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From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, September 25th.

Israel says it shot down a Hezbollah missile fired at Tel Aviv this morning, adding it's the first ever fired by the

militant group to reach close to the city.

Hezbollah says it targeted the headquarters of Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, as the two sides have been trading fire, forcing

thousands in Lebanon to flee their homes.

This comes even as President Joe Biden urged for de-escalation yesterday at the UN's General Assembly New York.

Hezbollah, unprovoked during the October 7th attack, launching rockets in Israel.

Almost a year later, too many in each side of the and

almost a year later too many on each side of the Israeli-Libbonon border remained

displaced full-scale wars not in anyone's interest.

Biden spoke to the forum as his efforts to push for a cease-fire and hostage

release deal in Gaza seemed to be reaching a dead end. Now the extension of the

conflict to Lebanon is not helping the negotiations. With sources telling CNN, senior U.S. officials have largely stopped their push in recent days

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