Hezbollah has listed 11 bases it said it targeted, but it and the IDF have also implied that it was also hoping to target Mossad headquarters and IDF headquarters.
The Jerusalem Post understands that measures were even taken in advance to reduce the likelihood of casualties had such attacks taken place. Those attacks would have been part of an attack of somewhere between several hundreds and potentially thousands of rockets all over northern Israel, with some targeting the Tel Aviv and central Israel regions.
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
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