Will the Israeli government adopt the destruction of Hezbollah as a war aim, as it has with Hamas?

The Lebanese paramilitary group has been hit hard, but still has the missile power to terrorise Tel Aviv, even if its planned ground assault has been blocked

An Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Picture: AP/Hussein Malla

On Tuesday night, just before 8pm, Iran launched 180 ballistic missiles at what it claims were military targets in Israel. 

International correspondents in Jerusalem have confirmed some of the missiles reached Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and a restaurant and a school was hit. There was one reported fatality. A Palestinian man walking in the nearby West Bank town of Jericho was struck by debris. IDF sources said its air defence system destroyed all but a few missiles. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard reported 90% of the missiles hit their targets.