Al Jazeera’s report on the military strength of the Lebanese resistance/Hezbollah can make Israel fire missiles

According to Webangah News quoted by Tasnim News agency, simultaneously with the intensification of advanced attacks by the Lebanese Hezbollah against enemy positions Zionist, especially during the last two weeks, most of the attention in analytical and media circles has been focused on the weapons power, especially the missile capability of the Lebanese resistance, and these circles are trying to examine the dimensions of Hezbollah’s military power.

In this context, the base The Al Jazeera network announced in a report that Hezbollah has a huge arsenal of weapons, the exact size of which is not known, but the armed activities, the statements of the officials of this movement, as well as the research conducted in this field show that the weapons arsenal of Hezbollah is still developing and expanding. . Even many American research centers consider Hezbollah to be the largest and strongest armed group in the world. Hizbollah officials have also repeatedly pointed to the great military power of this movement and stated that its advanced missiles can reach the depths of occupied Palestine. Al Jazeera added that Hezbollah, as one of the main members of the resistance axis, is the most experienced, organized and powerful group in this axis, which transfers its expertise and experiences to other resistance groups. The July 2006 war with the Zionist regime was a turning point that brought Hezbollah’s military power and arsenal to a very advanced level. At that time, Hezbollah had about 15,000 missiles, but now the number of missiles has reached more than 10 times this number, which includes a large number of precision-guided missiles.

According to this report, Hezbollah forces also in Quantitative and qualitative level, they carried out many operations against terrorist groups during the Syrian crisis. Joe Macron, an analyst of Middle East affairs, says that Hezbollah’s progress is amazing and that this movement has been able to create an arsenal of all kinds of missiles for itself, and with this military power, it is able to bombard Israel with thousands of missiles. The exact number of Hezbollah missiles is not known, but according to some reports, the Lebanese resistance has more than 150,000 missiles and their use depends on the attack technique of this movement. >

Al Jazeera further referred to the words of Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah in 2021, who said that the Lebanese resistance has 100,000 armed and trained forces. The Times newspaper pointed out in a report that if this number is correct, it means that the number of Hezbollah forces is greater than the Lebanese army and even the British army. In the rest of this report, the power of the special unit “Rizwan” of Hezbollah is mentioned and It has been said that the forces of this unit are considered to be among the elite forces of Hezbollah in terms of readiness and combat power. Rezvan is a unit whose members are trained to fight in harsh conditions and rough areas. Therefore, membership in this unit has very complicated and long procedures, and applicants undergo specialized training. The number of forces of Rezvan unit is estimated to be 2500 people. The test steps to join this unit are initially based on measuring the loyalty of the volunteers to the resistance, and then military and physical tests are performed to determine the endurance level.

Lebanon Resistance Tunnels

According to Al Jazeera’s report, Hezbollah uses tunnels and hideouts in its military activities, and the forces of this party cross the borders in this way. The tunnel is an old strategy that Hezbollah follows, and the network of tunnels of the Lebanese resistance is extensive, and of course there is not much information about them. The Al Jazeera news base announced that since the 2006 war, Hezbollah has greatly expanded its arsenal in terms of quantity and quality, and at that time it had 15,000 missiles, but estimates show that the number of these missiles will increase more than 10 times in 2023. Is. The most important part of Hezbollah’s missile power is related to the precision missiles that this movement has.

Hezbollah announced in September 2018 that it has precision missiles that allow it to hit targets with greater accuracy and less margin of error. to attack After that, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Hezbollah will use only a few accurate missiles to destroy a series of vital positions of the Zionist regime, including civilian and military airports, air force bases and power plants, electricity and water facilities, along with a group of infrastructures and oil refineries and the Dimona reactor. It needs.

Guided missiles

According to Al Jazeera in August 2023, Hezbollah launched a guided missile system called ” Tharullah” unveiled, which entered service in 2015. It is an anti-armor missile system consisting of two launch platforms, which is used to fire “Cornet” missiles. This system has the power to accurately hit the targets and destroy them. According to this, Hezbollah uses guided missiles in most of its operations against the positions of the Zionist regime in the framework of the Al-Aqsa storm battle that began on October 7 by the Palestinian resistance.

In addition to guided missiles, Hezbollah’s arsenal includes other missiles, including surface-to-surface missiles, which were mainly used in the July 2006 war against the Israeli army, and gradually were developed.

In 2018, the Center for Strategic and International Studies published a report announcing that Hezbollah has a variety of Katyusha missiles with a range between 4 and 40 kilometers. Fajr 3 and Fajr 5 missiles with a range of 43 to 75 km, as well as Raad missiles with a range of 60 to 70 km, are among the other ground-to-ground missiles that the Lebanese resistance has.

According to a report that Al Jazeera published other types of Hezbollah’s surface-to-surface missiles, including Fajr 1, Falaq 1, Shaheen 1, Type 81, Zelzal 1 and Fateh 110.

Anti-ship and anti-tank missiles

According to Al Jazeera report, Hezbollah has a fleet of anti-ship missiles. The Center for Strategic and International Studies announced that Hezbollah has obtained Russian-made “Yakhont” anti-ship missiles. These missiles have a range of 300 kilometers and are used to target ships and frigates.

Hezbollah in war In 2006, it destroyed about 50 Israeli tanks in 5 weeks, and anti-tank missiles played a role in destroying 20% ​​of them. The report pointed to the strength of Hezbollah’s drones and stated that Hezbollah had drones of various sizes, including reconnaissance and attack drones, and used these drones in several operations against Israeli positions.

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