Hezbollah boasts of no missile shortage amid Eastern attacks on Israel - analysis

Hezbollah’s media office claimed on Monday that it’s got plenty of missiles and rockets – enough for a long war with Israel. This statement was made in response to reports in Israeli media that Hezbollah’s arsenal was down to 20% remaining.

Hezbollah further said that the evidence it has to support this claim can be seen in its recent attack targeting areas near Tel Aviv, as well as Haifa and the Golan, in which it used the Fateh 110 missile.

The Iranian terrorist proxy group also fired 50 rockets toward Karmiel on Monday morning, injuring several people; Hezbollah took responsibility for the attack. More barrages followed in the afternoon.

It says it is ready for a long war, and also that it had not received a ceasefire proposal. This comes as reports claimed that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who is fresh in the role, expressed optimism about a potential ceasefire, and Defense Minister Israel Katz indicated that Hezbollah has been defeated.

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq also claimed to have targeted Israel with six drones late Sunday night, which the IDF said it intercepted: “Overnight, the IAF successfully intercepted four UAVs that approached Israel from the east. Two of the UAVs were intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory.”

Iranian proxies in Iraq and Yemen

Iranian state media IRNA said that “the Islamic resistance in Iraq announced fresh anti-Israel operations” and that its drones “hit a number of Israeli targets.” The Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq said they intensified drone attacks on Israel recently, claiming to have targeted Eilat, the Golan, and Jordan Valley. “The group has vowed to press ahead with its anti-Israel operations with increasing intensity,” IRNA reported.

In addition, the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen claimed to have targeted the Nahal Sorek area with a long-range ballistic missile it called the “Palestine 2.” The IDF responded that “following the sirens that sounded in the Shfelat Yehuda, Yehuda, and Lakhish areas of central Israel, the IAF intercepted one projectile that approached Israel from the direction of Yemen. The projectile did not cross into Israeli territory.”