The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Lebanon today that for the "first time in history" targeted economic center Tel Aviv. The missile was fired from the area of Nafakhiyeh in southern Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces said earlier this morning, before announcing its forces had struck the launcher it was fired from.

Israeli airstrikes targeting militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon killed nearly 500 people and wounded 1,600 others on Monday — the deadliest day in the country in nearly two decades. Follow for live u

Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday, in a further escalation after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people and the militants fired rockets across wider areas of northern Israel.