Can China defeat the Houthi in Yemen? Hypothetically speaking.
Yeah, they just tell Iran to stop the flow of Iranian weapons with their components from reaching Yemen, case closed, they "defeated" them. There is a reason why Houthis don't target ships linked to China.
Also, that's the beauty of it all in this multi-polar world, everyone has an advantage near their own shores now. The better question you can ask is, what are the chances the US defeats China in their backyard if they can't defeat Houthis in their backyard?
Why hezbollah doesn't launch an assault against Israel? Afterall, most Israeli forces are focused on targeting Hamas in Gaza right now. So this will.be a perfect opportunity to target Israel and even retake the Golan heights and other Lebanese territory they claim. Israel is at its weakest now and Hezbollah is very strong and wrll armed as many people have shown here. So this will be the best time target/attack Israel . Might not have another chance like that again in future
This window of opportunity will be very long-lasting as Hamas is nowhere near to getting out of the picture and is only getting stronger.
Maybe they are waiting for more weapons from Russia, and Iran, to arrive, who knows?
Also, I don't need to explain how different is it in terms of domestic and international perception if you launch an invasion first vs respond to one.