BEIRUT - Hezbollah launched on Wednesday for the first time a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile from Lebanon to attack the headquarters of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad, said the group in a statement.

"In support of our 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 launched a 'Qader 1' ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, which is the headquarters responsible for assassinating leaders and blowing up pagers and wireless devices," said the statement.

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Confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli army have escalated in recent days, as the group began shelling military sites in northern Israel with dozens of missiles, including "Fadi 1", "Fadi 2" and "Fadi 3" missiles, which it used for the first time since Oct 8 last year.

Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging shelling across the Lebanese-Israeli border after the war broke out between the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Israel in the Gaza Strip last October.