Eighty-five percent to 90% of Hezbollah’s pre-2023 rocket arsenal has been destroyed, the IDF reported Sunday. Before the war, Hezbollah had more than 150,000 rockets, it said. By the November 2024 ceasefire, 70% to 80% of the rocket arsenal had been destroyed, the IDF said. Later in 2025, about 30,000 rockets remained, the IDF said. The IDF’s update on Sunday suggests that over the course of 2025, and more intensely since Hezbollahentered the war on March 2, the military has gradually reduced that total to between 10,000 and 23,000 rockets.
Despite the overall improved situation in Hezbollah’s general threat potential, the Lebanese terrorist group has surprised the IDF in terms of its actual potential by launching about 100 rockets or drones per day against Israel, including nearly 200 on March 11. The IDF has succeeded somewhat in disarming Hezbollah by disrupting what could have been even worse rocket fire. For example, when Hezbollah fired 200 rockets on March 11, its original plan was to fire about 600, the IDF said.
Nevertheless, the IDF was surprised by the 200-rocket attack, which caused more physical damage than expected in the North and left local residents concerned about whether they were safe enough to remain in their communities for a potentially extended conflict with Hezbollah. The IDF had vowed to provide sufficient security so that local residents would not need to evacuate as they did under attack by a more powerful version of Hezbollah in October 2023. (Read More)
