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Over a year later, has Hezbollah really been able to rebuild its arsenal?

Both Naim Qassem and Benjamin Netanyahu claim that Hezbollah has "rebuilt." But the reality appears to be more nuanced.

Over a year later, has Hezbollah really been able to rebuild its arsenal?

A Hezbollah fighter in front of a missile launcher in South Lebanon in 2023. (Credit: AFP archive photo)

Israel keeps repeating it: Hezbollah is trying to rebuild with Iranian funds. According to Israeli media.Israel even presented intelligence — which it claims proves Hezbollah is reconstructing and rearming — to White House emissary Morgan Ortagus during her recent visit to Israel.The party also claims to have managed to recover after the heavy blows suffered during the war in autumn 2024. But despite the claims of both combatants, the reality seems more nuanced, even according to several matching sources close to Hezbollah.Encircled by Syria, which is working to cut its supply lines, and by Israel, which is watching its every move, any large-scale rearming of Hezbollah appears impossible. If the group vaguely refers to "reconstruction" so as not to appear weak in the eyes of its base, the Lebanese State, and Israel, Tel Aviv...
Israel keeps repeating it: Hezbollah is trying to rebuild with Iranian funds. According to Israeli media.Israel even presented intelligence — which it claims proves Hezbollah is reconstructing and rearming — to White House emissary Morgan Ortagus during her recent visit to Israel.The party also claims to have managed to recover after the heavy blows suffered during the war in autumn 2024. But despite the claims of both combatants, the reality seems more nuanced, even according to several matching sources close to Hezbollah.Encircled by Syria, which is working to cut its supply lines, and by Israel, which is watching its every move, any large-scale rearming of Hezbollah appears impossible. If the group vaguely refers to "reconstruction" so as not to appear weak in the eyes of its base, the Lebanese State, and Israel, Tel...
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