In recent days, the Hezbollah terror group has ramped up its rate of fire against Israel after joining the fight in support of its sponsor, Iran, which is under intense attack from a joint US-Israel air campaign that began on February 28.

The escalation peaked on Wednesday night, when the Lebanon-based organization launched some 200 rockets at northern Israel — a barrage that has renewed questions about the size of its remaining arsenal and the resilience of its supply chain.

Before the outbreak of the war triggered by the October 7 Hamas-led attacks, estimates in 2023 put Hezbollah’s arsenal at around 150,000 rockets and missiles.

Since then, however, that stockpile is widely believed to have been significantly reduced by Israel Defense Forces raids on Hezbollah’s munitions storage and production facilities.

The group’s ability to smuggle in weapons and parts has also been significantly hampered by the loss of Syria as a viable transport route following the overthrow of the Bashar Assad regime in late 2024.

Yet experts believe it still maintains enough firepower to regularly launch significant attacks on Israel.

“I don’t know how much Hezbollah has left after the IDF strikes in recent days,” said Sarit Zehavi, founder and president of the Alma Research and Education Center, which analyzes security challenges along Israel’s northern borders. “Based on the way it is managing the scale of its fire, I estimate it has enough for at least several weeks.”

On February 26, days before Hezbollah resumed firing at Israel, Alma estimated that the Iran proxy group possessed roughly 25,000 rockets and missiles.

Since Hezbollah entered the fighting on March 2, the IDF has struck weapons depots and rocket launch sites across Lebanon.

Even before the latest escalation, Israel had been preparing for the possibility that Hezbollah might join........

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