Hezbollah Fires 250 Rockets Into Israeli After Strike on Beirut

Heavy exchange of fire continues between Israel and Hezbollah on Sunday. Israel struck Hezbollah's south Beirut stronghold, as Lebanese media reported intense fighting in the border area. In response, Iran-backed Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months wounding at least seven people.

Israeli air defences intercepted some rockets fired by Hezbollah, but others caused damage to houses in central Israel, according to a report by AFP. Some projectiles even reached the Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel.

Hezbollah, in a statement, said that it had "launched, for the first time, an aerial attack using a swarm of attack drones on the Ashdod naval base" in southern Israel. Later, it said it fired "a barrage of advanced missiles and a swarm of attack drones" at a "military target" in Tel Aviv, and had also launched a volley of missiles at the Glilot army intelligence base in the city's suburbs. Hezbollah has previously reported attacks against the Glilot base.