"We are absolutely confident that God will grant us victory in this battle," a senior Ansar Allah official told Newsweek.

Its arsenal presumably decimated in an all-out air assault that left hundreds dead.Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militant group backed by Iran appears to have hit the lowest point in its more than 40-year history.

Israel said on Tuesday it was intensifying its bombing campaign in Lebanon as two days of airstrikes targeting the Shiite Hezbollah militia sent the death toll above 550 and forced tens of thousands of people from their homes.