Hezbollah claims to have launched rocket attack on Israel’s Mossad HQ in revenge for pager & walkie talkie bombs
HEZBOLLAH has launched a missile at the headquarters of Israel's Mossad spy agency.
Warning sirens could be heard in Tel Aviv overnight as the surface-to-surface rocket was blown up by an air defence system.
The attempted strike was in response to last week's pager and walkie-talkie sabotage attacks by the spooks, Hezbollah said.
The Times of Israel reports the terror group shot a Qadar 1 ballistic missile at the HQ near the country's capital.
Israel blew up the rocket using its high-tech interception system named David's Sling -a medium-range ballistic missile designed to intercept short-range missiles.
The IDF claims to have then quickly blown up the launcher the rocket was sent from, releasing black and white airstrike footage of the swift retaliation.
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The launcher was hit in southern Lebanon’s Nafakhiyeh, according to the IDF.
Hezbollah's attempt on Mossad HQ marks the first time during the war that Israel has targeted Tel Aviv.
Warning sirens also sounded in other areas of central Israel, including the city of Netanya.
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Hezbollah had fired at least 300 rockets at northern Israel yesterday.
It comes after the IDF blitzed 1,600 targets in Lebanon on Monday and continued with a heavy barrage of strikes on Tuesday.
Hundreds have been killed and reports claim half a million Lebanese have been displaced from their homes.
SIR Keir Starmer has urged Brits in Lebanon to leave immediately as 700 UK troops have been scrambled to help with any mass evacuation.
More Brit troops will now be deployed to Cyprus in case a full-scale evacuation of Lebanon is ordered.
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