Hezbollah fired a missile towards Tel Aviv and central Israel on Wednesday morning native time, setting off air raid warnings and sending residents scrambling to bomb shelters and protected rooms.
There have been no studies of accidents or harm.
It was not instantly clear what sort of projectile was fired, although Military Radio reported that one “missile” from Lebanon landed in Israel with out inflicting any harm, then reported that the Arrow missile protection system, which is used for longer-range missiles, had intercepted it.
Replace: The Instances of Israel reported that David’s Sling, one other missile protection system, was used as an alternative.
The Military Radio army corespondent, Doron Kadosh, advised that Hezbollah is likely to be attempting to ascertain a form of parity with the Israeli army, which has struck targets in Beirut over the previous a number of days. The distinction: Israel goals at army targets, corresponding to Hezbollah leaders; Hezbollah goals at civilians (and in addition hides amongst civilians).
The Hezbollah assault got here a day after Israel killed one of many Iranian-backed terror group’s senior commanders, who was in control of missile assaults on Israel. It additionally got here lower than a day after U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the United Nations Common Meeting in New York. Biden issued his notorious “don’t” to Hezbollah and Iran throughout a go to to Israel in October. That warning seems to have been ignored, as Hezbollah escalates nearer to full-scale battle.
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