly heavy airstrikes and the targeted ******** of Hezbollah commanders while threatening a wider operation.

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The U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting on Lebanon for Wednesday at the request of France.

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Nearly a year of fighting between Hezbollah and ******* had already displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the border before this week’s escalation. ******* has vowed to do whatever it takes to ensure its citizens can return to their homes in the north, while Hezbollah has said it will keep up its rocket attacks until there is a cease-***** in Gaza, something that appears increasingly remote.

The rocket ***** over the past week has disrupted life for more than 1 million people across northern *******, with schools closed and restrictions on public gatherings. Many restaurants and other businesses are shut in the coastal city of Haifa, and there are fewer people on the streets. Some who fled south from communities near the border are coming under rocket ***** again.

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******* has moved thousands of troops who had been serving in Gaza to the northern border. It says Hezbollah has some 150,000 rockets and missiles, including some capable of striking anywhere in *******, and that the group has fired some 9,000 rockets and drones since last October.

Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, an ******** military spokesperson, said the missile fired Wednesday had a “heavy warhead” but declined to elaborate or confirm it was the type described by Hezbollah. He dismissed Hezbollah’s claim of targeting the Mossad headquarters, located just north of Tel Aviv, as “psychological warfare.”

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The Iranian-made Qader is a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile with multiple types and payloads. It can carry an explosive payload of up to 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds), according to the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. Iranian officials have described the liquid-fueled missile as having a range of 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles).

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Lebanon says more than 490 people ******* in ******** strikes

Cross-border ***** began ramping up Sunday in the wake of the pager and walkie-talkie bombings, which ******* 39 people and wounded nearly 3,000, many of them civilians. Lebanon blamed *******, but ******* did not confirm or deny responsibility.

On Sunday, Hezbollah launched around 150 rockets, missiles and drones into northern *******.

The next day, ******* said its warplanes struck 1,600 Hezbollah targets, destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets and ******* drones, including weapons concealed in private homes. The strikes racked up the highest one-day ****** toll in Lebanon since ******* and Hezbollah fought a bruising monthlong war in 2006.

An ******** airstrike in Beirut on Tuesday ******* Ibrahim Kobeisi, whom ******* described as a top Hezbollah commander with the group’s rocket and missile unit. Military officials said Kobeisi was responsible for launches toward ******* and planned a 2000 ******* in which three ******** soldiers were kidnapped and *******. Hezbollah later confirmed his ******.

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It was the latest in a string of assassinations and other setbacks for Hezbollah, which is Lebanon’s strongest political and military actor and is widely considered the top paramilitary force in the ***** world.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said six people were ******* and 15 were wounded in the strike in a southern Beirut suburb, an area where Hezbollah has a strong presence. The country’s National News Agency said the ******* destroyed three floors of a six-story apartment building.

The U.N.’s High Commissioner for Refugees in Lebanon said one of its staffers and her young son were among those ******* Monday in the Bekaa region, while a cleaner under contract was ******* in a strike in the south.

Hezbollah fired 300 rockets on Tuesday, injuring six ******** soldiers and civilians, most of them lightly, according to the ******** military.

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The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 564 people have been ******* in ******** strikes since Monday, including 50 children and 94 women, and that more than 1,800 have been wounded, a staggering toll for a country still reeling from the deadly pager and walkie-talkie bombings last week.

Chehayeb reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, ******* ***** Emirates, contributed to this report.

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