The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Hizbullah back to pre-war firepower?

Abu Muqawama has a question about recent Israeli reports that Hizbullah has recovered its pre-war firepower:

doesn't this report shoot holes in all those claims made by the IDF in the aftermath of the summer's war about how this wasn't a Hizbollah victory on account of all the damage Israel did to Hizbollah's infrastructure? If Hizbollah can build itself back up to pre-war capabilities after just six months, then really, what does that say about what the IDF did and didn't accomplish in the summer's war?