The pace of Hezbollah rockets and drones being launched on Israel has jumped dramatically since Monday, even as the rate of Iranian ballistic missiles dropped significantly from Saturday-Sunday to the rest of the week, the IDF Home Front Command said on Thursday.
According to the IDF, northern residents spent most of the night in their safe rooms and bomb shelters because of consistent fire.
If on Monday, Hezbollah's attack on Israel was symbolic, it appears that in response to Jerusalem's much heavier crackdown on hundreds of attacks on Hezbollah, the terror group has now gone all-in on its attacks against Israel.
IDF sources said that it was even possible that this trend could continue with Iranian ballistic missiles dropping off even further, but the threat from Hezbollah expanding,
The IDF refused to share exact numbers due to the developing security situation.
However, at its height in fall 2024, Hezbollah was launching around 100-250 rockets or drones against Israel per day, and the IDF said that even the spike in threats on Wednesday had not approached those numbers, suggesting aerial threats of more in the dozens per day.
IDF seizes southern Lebanon
One reason Hezbollah has not yet reached its previous high of threats (though the IDF said this could potentially get worse) is that the military was quickly able to seize southern Lebanon, including cutting off Hezbollah from firing rockets south of the Litani River.
This means that most of its short-range rockets and mortars cannot reach Israel, whereas in fall 2024, it took several weeks of a massive invasion by the IDF to achieve that tactical and strategic position.
