Extracts: Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire for 11 months Air/drone strikes and shelling/artillery/missile attacks between Israel and Hezbollah from 08 October 2023 to 20 September 2024
1. To date, Hezbollah has lost hundreds of fighters and is now losing an untold amount of munitions 2. The extent to which its capabilities have been degraded will only become clear when the group responds to these latest attacks
Iran, which regards Hezbollah as part of its "forward defence" strategy, an insurance policy against Israeli or US attack, will be considering its response too although to date it has been unwilling to enter the conflict more directly to support Hezbollah
The group now needs to both save face and attempt to regain a degree of deterrence against future Israeli attacks
It has already started launching long-range strikes into Israel, for the first time since it entered the war
