Re: Why Hizbullah can’t attack Israeli soldiers just across the border
Katyusha rockets in small bombardments are extremely ineffective against soldiers. Soldiers dig in, which protects them against shrapnel. Katyushas are useless against mechanised infantry like Israel’s troops, since armoured personel carrier protect against shrapnel.
It is hard enough to hit a building with a Katyusha; trying to hit an APC or a trench would be even more futile.
The only effective way to use Katyushas in en masse, which would deplete Hezbollah’s stocks in a day or two and leave them with no way to put pressure on Israel; and no way to respond to Israeli bombardments of population centres.
The first urban area to be attacked in this conflict was Beirut; Hezbollah used their rockets in response.