A rocket fired from Lebanon was intercepted near Israel’s economic center Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Israel’s military said, in a rare attack far from the front lines of the conflict with Hezbollah.

Hezbollah launched a ballistic missile at Tel Aviv early Wednesday, in a further escalation after Israel carried out strikes on Lebanon that killed hundreds of people and the militants fired rockets across wider areas of northern Israel.

Hezbollah has launched dozens of rockets into Israel, including the group’s farthest strike yet in nearly a year of exchanges.

Israel carried out more air strikes on Hezbollah targets in its heaviest and deadliest bombardment on Lebanon since 2006, when the two sides fought a devastating war.

The Israeli military launched dozens more airstrikes following the worst bout of bloodshed between Israel and Hezbollah since their monthlong conflict in 2006.

Thousands fled their homes in southern Lebanon, crowding highways and makeshift shelters as Israel unleashed an air war on Hezbollah's arsenal.

It was the deadliest day in decades of hostilities between Israel and the militants, who stepped up their own barrage of rockets.

Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon killed at least 100 people, local authorities said, as escalating hostilities between the two sides stoke international concern about the scale of conflict.