as the conflict between lebanon and israel escalates, how confident is hezbollah in lebanon facing israel's military superiority?
2024-09-26
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since the outbreak of the new round of israeli-palestinian conflict in october last year, hezbollah in lebanon has fought with israel many times. although hezbollah has suffered greater losses, it has not stopped attacking israel. the us media recently took stock of the arsenal of hezbollah in lebanon.
cnn published an article on the 23rd stating that despite israel's military advantage, "lebanon's hezbollah is still considered the most powerful non-state organization in the world" and its arsenal is more complex and more destructive than hamas.
the article cited data from the center for strategic and international studies and other institutions in the united states, reporting that hezbollah has about 120,000 to 200,000 rockets and missiles of various types and ranges. among them are "katyusha" rockets with a range of 4 to 40 kilometers, and "scud" missiles with a range of 300 to 500 kilometers. among them, "scud" missiles can reach the southernmost tip of israel and cover the entire territory of israel. of course, the premise is to bypass israel's "iron dome" air defense system. in addition to rockets and missiles, hezbollah also has a variety of drones, portable air defense systems and surface-to-air missile systems.
the article mentioned that as the conflict between lebanon and israel intensified, hezbollah in lebanon repeatedly attempted to attack israel's iron dome air defense system platform and dispatched a large number of drones and short-range missiles to overload the iron dome system, thereby opening channels for other ballistic missiles to strike deep into israeli territory. this strategy has achieved some results.
the armed forces of hezbollah in lebanon still have a certain gap with the israeli army
however, some experts said that there is still a certain gap between hezbollah's overall military strength and israel's.
military expert du wenlong: there is a certain gap between hezbollah and the idf in terms of comprehensive combat capability. first, the scale is smaller. the idf can mobilize nearly 400,000 people, while hezbollah has only 100,000. second, technology. if we analyze the completeness of the idf's military services, including the advanced level of weapons and equipment, it is higher than hezbollah. its air combat aircraft, including airborne missiles and various types of precision-guided weapons and equipment, have much higher strike capabilities than hezbollah. in addition, in terms of ballistic missiles and long-range attack capabilities, the idf also has a certain advantage.
