Special report: Israel-Lebanon conflicts [Gallery] [Videos]

    JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli port city of Tel Aviv was on alert for a possible rocket attack after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened to fire rockets into the city, local media reported on Friday.

    The municipality has begun organizing shelters and special reinforced areas in Israel's second largest city.

    Emergency team practiced to deal with the situation that rockets were to fall in Tel Aviv.

    The city's website provides maps of location of public shelters.

    On Thursday, Nasrallah said in a taped television speech that if Israel bombed the Lebanese capital Beirut, Hezbollah would bomb Tel Aviv. Enditem

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    Lebanese Hezbollah warns of rocket attacks at Tel Aviv if Beirut struck

    BEIRUT, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Lebanese Hezbollah threatened late Thursday that the guerrilla group would fire rockets at Tel Aviv deep inside Israel if Beirut was hit by air strikes.

    "If you strike Beirut, the Islamic Resistance will strike Tel Aviv and it is able to do so," Nasrallah said in a taped televised message.