Watch: Video footage captures Hezbollah missile being intercepted over Tel Aviv

Warning sirens were sounded in Tel Aviv after a single missile was intercepted by Israel's air defence systems

Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early on Wednesday, in a further escalation after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people.

The Israeli military said it intercepted the surface-to-surface missile, which set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel, and there were no reports of casualties or damage.

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