From CNN, I'm Faiz Jamil with the 5 things you need to know for Wednesday, September 25th.

Hezbollah has fired a missile directed at Tel Aviv this morning. The militant group says it was targeting the headquarters of Mossad, Israel's intelligence service. But the Israeli military says it was intercepted before it hit. CNN's Nic Robertson is in Tel Aviv.

It does appear at this stage to be an escalation in Hezbollah's tactics because over the past couple of days, Hezbollah has only been firing its missiles, either just over the border, Israel's northern border, or about 30 miles south of the border at military targets that. But by firing it at central Israel, as Hezbollah claims to have launched it at Mossad headquarters. This does seem to represent a step change in what's happening here.

Meanwhile, Israel's military is warning displaced people from southern Lebanon not to return to their homes as it targets Hezbollah and waves of strikes. Lebanon's foreign minister estimates that half a million people have been displaced in the fighting and more than 500 people killed across the country.

People are urgently preparing for Helene before the storm is forecast to make landfall along Florida's Big Bend Coast tomorrow. Right now, Helene is maintaining tropical storm strength of 60mph and is on track to become a hurricane later today. Once it reaches Florida, winds are expected to reach 120mph. About 30 million people are under tropical storm watches and warnings in the southeast with roughly 8.5 million people under hurricane watches and warnings, mostly in Florida. This couple in Florida who met during Hurricane Ian back in 2022 told CNN affiliate Wink News they're once again preparing to weather the storm together.

Storm surge is always predicted, but we've never it never happened. And so, yeah, we we we've learned to watch a little bit be a little bit more careful.

'A woman has accused music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs and his bodyguard of drugging and assaulting her, as well as filming the attack back in 2001. In a federal lawsuit filed in New York yesterday, Thalia Graves alleges she met Combs when she was 25 through her boyfriend, who then worked at Combs label. She says she lost consciousness after drinking wine offered by Combs and his bodyguard, Joseph Sherman. Waking up naked with her hands tied in a Manhattan studio before being assaulted. She also alleges she learned last year that Combs and Sherman had recorded and published video of the assault and shown it to others. Graves told journalists she struggles with severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder and has attempted suicide.

The combination of physical and emotional pain has created a cycle of suffering from which it is so hard to break free.

Combs has faced numerous sexual violence allegations, including more than ten lawsuits in the past year. He was also recently indicted on federal charges related to racketeering and sex trafficking. CNN has reached out to representatives of Combs and Sherman for comment.

A Missouri man whose murder conviction was questioned by a prosecutor was executed by lethal injection yesterday evening after the US Supreme Court denied a stay. Lawyers for 55 year old Marcellus Williams filed a flurry of appeals based on what they described as new evidence, including alleged jury selection, bias and contamination of the murder weapon prior to trial. Williams was convicted in the 1988 killing of Felicia Gayle. But in January, the county's top prosecutor filed a motion to vacate his conviction and sentence, which was denied. The victim's family had also asked that Williams not be executed. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision came a day after Missouri Supreme Court and governor refused to grant a stay of execution.

Coming up, we'll tell you why one zoo is sending its giant pandas back to China.

Finland will send back two giant pandas to China later this year, more than eight years ahead of their planned return time. No, it's not because they misbehaved, but because the bill for bamboo seems to be breaking the bank. The Ahtari zoo told Reuters it can't afford to keep the pandas anymore because the pandemic hurt tourism and caused financial problems. China loans pandas to more than 20 countries as envoys of friendship from Beijing, a program that's often referred to as panda diplomacy.

That's all for now. I'll be back with our next episode, which drops at 9 p.m. Eastern.