Hezbollah has fired a ballistic missile targeting Mossad’s Headquarters near Israel’s Tel Aviv. Hezbollah fired Qader-1 missile at Mossad HQ , the Lebanon-based group said.

Warning sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, as a surface-to-surface missile was intercepted by Israeli Air Defense Systems after it was detected crossing from Lebanon, the Israeli military said.

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Hezbollah said that the building targeted was where the Israeli Intelligence agency planned the recent attacks using pagers and other wireless devices.

The launch came amid Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon, which has killed at least 500 people. It is the first time that the Iran-backed terrorist group claimed ballistic missile strike since October  when hostilities with Israel were triggered by the war on Gaza.

“The Islamic Resistance launched a ‘Qader 1’ ballistic missile at 6:30am (03:30 GMT) on Wednesday, 25-9-2024, targeting the Mossad headquarters in the outskirts of Tel Aviv,” Hezbollah said in a statement. “This headquarters is responsible for the assassination of leaders and the explosion of pagers and wireless devices.”

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The group added that the strike was carried out in support of the people of Gaza and “in defense of Lebanon and its people”. 

The Israeli military said it was the first time a projectile fired from Lebanon had reached central Israel.

Hezbollah claimed to have targeted an intelligence base near Tel Aviv last month in an aerial attack, but there was no confirmation from the Israeli side.

There were no reports of damage or casualties in Israel.

The Israeli Air Force said in a post on X that its planes had struck the launcher from which the missile was fired in the area of Nafakhiyeh in Lebanon.