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Sirens were sounded Wednesday morning, around 6:30 a.m., in Tel Aviv and Gush Dan.

A few minutes later, sirens were also activated in the Sharon area, including Netanya, where a siren was sounded for the first time since the start of the war, and in Haifa and the Krayot.

During the morning at least five launches were identified on Zikhron Ya'akov, with a missile falling near Bat Shlomo.

Sirens were also heard in the north, with a rocket striking in Tzfat. First responders were called to the scene.

The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said, "Following the sirens that sounded in the Tel Aviv and Netanya areas, one surface-to-surface missile was identified crossing from Lebanon and was intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defense Array."

There is no change in the directives of the Home Front Command, and classes in central Israel and the Sharon region will take place as usual.

The Magen David Adom spokesman said that, following the sirens that were heard in the last few minutes in the Sharon area, Tel Aviv and Gush Dan, at this stage no calls were received at MDA's 101 hotline and there are no reports of injuries.

Later, the IDF reported that it struck the launcher used in the attack.

"Following the surface-to-surface missile launch toward central Israel, the IAF struck the launcher from which the missile was fired in the area of Nafakhiyeh in Lebanon," the IDF said. "Overnight (Wednesday), with the direction of IDF intelligence, the IAF conducted an additional series of strikes on Hezbollah terrorist targets in Lebanese territory."

"As part of the strikes, the IAF struck terrorists operating within terrorist infrastructure, weapons storage facilities, launchers, and additional Hezbollah terrorist targets.

Hezbollah later took responsibility for the firing and announced that "a Qader 1 type ballistic missile was launched at the Mossad headquarters; this is the place responsible for the pagers explosion and killing of top officials in the organization."

"Following the strike on multiple Hezbollah weapons storage facilities, secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of large quantities of weaponry within the facilities that were struck."