Hello friends,
on the night of 1st October,
Israel's sky looked like this.
These weren't fireworks;
these were missiles.
More than 180 ballistic missiles
were sent towards Israel,
by Iran.
The order to launch these missiles was given directly
by Iran's Head of State and the Supreme Leader,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran's IRGC,
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
a part of their army,
said that more than 90% of the missiles
successfully hit their target.
But on the other hand, Israel says that
most of the missiles were intercepted
by Israel's air defence system.
The destruction caused by these missiles,
can be seen in many published images.
You can see these craters.
Look at this, a 30 feet deep crater,
right outside the Mossad's headquarters.
In southern Israel, there is the desert of Negev,
where a large Israeli military base is situated.
Many missiles were targeted towards that.
Although Israel says that it suffered
minimal damage in this attack,
still Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu says that
they will retaliate.
"Iran made a big mistake tonight.
And it will pay for it.
The regime in Iran does not understand
our determination to defend ourselves.
And our determination to retaliate against our enemies."
The biggest question here is
how did Iran get involve in this war?
The war that began last year with Hamas's attack,
has now spread to many countries.
Not only is Israel attacking Palestine
but is also attacking Lebanon.
Many paramilitary groups and te*rorist
outfits like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis
are involved in this war.
And now, a country like Iran is directly involved in it.
Because of this, our right-wing media
has announced World War 3 for probably the 26th time.
"We are on the brink of World War 3!"
"WW3 has already started; WW3 is already upon us!"
How did things reach this point?
And what else can we expect next?
Let's try to understand it in this video.
It is true that many countries are involved in this war.
And if the situation continues to deteriorate like this,
then it can gradually turn into a
regional war in the Middle East.
But calling it World War 3 is a big joke.
Why am I saying this?
Because it is not the first time that
Iran has attacked Israel this year.
Only a few months ago,
on 13th April,
more than 300 drones and missiles were launched on Israel.
If you look at it in terms of total machinery deployed,
this April attack was bigger than the October attack,
in which around 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles, and
110 ballistic missiles were launched on Israel.
It is a different matter that our news channels
were busy promoting Narendra Modi back in April
due to our election season.
Otherwise, the April attack was unique in many ways.
It was the first time in decades that
another country had attacked Israel.
Before this, during the 1991 Gulf War,
Saddam Hussein's Iraq had launched missiles on Israel.
But now, in April,
what was the reason behind Iran's attack?
Iran calls it revenge,
retaliation.
2 weeks before that, around 1st April,
Israel carried out an airstrike
on Syria's capital city, Damascus.
In this airstrike,
7 Iranian officers lost their lives.
Including a top general of the Iranian embassy.
Now, obviously, if any country's army officers are k!lled,
no country will tolerate it.
And here, Israel dropped a bomb on the embassy.
So the next question you will ask is
why did Israel carry out this airstrike?
Israel claimed that it wasn't an embassy,
rather, it was a military building.
And the officer who died in the attack
had close links to Hezbollah, according to Israel.
What is Hezbollah and how is it linked to Iran?
We'll talk about it later in this video.
But before that, let's understand some technical details
about Israel's defence system.
When Israel was attacked in April,
Israel received help from its allied countries.
Like America, the UK, and even Jordan.
America had tackled around
80 drones and 6 ballistic missiles.
British Royal Air Force's Typhoon fighter jets
took down several drones.
And Israel's F-35 stealth fighter jets
tackled 25 out of 30 cruise missiles.
If you look at the map,
Iran and Israel are actually quite far apart.
The shortest distance between the two countries
is about 1,000 km.
So if Iran attacks Israel with a drone,
it would take a drone about 2 hours to reach Israel.
This is why with a solid intelligence system,
it becomes easy to protect oneself.
In terms of Israel's on-ground defences,
their Iron Dome is their most famous defence system.
It protects the sky up to 10 km,
in the radius of 70 km.
If a rocket is launched from such a distance,
then Iron Dome will effectively counter it.
Although it is called Dome,
it is not an actual shield around Israel.
It is a missile system that
detects the rockets before they hit the ground,
and before they can explode,
it launches its own rockets to counter those missiles.
This is known as Interception.
You will see this word multiple
times when reading news related to it.
The Iron Dome intercepts short-range rockets only.
If a missile is launched from a larger distance,
Israel has two more defence systems to counter it.
One is the David Sling,
for medium to long-range missiles.
It protects as high as 15 km in the radius of 300 km.
But Iran is 1,000 km away.
So the ballistic missiles that
Iran launched in its October attack,
neither the Iron Dome nor the David
Sling can effectively counter them.
To intercept those missiles,
there is a third defence system
called the Arrow System.
Arrow 3 has the highest detection range in Israel.
A range of 2,400 km.
And a 100 km altitude.
If a missile is launched from almost the space,
the Arrow System can detect it too.
During April's attack,
the Arrow 3 system intercepted a ballistic missile,
which was captured on video.
This missile was outside the Earth's atmosphere.
Look at this amazing video.
These sound to be safe and secure systems.
You might feel that
no matter what happens to Israel,
Israel will always be protected.
But it is not so.
The biggest point of failure of these defensive systems
is money.
Operating these systems is extremely expensive.
As I said,
to prevent any missile from hitting their country,
these defence systems
launch another missile targeting the first missile.
The missile launched by the Iron Dome
is called Tamir Missile.
One such missile costs $50,000.
Second, their David Sling,
the missiles launched by it,
costs $1 million per missile.
And then comes their Arrow System,
the missiles launched by it costs
several millions of US dollars per missile.
When Israel was attacked in April,
in just one day, they had to spend
around $200 million.
Imagine that.
They don't have an unlimited supply of missiles.
If too many ballistic missiles are launched against Israel,
their defence systems will fail.
Due to the sheer quantity and lack of money.
This is why, after the attacks in October,
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
Nasser Kanaani stated that
these strikes were a limited act of self-defence.
And the Western countries should praise them
for not doing anything more devastating.
This statement was like a threat;
Iran threatened Israel,
and telling them to be grateful that Iran let them off easily.
Iran's weapons aren't any less deadly.
Some state-of-the-art missiles were also used in this attack.
They were developed last year and used for the first time.
Like the 2023 Fatah missiles.
In this photo taken by the BBC you can see
how capable these missiles are.
Their longest-range missiles are the Shahab-3,
with a range of more than 2,000 km.
The missiles missing on this map,
are the 2023 Fatah missiles.
They are classified as Hypersonic Ballistic Missiles.
Hypersonic means faster than the speed of sound.
They can fly at the speed of 18,000 km per hour,
which is 15 times faster than the speed of sound.
It takes them only a few minutes
to travel from Iran to Israel.
"We're able to precisely hit any target,
within the range of 870 miles.
And there exists no system
that can rival or counter this missile."
Many people confuse rockets and missiles.
These two words might sound similar,
but in reality, they are vastly different.
The rockets launched by Hamas towards Israel,
are relatively small in size.
They are launched from the ground in a projectile.
They need to make a rough
estimate about where they would hit.
But on the other hand, ballistic missiles,
are as tall as a three-story building,
and are equipped with precision targeting.
The exact location where it would hit can be controlled.
It can actually leave Earth's atmosphere,
and then come back to hit its target.
It is truly scary to see
the dangerous weapons humans have built.
This is why after the April attack,
the United Nations Security
Council called an emergency meeting
where the Secretary-General told both sides
to diffuse and de-escalate.
Now, groups like Hezbollah and Houthis
have been attacking Israel for years.
Ever since Israel retaliated
and bombed Gaza,
the frequency of their
attacks have also increased.
These three groups,
Hamas in Gaza,
Houthis in Yemen, and
Hezbollah in South Lebanon,
are considered Iran's proxy.
They are also known as the Axis of Resistance.
That is, Iran funds them
from behind the scenes,
giving them money and support.
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Now, getting back to our topic.
Talking about Hezbollah specifically,
it is one of the most heavily
armed non-state groups in the world.
A Shia militant group,
that gained power in 1982,
when Israel invaded Lebanon,
The became an official entity in 1985,
and made their manifesto,
of eradicating Western powers from Lebanon,
and demanded the destruction of the Israeli state.
Almost all Western countries,
America and European countries,
consider Hezbollah to be a te*rorist organisation.
Although the Indian government doesn't.
The southern part of Lebanon
was occupied by Israel
for nearly 22 years.
It was Hezbollah who pushed
Israel out of Lebanon in 2000.
In 2006, there was another
war between Hezbollah and Israel
which lasted for 34 days.
And none of them won this war.
When you Lebanon on the map,
a large part of it is
under Hezbollah's control.
This paramilitary
group is actually
more powerful than Lebanon's
own army to a large extent.
Today, the war between
Hezbollah and Israel
has been going on openly
for the past few months.
On 7th October 2023,
Hamas attacked Israel,
which began the war.
And the next day,
on 8th October 2023,
Hezbollah officially declared
a state of war against Israel.
On the other hand, if
we talk about the Houthis,
it was founded in the 1990s.
The reason behind this was
the Shia marginalisation and
increasing foreign influence in Yemen.
Houthis are considered a te*rorist
organisation by many countries.
And they oppose
Yemen's government.
Interestingly, the Indian government does not
consider the Houthis as a te*rorist organisation.
Apart from Iran, it is said that
Russia funds the Houthis too.
And the Saudi government,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen share a border,
Saudi Arabia supports
the Yemeni government
as are the Western countries.
On this map you can see that
Saudi Arabia and Iran are two superpowers in the Middle East.
These countries either support a neighbouring government
or the rebel groups opposing the government.
In Yemen, Saudi supports the government,
and Iran favours the rebels.
In Iraq, Saudi favours the government,
and Iran supports the Shia rebel groups.
It's the same in Syria as well as Lebanon.
Internationally speaking,
western countries including the US, EU,
favour Saudi most of the time,
and countries like Russia and China,
favour Iran more.
So you can see the
alliances of these countries.
And this is why Saudi Arabia
takes a stand against
Iran most of the time.
Even though both
are Muslim countries,
Saudi Arabia is Sunni-dominated
and Iran is Shia-dominated.
I talked about it in this video.
The current war between Israel and Palestine began
last year in October
when Hamas attacked Israel.
I talked about it in this video.
After that, as retaliation Israel invaded Gaza.
Israel bombed Gaza so heavily that
the place isn't livable anymore.
Most of the countries worldwide
have called it a gen0cide.
Between 7th October 2023 and 22nd September 2024,
41,431 Palestinians have been k!lled on record.
More than half of them are children and women.
More than 2 million people have been displaced.
Jonathan Glaser, a Jewish film director,
won an Oscar last year for his film on the Holocaust.
While accepting the award, he
made a statement, he talked about how
the wounds of the Holocaust are used
as an excuse to torture another community,
and he refused to be associated
with that kind of 'Jewishness.'
His film, The Zone of Interest
captures the horrors of fascism brilliantly.
Do watch it if you ever get the chance to do so.
Now, in this current war,
Hezbollah turned out
to be very powerful.
In the Israeli-Lebanese border,
more than 80,000 Israelis
had to leave their
cities and towns
because of the
daily rocket fires.
Second, the Houthis
have disrupted the Red Sea
by attacking any passing
ships with missiles.
This has led to trade losses
to the extent of nearly $1 trillion.
Before April's attack,
Iran was not involved
in this war directly.
Although it was attacking
through its proxies.
But they issued an official
statement on April 14.
They said that if the Zionist regime attacks
their interests, assets, people or citizens,
then they will counterattack.
IRGC's head Hossein Salami
was the one to make this statement.
Then on 31st July, there was
a high-profile assassination
in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Ismail Haniyeh, the political
leader of Hamas was assassinated.
Palestinian militant group Hamas,
said that its political leader Ismail Haniyeh,
has been k!lled in Iran.
Who assassinated him?
Officially no one
took responsibility.
but it is obvious
that Israel is being suspected.
After that in July, the Iranian Minister of Foreign
Affairs said that blood "will never be wasted."
Since then, the retaliation
warnings had begun.
Two months later,
on 17th September,
there was the infamous
"Pager attack" on Hezbollah.
The Pager devices carried by
many Hezbollah operatives exploded.
This k!lled many people.
And then on 20th September,
there was another
high-profile assassination.
Ibrahim Akil, the commander of
Hezbollah's Special Operations Forces Unit.
These were Iranian proxies.
So, obviously, the Iranian
government was not happy with this.
But over the next few days,
there were more
high-profile assassinations.
On 25th September, Hezbollah's
missile unit's leader was assassinated.
On 27th September,
IRGC's Brigadier General Abbas
Nilforoushan was k!lled in an air strike.
This airstrike targeted
Hezbollah's main headquarters.
And in this air strike,
Hezbollah's top leader,
Hassan Nasrallah
was also k!lled.
He had been Hezbollah's
general secretary since 1992.
But despite losing
their top leaders,
the non-stop air strikes on
Lebanon continues to date.
Hezbollah has been launching
rockets towards Israel too.
The war has not stopped.
In the last week of September,
around 1,000 people were k!lled
in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon.
The United Nations and the USA are
continuously condemning these attacks.
But Israel shows
no signs of stopping.
If we talk about Iran's
latest attack on 1st October,
Israel noticed no signs of any
retaliatory air-strikes by Iran.
But America was the
first to anticipate this attack
and informed Israel.
On 1st October around 7:30 pm,
the IDF confirmed that
Iran had launched
missiles towards Israel.
The entire country was engulfed
in the warning sounds of sirens.
An Iranian news agency
cited IRGC saying that
the reason behind this attack was
the assassination of Hezbollah's leader.
Because Israel had carried
out strikes on Lebanon,
where Hezbollah's
leaders were assassinated,
now Iran was
retaliating against it.
This Iranian attack
might have looked scary,
but fortunately, only
one person died in it.
A Palestinian person in the West Bank.
Despite this, the Israeli Minister
of Finance has threatened,
that just like Gaza,
Hezbollah, and Lebanon,
they will make Iran
regret attacking Israel.
Their Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said that Iran
has made a terrible mistake and Israel will retaliate.
"Iran has made a terrible mistake; it will have to pay for it."
"We can defend ourselves and take revenge on our enemies."
Overall, the point is, this is a series of retaliations.
Everyone is taking revenge
for something or the other.
And the innocent civilians
are the ones to lose their lives.
United Nations Secretary-General
António Guterres gave a statement
condemning the overall conflict
instead of blaming
a particular country.
Indian government's
reaction has been similar.
The Indian government has not issued any direct
unequivocal condemnation of this attack by Iran.
India issued a statement that
we are deeply concerned at the escalation
of the security situation in West Asia.
And urged that all issues be
addressed through dialogue and diplomacy.
Indian citizens have been advised to
avoid all non-essential travel in Iran.
And those who are already
living in Iran should be vigilant
and remain in contact
with the Indian embassy.
Foreign Minister Jai Shankar's
statement was in a similar line.
He stated that India understands
Israel's need to respond,
but we also believe that
if any country responds,
then the international humanitarian
laws should be taken into account.
It should be carefully ensured that there's
no damage done to the civilian population.
Friends, we need to understand that whenever
a situation like this occurs anywhere,
the common people are the ones to suffer the most.
These politicians who keep
retaliating one after the other,
taking revenge after revenge,
often their own people
do not support them.
Looking at the tit-for-tat
approaches of these governments,
Mahatma Gandhi's
statement fits aptly here.
"An eye for an eye ends up
making the whole world blind."
If we want to stop this war
from progressing further,
then we need to move forward on
Mahatma Gandhi's path of peace.
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The weapon manufacturers,
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