'Only the beginning': Hezbollah targets central Israel in tribute to Nasrallah
Hezbollah on Tuesday said it fired salvos of a new kind of medium-range missile, called the Fadi 4, at the headquarters of two Israeli intelligence agencies near Tel Aviv.
The Iran-backed group "launched salvoes of Fadi 4 rockets at the Glilot base of the military intelligence's unit 8200 and the Mossad headquarters located on the outskirts of Tel Aviv," it said in a statement.
Hezbollah said it targeted Tel Aviv's outskirts in tribute to slain Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and in response to Israel's massacres and to the targeting of civilians.
An Israeli military official said a man in his 50s was wounded.
Air raid sirens were activated in central Israel Tuesday and explosions were heard in Tel Aviv.
"Sirens sounded in central Israel following projectile launches that crossed from Lebanon," the military said in a statement.
Hezbollah had also launched projectiles at Israeli soldiers near the border after Israel said it launched a limited ground incursion.
In its first statement since Israel announced the start of ground operations, Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afifi said Hezbollah's firing of medium-range missiles toward central Israel earlier on Tuesday "is only the beginning.".
He also said reports that Israeli forces had entered Lebanon were "false claims" and that Hezbollah fighters are ready "to have direct confrontation with enemy forces that dare to or try to enter Lebanon to inflict casualties among them."
The Israeli military announced tighter restrictions on public gatherings across the country including in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, limiting the number of people that can gather outside ahead of the Jewish new year.
"In accordance with the assessment of the situation by the Home Front Command, it was decided to change the guidelines for the public," Israel's home command announced in a statement, adding that gatherings would be held with "a limit of up to 30 people in an open area and up to 300 people in a structure".
Later in the day, Hezbollah said its fighters launched "a salvo of Fadi-4 rockets at the Sde Dov air base in Tel Aviv", adding the attack came in defense of Lebanon and "in response to the targeting of civilians and the massacres that the enemy carried out".
The group also dedicated the attack on the disused base to Nasrallah.
Source: Agence France Presse
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