Some estimates have put Hezbollah’s missile stockpiles at 100,000, a number that would pose a challenge to Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system
Over the past decade, those living in the country have suffered from a lack of crucial services, such as garbage collection, and are now facing complete economic collapse, as a result of years of financial mismanagement,While Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has frequently boasted that his organisation is ready for war, a costly war in terms of lives and dollars lost, would further damage Hezbollah’s reputation.
Like other states, Israel has had to contend with the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic with GDP set to contract byIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also faces a precarious domestic situation after failing to secure a majority despite three elections in little less than a year. While Netanyahu is unlikely to make a decision on going to war based solely on what is happening within the Israeli political scene, should conflict break out, he could find himself in a catch 22 situation where he is blamed for a failure and his defence minister is praised in the event of a successful war.
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