Lebanese Hezbollah fighters take part in a military exercise near Lebanon's border with Israel on May 21, 2023, four days ahead of 'Liberation Day', marking the 2000 withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon (Credit: Anwar Amro/AFP)
BEIRUT — Before opening a support front with Hamas against Israel in October 2023, Hezbollah had in its arsenal, experts estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and 150,000 rockets and missiles. However, its weapons supply has surely been depleted, as the party has launched thousands of attacks against Israel and continues to do so, while Israel claims to have destroyed a substantial portion of the party's stockpile in it's own aerial and artillery attacks.Earlier this month, CNN cited U.S. and Israeli officials as saying that recent Israeli strikes had destroyed about 50 percent of Hezbollah's arsenal, "a formidable collection of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as rockets." However, it remains unclear how many new rockets the party has been able to acquire in the last year.After assassinating Hezbollah Secretary-General...
BEIRUT — Before opening a support front with Hamas against Israel in October 2023, Hezbollah had in its arsenal, experts estimated, somewhere between 130,000 and 150,000 rockets and missiles. However, its weapons supply has surely been depleted, as the party has launched thousands of attacks against Israel and continues to do so, while Israel claims to have destroyed a substantial portion of the party's stockpile in it's own aerial and artillery attacks.Earlier this month, CNN cited U.S. and Israeli officials as saying that recent Israeli strikes had destroyed about 50 percent of Hezbollah's arsenal, "a formidable collection of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as rockets." However, it remains unclear how many new rockets the party has been able to acquire in the last year.After assassinating Hezbollah...