TEHRAN- Hezbollah on Wednesday targeted the headquarters of the Israeli spy agency Mossad near Tel Aviv. In what has been described as a historic move, the Lebanese resistance used the Qader 1 ballistic missile for the first time to wage the operation.

The operation marks the first time that Hezbollah has targeted Tel Aviv with a ballistic missile. 

The attack came “in response for the Israeli aggression on Beirut” on Tuesday night that led to dozens of casualties. 
According to Hezbollah, the strike reinforces the equation of the "[suburb of] Beirut for [the suburb of] Tel Aviv", restoring military balance.

The resistance movement in southern Lebanon pointed out that the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv's suburbs was responsible for assassination operations and the waves of explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies.

The Tel Aviv strike sends an important message to the Israeli political, military, and intelligence leadership.As the geographic scope of fire between Israel and Hezbollah widens, the unprecedented attack saw the regime’s military acknowledge that a surface-to-surface missile from Lebanon evaded air defense systems and reached Tel Aviv. 

The command center of the Israeli intelligence base is responsible “for the electronic terrorist attacks and the assassination of the Resistance leaders,” Hezbollah declared.

The Israeli military claimed to have intercepted the missile but also censured Hebrew media from reporting details of the attack. 

The air raid sirens in the suburbs of Tel Aviv were heard during the Channel 13 live broadcast, which appeared to take the anchors and pundits aback.  

According to experts, the Israeli security apparatus was shaken by the operation. 

It also led Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to delay his trip to New York, where he was set to address the United Nations General Assembly. 

Israeli media reported that Netanyahu’s trip may be canceled altogether.   

An official told The Times of Israel that the chances of the trip being canceled entirely are "50/50".

Amid the indiscriminate bombardment of Lebanon, Hezbollah continues to strike the depth of Israel. Experts believe the resistance movement has used only a small fraction of its military arsenal so far.  

As Hezbollah intensifies its operations on Israeli military sites, barracks and posts, the resistance movement is still declaring that its attacks are in support of Gaza in addition to the defense of Lebanon. 
24 hours earlier, the formidable Lebanese resistance declared: 

"In support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their valiant and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance carried out a number of operations against the sites, bases and positions of the Israeli enemy army in northern occupied Palestine" 

1- Targeted Megiddo Military Airport, west of Afula, with volleys of Fadi 1 and Fadi 2 rockets.

2- Targeted Ramat David base and airport with a barrage of Fadi 2 rockets.

3- Targeted Megiddo Military Airport, west of Afula, for the second time with a barrage of Fadi 2 rockets.

4- Targeted the Amos base (the main base for transportation and logistical support for the northern region) with a salvo of Fadi 1 rockets.

5- Targeting the explosives factory in the Zikhron Ya'akov area, 60 km from the border, with a salvo of Fadi 2 rockets.

6- Targeted Megiddo Military Airport, west of Afula, with a salvo of Fadi 2 missiles.

7- Targeting the settlement of Kiryat Shmona with a barrage of rockets.

8- Targeted the logistical warehouses of the 146th Division in the Naftali base with a rocket salvo.

9- Targeting the Elyakim camp, affiliated with the Northern Command, south of Haifa, with a salvo of Fadi 2 missiles.

10- Targeted the main warehouses of the northern region at the Nimra base with dozens of rockets.

11- Targeted the Rosh Pinna settlement with rockets.

12- Targeted the Samson base (a command and equipment center and a regional equipment unit) with Fadi 3 rockets.

13- Targeted the Hagoshrim settlement with a rocket barrage.

14- Targeted the Katzrin settlement with a rocket barrage.

15- Targeted the settlement of Gesher HaZiv with rocket barrages.

16- Targeted the headquarters of the Northern Command of the Israeli enemy army in the Dado base with 50 rockets.

17- Targeting the headquarters of the Northern Command of the Israeli enemy army in the Dado base for the second time with 40 rockets.

18- Launched a swarm of attack drones at the headquarters of the special naval mission unit "Shayetet 13" at the Atlit base, targeting the locations of its officers and soldiers and hitting the targets accurately."

With Israel shaken and Netanyahu delaying his trip to the UN, Hezbollah’s message has been very clear: no region in Israel is safe from its fire.