“as my colleagues have noted, Hezbollah has for now been firing fewer rockets at Israel. The question is whether that’s deliberate or because Israel has taken out a chunk of its capacity.”
“My colleague Galit Altstein points out at a marked decline in the number of rockets fired by Hezbollah in the wake of Friday’s strikes.
The militant group is estimated to have launched about 100 missiles and rockets into Israel since last night. In comparison, hundreds of projectiles were generally reported by Israeli authorities to be launched from inside Lebanon on a daily basis. According to the latest data from the IDF, Hezbollah had fired around 9,000 rockets and missiles since Oct. 8.”
“Still, many analysts have said they’re surprised the rocket and missile fire from Hezbollah on Israel over the past week hasn’t been more intense, given the extent of the Israeli attacks on the Hezbollah leadership and positions in southern Lebanon, the Bekaa region and Beirut.
One thought is Israel has weakened its military might so much it’s not able to launch a massive barrage. Another is that it’s been waiting to use most of arsenal until or unless Israel sends ground troops into Lebanon — something that Israel has said is an option but also one it is seeking to avoid.”
“Bipartisan report urges rethink of America’s Russia strategy”
“The bipartisan committee charged with supporting democracy and human rights in post-Soviet states is pushing for the United States to dump the post-Cold War status quo in its relations with Russia and label Moscow as a “persistent” threat to global security.
The report from the Helsinki Commission, which was obtained by The Hill ahead of publication, argues that Washington must reframe its thinking in how it approaches Russia, as it has with China over the past few years, and allocate resources accordingly.
A priority focus of the report’s strategy is to ensure Ukraine’s victory in its defensive war against Russia, calling for “massive” military and humanitarian assistance for Kyiv and allowing Ukraine’s armed forces to strike deep into Russia with U.S. provided weapons.
The report’s policy proposals go further than the Biden administration’s commitments to Ukraine and clash with positions held by former President Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and his allies in Congress.
Trump has long argued the U.S. is spending too much on European security. And he is campaigning on making a deal between Ukraine and Russia through direct negotiations with their leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, the Helsinki committee’s Republican chair, Rep. Joe Wilson (S.C.), dismissed the potential of Trump striking a deal with Putin.
“No question to me that Donald Trump is going to see the insincerity of war criminal Putin,” Wilson told The Hill in a brief conversation about the report.
“Putin is not anybody that you can reach an agreement with, that would be substantive, that would hold.””
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4904188-us-russia-relations-helsinki-report/
Those who had the compulsion to watch the various video feeds saw hours and hours of monstrous secondary explosions and rocket or missile cookoffs know that intentional launches are a tiny percent of expended Hezbollah munitions.