The Jewish newspaper Maariv said in its report that “Lebanese Hezbollah’s missile arsenal is heightening the destructive danger of a possible confrontation with Israel’s home front,” showing that “assessments show it is on the eve of the Second Lebanon War.” War”. Hezbollah had 15,000 rockets and fired about 4,000 rockets in the direction of the north, and by contrast, the party today has more than 100,000, according to Israeli security officials.
According to Hebrew media reports on the Rocket Threat website, “Hizbollah’s surface-to-surface missile group consists mainly of Russian-made Katyusha missiles, and these missiles contain a warhead weighing up to 20 kg and have a range of up to 40 km.” , where “Western analysts believe that Katyusha makes up the bulk of Hezbollah’s missile force.” On the eve of the Second Lebanon War, the report stated that “Prior to this, Hezbollah had between 7,000 and 8,000 missiles, and that Iran was the main supplier of these missiles.”
It was noted that Hezbollah possesses Iranian-designed Fajr missiles, since the Fajr 3 missile has a range of 43 km and carries a 45-kilogram warhead, as well as a more advanced Fajr 5, which has a range of 75 km. It has a high-explosive warhead weighing 90 kg and that in addition to the Raed 2 and Raed 3 missiles, there is also an Iranian version of the Russian FROG-7 in service, which has the ability to shoot deep into Israel.
In this context, the Missile Threat website stated that “Hezbollah and Iran are working to improve the accuracy of these advanced missile systems, and the result is an upgraded version of the Zelzal where the Zelzal-1 missile has a range of 160 and 125 km. , and carries a high-explosive warhead weighing 600 kg. The Zelzal 2 missile is considered more advanced, with a range of 210 km and a similar warhead of 600 km. , Iranian ballistic missile. It is short-range, apparently a different version of the Zelzal-2, has a range of 300-250 km, making it a long-range weapon in Hezbollah’s arsenal, and has a warhead of up to 500 kg and is controlled by GPS. According to Western reports, Iran “supplied such missiles to Hezbollah back in 2007.”
Source: El Nashra