‘Hell is breaking loose’: Hezbollah aims for Tel Aviv

Israel’s military chief has declared the country is preparing for a possible ground invasion of Lebanon to counter Hezbollah attacks on the country’s north.

Israel is already hammering southern Lebanon hard with air strikes, killing at least 560 and forcing thousands to seek refuge this week. Among the dead are Hezbollah commanders Ibrahim Kobeisi and Hussein Ezzedine.

Hezbollah has shot thousands of rockets into northern Israel over the past year and is now reaching deeper into the country. On Wednesday, Israel shot down a missile that Hezbollah said it had aimed at the headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency, near Tel Aviv – the first time the Iran-backed militant group has tried to strike so deeply into Israeli territory.