Questões sobre o Hezbollah

Lebanon battles raise Hezbollah questions

Israel has said it is ready to fight Hezbollah for several more weeks, and expects it will take time to destroy the group's arsenal.

But many experts believe Israel has little chance of eliminating the rockets entirely unless it launches a ground offensive to push the group's rocket launchers back so they cannot reach Israel.

And a ground offensive could be costly in terms of casualties, at a time when Hezbollah chief Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has made no secret of his wish to see his guerrillas take on Israelis face-to-face.

Without a ground operation, said Israeli counterterrorism expert Boaz Ganor, "It can be assumed that they will get new rockets from Iran and Syria. I think they have room to breathe for weeks. If they get more supplies ... it can last longer."