Comment on Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel's Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction.

Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel's Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction.

An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon in September 2024. Israel has been stepping up its strikes on Lebanon in recent days.RABIH DAHER via Getty ImagesLebanon-based militia Hezbollah is estimated to have stockpiles of around 200,000 missiles.They would likely be able to breach Israel's Iron Dome air defense systems, experts say.But using them could trigger a massive regional war that would destroy Hezbollah.In recent weeks, Israel has inflicted a series of humiliating blows on Lebanon-based militia Hezbollah, detonating its pagers, killing its top leaders, and raining missiles on its bases.But at any moment Hezbollah could strike back with a massive missile and drone swarm attack that could devastate Israeli forces and rapidly escalate the conflict, say analysts.The Iran-backed group likely has stockpiles of up to 200,000 missiles, according to a 2024 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).That may be enough to overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and inflict huge damage on the country's cities and infrastructure, experts say."A war between Israel and Hezbollah, if it really goes into a war all out, will escalate very, very quickly," William Wechsler, senior director of Middle East Programs at The Atlantic Council, told Business Insider.If Hezbollah takes that step, countries, including the US, would rapidly be dragged into the conflict as it spread across the entire region.

 

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