“Iran, and all members of the “Axis of Resistance”, will support the Lebanese Shia movement, Hezbollah, in the event of a conflict with Israel.”

This assertion was made by Kamal Kharrazi, Adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran, to Financial Times on July 2.

So, what’s behind the group’s military strength? 

🇱🇧 Lebanon: Hezbollah 

▪️ 100,000-strong military force, according to its leadership. 
▪️ 150,000-200,000 projectiles, including ballistic, anti-air, anti-tank, and anti-ship missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Among them, 40,000 short-range missiles, 80,000 medium-range missiles, and 30,000 long-range missiles, according to estimates.
▪️ Tanks, armored personnel carriers (APC), and infantry fighting vehicles (IFV). 

🇾🇪 Yemen: Ansar Allah, or Houthis 

▪️ Recruited over 200,000 fighters since the beginning of the Gaza war, per its spokesperson in Feb.
▪️ Surface-to-surface cruise and ballistic missiles, artillery rockets, and UAVs. 
▪️ Claims of domestically developed “Hatem-2” hypersonic missiles. 

🇵🇸 Gaza Strip: Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 

▪️ Prior to the Gaza war, Hamas had an estimated 40,000-strong force. 
▪️ PIJ reportedly has 1,000  members. 
▪️ 30,000-50,000 missiles, mortar shells, and UAVs at the beginning of conflict with Israel. 

🇮🇶 Iraq: Kataib Hezbollah, the Badr Organisation, Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq 

▪️ Core of Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) or Al-Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi paramilitary network comprising 230,000 fighters.  
▪️ Iraqi Shia militias reportedly armed with artillery, unguided rockets, light and heavy mortars, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, Iranian-made Zelzal (150-250 km), Fateh-110 (200-300 km), and Zolfaghar (700 km) missiles. 
▪️ Mastery of drone warfare during war against ISIS.