The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has fired a ballistic missile targeting Mossad’s headquarters near Tel Aviv.

Warning sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Wednesday as a surface-to-surface missile was fired.

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 and forced tens of thousands to flee.

It is the first time that the resistance movement has launched a ballistic missile at Israel. Israel says it has intercepted the missile. 

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

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