There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
A missile fired from Lebanon was intercepted near Israel's economic centre Tel Aviv Israel's military said, in a rare attack far from the front lines of the conflict with Hezbollah.
Since the outbreak of conflict between Israel and Hamas last October, Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets and drones from Lebanon targeting northern Israel. Flights at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion international airport continued as usual, the airport's spokesperson said. Speaking from Tel Aviv, CNN's International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson said Israel's interception of a missile fired from Lebanon near the city is a "very rare occurrence" and may be a first in the latest phase of escalations.
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