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* '''Hezbollah boasts precision rockets''' and claim that they can hit any part of Israel<ref name=":0" />. | * '''Hezbollah boasts precision rockets''' and claim that they can hit any part of Israel<ref name=":0" />. | ||
* It commands a strong political following in Lebanon<ref name=":0" />. | * It commands a strong political following in Lebanon<ref name=":0" />. | ||
* The group has around 150,000 rockets and missiles<ref>https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/what-fuels-the-growing-threat-from-hezbollah</ref>. | |||
* '''The July War of 2006, ended in death of more than 1,100 Lebanese and 165 Israelis, though the Israeli government concluded that the war was unsuccessful and “missed opportunity.'''”<ref name=":0" /> | * '''The July War of 2006, ended in death of more than 1,100 Lebanese and 165 Israelis, though the Israeli government concluded that the war was unsuccessful and “missed opportunity.'''”<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* Palestine fighting group factions in Lebanon have pledged to join the war if Hezbollah supports them, in what analysts say could drag Lebanon into the war<ref name=":1">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/palestinians-in-lebanon-ready-to-fight-israel-if-hezbollah-helps-them</ref>. | * Palestine fighting group factions in Lebanon have pledged to join the war if Hezbollah supports them, in what analysts say could drag Lebanon into the war<ref name=":1">https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/9/palestinians-in-lebanon-ready-to-fight-israel-if-hezbollah-helps-them</ref>. | ||