This is John Batstra, conversation with David Dayut, Senior Fellow, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, about the coming war in the north, Hezbollah, eight, nine months now, harassing the northern border of Israel, driving a hundred thousand people

from their homes, the IDF is approaching a decision point. What is to be done?

And what about the logistics? Can Hezbollah resupply after the third or fourth day of the war?

I ask about Iran and Syria and the supply lines.

David answers in particular about Hezbollah's own ability to manufacture its own weapons.

Here's David Dayoude explaining what we're anticipating is a catastrophe of a wider war.

I. D.F. must deal with the threats of Hezbollah and its rockets and its drones.

More of this later tonight.

Thank you.

The Israelis, over the course of the past decade plus,

it's the onset of the war in Syria

have tried to interrupt that route.

It has had limited efficacy.

Hezbollah's arsenal has continued to grow over the past decade.

But on the other hand, the Israelis haven't

launched a full scale attack on this route to disrupt incoming weapons to Hezbollah.

But there's also a second element.

Hezbollah has a domestic weapons production capability as well.

We know this as far back as 2016.

And this is the Iranian model.

It's not just to constantly have your proxy as kind of an infant that you have to constantly nurture.

It's to grant them autonomy because the link that maintains your proxy's loyalty to you is not either funds or weapons.

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