Israel’s military chief told troops that airstrikes against Hezbollah were in preparation for a potential ground invasion of Lebanon, after Israeli air defenses intercepted the militant group’s first attempted missile strike on Tel Aviv.

Hezbollah may have stockpiles of up to 200,000 missiles. But Israel's counting on it backing down.

Israel stepped up its heaviest air attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon since 2006 after shooting down the first missile ever fired by the militant group at Tel Aviv.