Hezbollah planned to hit key Israeli intelligence base near Tel Aviv, says Nasrallah

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has said that the group's retaliatory attack against Israel was delayed due to several factors, including significant Israeli and US military mobilisation.

Nasrallah explained that Hezbollah chose not to retaliate for Israel's killing of its top commander, Fuad Shukr, by targeting civilian areas or infrastructure. Instead, the group opted to strike military sites near Tel Aviv, including a military intelligence base from where Israel's surveillance unit operates.

He also said that Katyusha rockets were launched to divert Israel's Iron Dome and other defence systems, allowing drones to enter Israeli airspace from the Bekaa region, deep within Lebanon, for the first time.