External pressures keeping Hezbollah from striking central Israel, researchers say

A handout image released by the Hezbollah military media press office on Sept. 25, 2024, shows a "Qader 1" ballistic missile at an undisclosed location. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2024.

Lebanon's Hezbollah militia has largely refrained from firing rockets at central Israel after a week of suffering the worst blows in its 11-month conflict with the nation, some observers say, as the group grapples with external pressures and its desire to keep the fighting at a low level.