Israel soon could find itself locked into a multifront war against the terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas, a scenario that experts say the Israelis may need additional time to prepare for after a grueling conflict with Hamas that so far has lasted 10 months.

Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday in an airstrike in Lebanon. Hours later, another strike in Iran killed the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh; Israel has not taken credit for that strike, but it prompted promises of revenge from Iran regardless.

Former U.S. officials and defense experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation said that while Israel is the chief military superpower in the Middle East, it urgently needs to restock its defensive and offensive systems to be truly prepared for another war.

“Israel does not have an infinite amount of interceptors, bombs, munitions. The military feels taxed, they’re feeling strained,” Gabriel Noronha, executive director at Polaris National Security and a former State Department official, said. “When I talk to Israeli officials, there’s a desire for them to have a little bit more time before they go to war … they want more time to replenish their stockpiles. They don’t feel quite ready for it today.”

Hezbollah, operating just north of Israel in Lebanon, has far greater manpower and access to weaponry than does Hamas or any of Iran’s other terror networks. While Hamas receives only about $120 million a year from Iran and $120 million a year from Qatar, Hezbollah receives over $700 million a year from Iran and........

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