Hezbollah may have enough missiles to breach Israel's Iron Dome. But doing so could trigger its destruction.

"A war between Israel and Hezbollah, if it really goes into a war all out, will escalate very, very quickly," William Wechsler, senior director of Middle East Programs at The Atlantic Council, told Business Insider.

The Iran-backed group likely has stockpiles of up to 200,000 missiles, according to a 2024 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). That may be enough to overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome air defense system and inflict huge damage on the country's cities and infrastructure, experts say.

If Hezbollah takes that step, countries, including the US, would rapidly be dragged into the conflict as it spread across the entire region. That could result in the total destruction of Hezbollah.

In the wake of the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel by Hamas and Israel's subsequent occupation of Gaza, clashes between Israel and Hezbollah across Israel's northern border have steadily intensified.

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