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Hezbollah Goes Ballistic on Tel Aviv … To No Avail – HotAir

As payback for Pagercide, it’s weak sauce. As a demonstration of capability, today’s attack on Tel Aviv may be more concerning.

Israel and the West knew for years that Hezbollah had acquired ballistic-missile capability. Today, they launched a Qadr-1 at Tel Aviv, their first use of a ballistic missile and a potential new phase of the long war between Hezbollah and Israel. The missile got intercepted by Israel’s defense system, while Hezbollah claimed it as their response to Operation Grim Beeper:

The surface-to-surface missile was Hezbollah’s first-ever rocket attack on Tel Aviv, and is believed to be the first ballistic missile the terror group has ever launched into Israel. No injuries were reported in the missile strike, which was intercepted by the David’s Sling missile-defense system and came a day after President Joe Biden implored Hezbollah and Israel to de-escalate…

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