Israeli military officials said they intercepted Hezbollah's surface-to-surface missile, launched after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of people, as the two sides teeter towards an all-out war.
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00:00Addressing troops on Israel's northern border, the Israeli Army Chief of Staff announced
00:08that the military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon, saying Israel's
00:13latest airstrikes in Lebanon were designed to prepare the ground for possible entry.
00:17We enter the area, destroy the enemy there, go to destroy the infrastructure, these are
00:25the things that will allow us to return the residents of the north later safely.
00:28The announcement comes as Hezbollah hurled dozens of projectiles into Israel, including
00:33a missile aimed at Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
00:37Israel intercepted the projectile, which was the militant group's deepest strike into Israel
00:41yet.
00:43Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Wednesday that his country would
00:46continue to use force against Hezbollah in Lebanon until displaced residents of northern
00:51Israel return home.
00:53We will continue to use force against Hezbollah until they return home.
01:06More than 50 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Wednesday, according
01:11to Lebanon's health minister, raising the total death toll from the past three days
01:15to 615.
01:17Since Monday, some 90,000 people have been displaced.
01:21The EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, warned against escalation in an address to
01:26the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, saying the tensions between Israel and Hezbollah
01:31risk turning into a full-fledged war.