Israel STRIKES Iran Oil; Tehran Threatens New Missiles; Gulf States Join Fight | TBN Israel

The United States and Israel after another night of non-stop airstrikes in Iran. This morning, black rain is falling in Tehran after the strike and the oil facilities, the hardest night since the beginning of this war. The target is the economic heart. Israel launched a fire strike on Iran's oil reserves. The IDF struck more than 400 targets inside Iran, including oil facilities belonging to the Ayatollah regime and the Iranian military. Iran continues to threaten non-stop and claims that it still has not used the truly dangerous missiles that it has. Is Iran's doomsday weapon ready for launch? Is it real? Let me know what you think in the comments. Iran threatens Israel that truly dangerous missiles are being saved for the end. In addition, Iran is threatening the drinking water of the Gulf states. What does that mean? All the details are coming up very soon. The Israeli Air Force continues in additional waves of strikes against targets of the Iranian regime. And American intelligence in an emergency announcement said that Iran can extract the critical uranium stockpile from Isfahan. Are the United States and Israel preparing a covert operation to extract the uranium from deep underground in Iran? This is 450 kilometers of an existential threat to the whole world. And from the first time since the beginning of this war, the United Arab Emirates has had enough of the Iranian threats and struck in Iran which responded with extensive missile fire towards the Emiratis. Saudi Arabia threatened Iran that it will join the attack. And the next supreme leader of Iran has been chosen. And his name will be announced very soon. Not only Iran, Lebanon is also worrying the Israeli public that we will soon explain how the IDF is dealing with the Northern Front. A warning to Israelis and to Jews around the world. Iran is trying to strike Jewish targets. I'm Yair Pinto. With me is Mati Shoshani. And we are Boots on the Ground bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in Israel and everything that is hot in the Middle East. The Israeli Air Force completed a broad wave of strikes in Western and also Central Iran. And for the first time since the beginning of this campaign, energy infrastructures were struck in a move designed to damage states' revenues and deepen the psychological pressure on the Iranian regime in the capital. An Israeli official said that about 30 oil tanks were struck across Iran. For the first time since the beginning of the campaign, energy infrastructure was struck in a move designed to damage the state revenues and deepen the psychological pressure on the Iranian regime in the capital. An Israeli official said that about 30 oil tanks were struck all across Iran. Besides the strikes on several dozens of oil reservoirs in the capital, in Iran they say that the Israeli fighter jets also bombed reservoirs in Kohak, Sharon and Karaj. The IDF said that the forces of the Iranian regime used the fuel tanks to operate militarily and the infrastructures there. This is a significant strike. Images from the Iranian capital, Tehran, show black clouds of smokes covering the sky after last night the IDF struck dozens of fuel storage facilities that are used by the military forces of this regime. A CNN correspondent was filmed in a puddle of rain mixed with oil. This is what is falling from the sky this morning. Residents of Tehran told the BBC bombings like the last night had not happened since the beginning of the attack. In addition, it was discussed today that Tehran can extract enriched uranium that was buried in Isfahan and it is under surveillance. The United States and Israel discussed sending special forces to Iran. And another Arab country is joining the strikes against the regime in Tehran. The army of the United Arab Emirates is responding to the non-stop attacks that Iran is carrying out against it. This morning, a desalination facility in Iran was attacked by the Emirati army. Yesterday, the president of the United Arab Emirates threatened Iran while visiting wounded people who were injured in Iran's attacks. It is important to remember that the United Arab Emirates is taking the main hit from Iran, even more than Israel. In response to the strikes, Iran launched 16 ballistic missiles and 117 drones back at them. The Saudi foreign minister told his Iranian counterpart that his country is open to any diplomatic arrangement, but if the attacks on its Gulf neighbors continue, Riyadh will allow the United States to attack from its territory and will also join in itself. Iran is returning to threaten Israel after they were humiliated by us at the beginning of the war. Today, we will bring you Tehran's threatening message about the missiles being saved for the end. In an interview on television, a spokesman for the Revolutionary Guard said that Iran is prepared for a prolonged war against the United States and against Israel, and added that advanced missile systems developed over the last decade have still not been put into use. Are the Revolutionary Guards in Iran trying to recover the uranium that they still have left? Official sources confirmed to the New York Times that according to classified reports, Tehran has a narrow path through which it could reach the 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% that were buried under the ruins of the nuclear facilities in last year's bombings and which are greatly troubling to the entire world. However, the American intelligence is monitoring the site and is confident we will be able to detect any attempt to move the materials from there and to respond. Trump on sending ground forces to seize the stockpiles, maybe later, according to the U.S. President. And according to a report by the Iranian Maher News Agency, the secretary of the Assembly of Experts in Iran will soon announce the name of the new supreme leader. The IDF spokesperson in Persian threatened, we will not hesitate to strike anyone planning to participate in the conference to choose the successor. And Iranians are thirsty for revenge. Iran threatens the Gulf's drinking water. Bahrain announced that the country's desalination facilities were attacked by Iran and for the first time in this war, it happened. The countries of the region, which rely almost completely on desalination and facilities in the Persian Gulf, are worried about the implications. In the IDF, they relate to the Lebanon area, the new arena in the north of the country, as a secondary arena. The primary one is Iran. But the hybrid situation in which fighters are sitting in tanks deep inside the Lebanese territory is a dangerous situation of ducks on a shooting range. And as I'm talking to you now, I have more sirens alarms on my phone telling me that another missile was launched from Iran and it's on its way to Israel. We don't know if the alarms will be sounded here in the Jerusalem area or in the Tel Aviv area or in other parts of the country, but we will continue this report. And if needed, we'll take shelter. So, has the time come for a change of approach? Today, we will bring you the surprising target that was struck in Lebanon and the drama 100 kilometers from the shore, the Navy and the punch that Hezbollah absorbed. The commander of the Navy said that the forces are preparing for a prolonged stay at sea. After striking Hezbollah targets in the Dakhia neighborhood in Beirut, According to him, the Israeli fleet is protecting Israel's gas rigs, the shipping routes, and also assisting air defenses and missions against Hezbollah. The IDF struck commanders in the Iranian cruise forces in a hotel in central Beirut. Four were terminated and 10 were wounded. In a targeted strike towards a room in a hotel in the Rauch district of Beirut, at least four central commanders in the Lebanon Corps of the cruise forces were eliminated. They were operating to advance terror plans against the state of Israel and its citizens on the Lebanese soil in parallel with the activities of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran. This is according to the IDF spokesperson's unit. So, as you can see, there is a lot ahead of us. So let's dive into the details. I'm Eyal Pinto, and this is your Boots on the Ground live report, bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in Israel. And this is the ninth day of the war against the Revolutionary Guards in Iran, which is the head of the Axis of Evil in the Middle East. And a second before we begin, I want to call on you to continue and spread the truth. Share our content with as many people as possible. Click the subscribe button if you want to receive daily Boots on the Ground reports. From Israel. And if you want to see life here, behind the scenes in Israel during war, look for Mati Shoshani and Yair Pinto on social media platforms. And of course, let's begin. So, Mati, what do you say about the developments, the damage to Iran's oil reserves after all the damage and the successes of Israel and the United States? Why are they not raising the white flag and continuing to threaten us? First of all, Yair, it's good to see you. What a great day. Beautiful day here. Let me step back to match our frames. But you ask a great question. The question is about the oil. And I think this really, it tells us the story in a way that we needed to hear it. This war isn't just about the urgent, this war isn't just about the obvious military targets. This war is also about, very much so, the financial side of things. Let me explain that statement. Iran is trying to threaten the world and the region around it by poking at their financial mechanism, stopping the trade through the Straits of Hormuz, bombing the oil refineries, bombing the natural gas processing plants in Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, etc. That's on the one side. Then Israel looked at that and said, well, we understand the game that we're in. The game that we're in is talking and attacking the financial aspect too. And the way to shorten this war, the way to bring this to a more clear conclusion, is to cut the lifeline of the IRGC and the Ayatollah regime, which is the financial side. So it was done first in Venezuela in cutting off the shadow fleet from selling oil to Venezuela and through them to China. And it's done in a second way in preventing them from disrupting trade completely, at least in the Hormuz Straits and disrupting global stock exchanges, which was done in several different ways that have to do with the supply chains, etc. And then in a third way, it's Israel and my guess is also the US will join in on this, going after the Iran oil reserves. What that does, it cuts down the amount of time that they're able to sustain a fight because they'll run out of oil one point or another. It does one more thing. Even if there's some kind of, let's call it interim agreement, even if there's some kind of ceasefire agreement, this cuts down on their ability to bring in cash quickly by slashing their oil reserves. So they can't run their vehicles the same way. They can't run their power grid in the way that they're expecting to. And it cuts their cash the moment that the sanctions or the pressure on them stops. And this is big because to answer the question of how long is this going to go, is it going to be weeks or is it going to be another month, another six weeks? Really the answer is how long can Iran last? How long can they continue to trickle ballistic missiles? One today, two tomorrow, three the next day. And besides the question of the ballistic missile launchers, besides the question of the surface vessels, they want to disrupt trade. I hear them. Yeah, I don't have sirens here. I'll continue. Aside from that. I'll put on my vest. That's okay. Yeah, you put on your vest. I don't have any sirens over here. Aside from the fact of the financial side of it, sorry, aside from the financial side, there's a timing side. How long can Iran stretch out their ability to launch ballistic missiles, to disrupt trade, to continue governing their own people? And one of the things that we have to do, one of the things the Israeli Air Force is doing, and of course the Americans, is cutting the financial lifeline. First, it was harming their cash reserves by cutting their connection to the Chinese. Secondly, it's cutting their oil reserves now. And third, it's going after the mechanics of government. That's the way the IRGC holds onto power. The military facilities, the infrastructure, the weapons depots, they're chipping away, slowly but surely, chipping away, that's the motion I'm trying to do, chipping away at their ability to continue funding this battle. And that's really where we go from, we're ending this in a week, or we're ending this in four or five weeks, and the ability to really chop off the legs from under the IRGC and the Ayatollah regime. And my hope is, my expectation, is that this maximum pressure campaign continues. Where do we see this? We were talking about this yesterday in our live last night, Yael. We see this in the B-1 Lancers being brought into the region. We see this in the heavy bombers. We see it in the fact that another carrier group is being brought in. All of these aspects together, what do they do? They show the Iranians that we're not just doing surgical bombings. We are going after the Iranian infrastructure, full blast, knocking out every single weapons depot, every missile cache, every underground bunker that's hiding the doomsday launchers that they've been prepping for the final day of reckoning, as they like to call it. Just eliminating all their, let's call it emergency reserves. So they have to come to terms. They have to negotiate. And that's what brings us from today to a resolution to this war, or toppling the Iranian IRGC regime. And hopefully on top of that, eliminating their fighting capability. And on top of that, helping the Iranian people appoint different government. That's sort of the background to all of this. And I'll say something, well, maybe I'll ask you this, Yair, since I'm wearing a uniform right now and I don't want to speak as a uniform wearing person. Do you think this has any other tie to other conflicts related to the US? Or is it just limited to Iran? Nice hat, Yair. Very, very simple, Mati. And yes, my wife told me that my only option of not entering the bomb shelter if I'm in the middle of a live is to wear this bulletproof vest and helmet in case there is a little bit of a shrapnel or something like that. And behind me, that's east. So all the missiles are coming from that direction, from Iran towards Israel. We just heard a siren alarm and I should have been going into the bomb shelter to seek shelter. But I'm here with you guys giving you a live broadcast. So that's why I'm dressed up with this protective gear. So keep us in your prayers. This thing is real. There are multiple sirens alarms every single day here in Israel. The majority of them are in the Tel Aviv area, but also in the Jerusalem area. And as we were speaking, my wife and my three kids are in the bomb shelter, which is not far from here. And the good thing about the Israeli defensive systems is that they can target the impact area of a specific missile and then sound the alarms in that specific area and not the entire country every time a missile is coming towards Israel. Despite the fact that Israel is tiny, we can know which areas are the ones that are under the direct threat of this strike. And back to your question, Matti. Yes, this is not just a war between the United States, Israel and Iran. Like all wars in this world, it's something bigger. It's another global power war. If you look at the so-called the Cold War between the United States and China that has been waging on for many years now with the attempts of the Chinese to bypass buying oil with United States dollars and trying to get more influence to their own currency and connect that to what happened in Venezuela when the United States basically took the head of this country because he was, amongst other things, because he was bypassing the selling of oil in US dollars which is the agreed amount and selling it in the Chinese market. So yes, it all is connected. Iran has been supporting Russia with drones and with other weapons throughout the Russia-Ukraine war and everybody is looking how the Iranians will come out of this round of fighting to see where to position themselves in this global war. But what we have been seeing up until now is a clear victory to the United States military technologies compared to the Russian or the Chinese manufactured military defensive systems and offensive systems. So there is a clear air superiority for US planes, for US drones, for Israeli technologies, even defensive technologies and offensive technologies as well as the naval capabilities of the United States of America compared to the Eastern Bloc. So I think that in this area this has been a staging ground for future potential wars. Hopefully, this will be a deterrence from the other world powers to launch any kinds of wars because their military technologies have been proven to be a lot weaker. Matti, in your area you did not hear siren alarms. Am I correct? No, we had the preemptive warning. It's happened quite a lot. You were talking about this. The system is getting so much more accurate where now you know you wait. You know, you get the very, very, do I say obnoxious? The very startling sound from the phone that says, you know, beware, there's an alarm coming possibly and then oftentimes it won't happen and you'll hear, you know, to the east, to the west, you know, to whatever direction, you'll hear the sirens over there. They become very, very accurate in anticipating where the shrapnel will fall. And I like what you're saying here. Today, the Israeli defense industries went on record, I don't know if you saw this, saying we just want to be very, very clear. Israel can out-manufacture interceptors at a much higher rate than the Iranians can manufacture ballistic missiles. So we just want to be clear that from this moment on, you're never again going to have the edge on us and the ability to build up your attack capabilities. We're always going to have the edge on you, both in attack and defensive. The vast majority of ballistic missiles, the vast majority of the drones that are sent towards Israel are intercepted way in the atmosphere and then their debris have a secondary intercept to break them down into smaller pieces before they fall onto the ground. Still, again, it's scary. Still, there's, you know, an element of fear and danger to it, but overwhelmingly, it's a very highly effective system, statistically speaking. I want to add one more thing here into what's happening here, into the time that this campaign is going to take. We've talked about this a lot in recent days and what we're looking at right now is both Israel and the United States gearing up for the substantial grind of Iranian infrastructure. Really, you know, we knocked out the majority of their leadership, over 40 in the opening minutes of the campaign last Saturday. We eliminated much of their launcher capability. The U.S., well, it's multiple forces, eliminated the vast majority of their ships, their submarines, et cetera, their aircraft. And now we're looking at, like, the systematic destruction of the weapons depots, the missile depots, the manufacturing facilities, everything that allows the Iranian war machine to work. So even if it takes a long time to reach an agreement, even if it's a prolonged process to replace the government with a better government, which won't be hard, any government would be better than what they have. Now, still their capability, their ability, their bandwidth in manufacturing weapons will be set back decades. This is not me saying, this is Prime Minister Netanyahu saying, and of course, President Trump, who've said this, that regardless of what it takes, we have patience. We're going to knock them back in a very, very substantial way. And what that does is allows a sense of normalcy for the people of Israel. It allows us to talk about sending our kids back to school. It allows us to talk about sending people back to work, to opening up businesses again, to walking around freely, safely in the country, and soon probably opening up the airports again. By the way, there have been people returning on flights. It's just done under the radar, literally speaking, to make sure that the airport isn't targeted by the Iranians. But we're seeing this quick return to normalcy in Israel. And at the same time, a complete decapitation of the Iranian war machine, both literally and figuratively speaking, by the way, in a way that prevents them from fighting back again. And one more thing is, is that there's a lot of pressure behind the scenes on replacing the government in Iran in a way that won't allow the IRGC, won't allow the Ayatollahs to be the next, next government over there. And that's sort of in the shadows right now, but it's something that's definitely happening. We've seen both the US and Israel allude to our involvement in doing that. Yes, yes, definitely. So do you think that the Supreme Council of Iran will be able to, first of all, meet without being targeted, and then actually pick a successor to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? Because we have been hearing these reports, mainly from the Iranian opposition, stating that the next leader in line is Mujtaba Khamenei. But that's not the case, because the Ayatollah regime and then the Iranian Revolutionary Guards are not officially embracing him as the next leader. Is that because they're afraid that the moment he'll be officially appointed, he will be terminated? Or there is internal disagreements regarding who is the next figure to rule this country, which also points to the fact that the Ayatollah regime is not controlling all of Iran as they did before this war started. I think it's all of the above, Yael. Both the Iranian regime, the IRGC, the Ayatollahs, they're very, very aware of the fact that they're on the top of the target list right now. So anyone who's made a public leader will be eliminated. Any big gathering of leadership, any big event or rally of leadership will be eliminated by American or Israeli forces. They've been warned, by the way, to exactly that tune by Israel and the United States. But then you asked another question, which is, there's a clear issue with fragmentation within the Iranian regime. The IRGC doesn't speak in a single voice anymore. The Ayatollahs don't speak in a single voice anymore. One side says one day, we're going to peace. Another side says the same day, no, we're going to bomb all our neighbors. So you have a combination of those two things taking place at the same time. And it just shows you that they don't have one strong, cohesive leadership. And I'd venture to say that these people are playing a survival game right now. I mean, they've publicly said this to a certain degree, that they're doing everything they can just to stay in power and weather this storm. But there might be more than that. They might be thinking about what happens the day after. What happens when the Ayatollah regime falls apart? When we lose regions of this country? Will it be generals fighting against generals? Or will it be this person fighting against this person? They're not entirely clear on where they're going here. And I think that's in the back of their minds all the time. How do we protect ourselves and stay alive? And at the same time, what happens in the day after? That's something very much in the sort of the top of their head right now. Yes. Mati, as always, any prayer points for today? For our viewers? Yeah. As usual, pray for the supernatural protection of the people of Israel. Pray for protection over our team that's been working day and night. You see Yair and I in front of the camera. And there's a whole lot of people working a whole lot of hours to make this happen. And they deserve recognition. They deserve prayer, as do their families. And of course, for the children of Israel and of course, the sons and daughters of Iran, they need God's protection too and a replacement of government. Okay. Thank you very much, Mati. See you again very soon. And as you can see, I just got another notification on my phone. Let me show you. It's saying in Hebrew that it's time, it's safe now to get out of the bomb shelter. By the way, this notification is coming up in Hebrew, English, Arabic and Russian. So that all the languages that are in Israel can understand what's happening. And that's why I removed my helmet. Now it's safe to get out of the bomb shelter. Happy you got to experience one missile attack from the beginning until the end. So you know what we're going through here in Israel. Let's continue with the news. This morning in Tehran, the sky does not look like a sky, like a normal sky because a thick black cloud hangs low over the entire city. And the rain that is falling is darkened. It's mixed with oil and other residue. And after a night of a fire strike on fuel and oil reserves that serve the military system of the regime, the Iranian capital is waking up to an image that illustrates one thing clearly. Israel and the United States have shifted into a higher gear and they are no longer dealing with only hunting the launchers. They are entering the economic and the logistical heart that sustains Tehran's war. And what is the question that's hanging over everything on the ninth day of the lion's roar or epic fury operation and war? Are we already at the stage where firepower is not only damaging Iran's strike capabilities, but beginning to break its ability to keep a functioning state running during this war time? The target is the economic heart. A fire strike on the fuel and on the oil reserves. On the night between Saturday and Sunday, a wide wave of strikes opened in Western and Central Iran with Tehran at its center. According to reports from Israeli sources and alongside official statements, around 30 fuel and oil storage facilities in the area of the capital were attacked. This is not just another side warehouse or another tactical target. This is a move aimed at the blood network of the cruel regime. Fuel for military infrastructure, fuel for transferring supplies, fuel for operating systems, and fuel that sustains the war routine from within. In the IDF, they explained that the operational logic is that the fuel tanks are used directly and frequently by the regime's military forces, and they enable the flow of fuel also to the military bodies. The strike, the first in its campaign in which national energy infrastructure is being attacked on such a scale, is meant to deepen the damage to the military infrastructure and add a layer of psychological and internal pressure on the capital, on the Ayatollah regime. The evidence on the ground speaks for itself. Fires in fuel components, huge flames and smoke that continues to cover Tehran's skies hours later. Iranian sources are also reporting a temporary halt in fuel destruction in the city. This is not a side detail. In a city of millions, such a halt is very quickly becoming a stress test. Gas stations, lines, frustration, and a system trying to keep fighting while it begins to choke from within. And in the last 24 hours alone, it was reported that the Air Force struck more than 400 targets in western and central Iran, including ballistic missile launchers and weapons production sites. That is a number that defines a temple, not a round of strikes, but an assembly line of fire. In the same sequence, the IDF spokesperson described a systematic expansion of the efforts against Iran's military production industries. After damaging the launch, the focus of the United States and Israel shifted to the entire chain of capabilities, from the factories of production materials, through storage warehouses, to the system that actually operates the missiles and drones in practice. One example is the central ballistic missile production facilities in the areas of Parchin and Sharaoud. In Parchin, the production infrastructure for critical components was struck. Factories producing explosives for warheads, facilities for raw materials for missile engines, motor mixing and casting components, and also research development and assembly facilities for advanced cruise missiles. This is dismantling the production machine, not just damaging its edge. In Sharaoud, according to the report, a site was attacked that produced a significant portion of the missiles that were fired so far towards Israel and the region. The emphasis here is very important. The moment you move from damaging launchers to damaging the ability to replace stock, the campaign changes. It is no longer just a question of how many missiles do they still have left in the warehouses, but how quickly can they renew that has been burned? How can they rebuild their abilities to launch attacks? And within the last wave of strikes, we should note another target that creates a cumulative effect. The Air Force Air Defensive War Room in the Revolutionary Guards, which is used to maintain the aerial situational picture and defend Iran's skies. Around it, air defense systems, headquarters, logistics, warehouses, and additional structures were also attacked. In simple words, not only take down another battery, but damage the brain that manages the defense and the regime's ability to understand in real time what is happening in the skies. This is a component that connects directly to the great question of the campaign. Who controls the airspace and who remains blind, reacting late, chasing its own shadows? And at the same time, Iran is trying to restore to itself an image of strength. The spokesman for the Revolutionary Guards, Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Niani, said that the armed forces are prepared for a wide-scale war against the United States and Israel for a period of up to six months. He claimed that the fighting would continue until full punishment and added a sentence that sounds like a threat meant to keep the Iranian public in line. Advanced missile systems developed over the past decades have still not entered the use. This message is tailored exactly to the anxiety point of everyone sitting in shelters in Israel or on other fronts. You have still not seen the truly dangerous missiles that we have. But here, the opposite operational logic comes in. When Iran says it is saving, so to speak, something for the end, it may be true or it may be an attempt to create the tense while it is losing production capabilities, warhouses, and the war rooms. And on the American side, a different assessment was also heard. It will be possible to finish the operation within four to six weeks and there are enough munitions to meet the operational needs. This is not a commitment. This is not an endpoint. But it is a statement that marks what the Americans want to project. Tempo, depth, and the ability to sustain a campaign without running on halfway through. And at the center of the technical strategic tension of the past days stands one piece of data that returns again and again. A stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% buried under the ruins of a facility in Isfahan. According to classified reports that are mentioned in the international media, Tehran has a narrow path through which it can reach 440 kilograms of such materials. American intelligence is monitoring the site and believes it will be able to detect any attempt to move the materials from there to other locations and respond in time. Here the question is not theoretical. If Iran has the ability to extract part of this stockpile during wartime, the meaning is that the campaign is not only about launches, but also about a race against time, underground, operational, covert, and destructive if required. On the American side, there was also the reference to the possibility of a future ground move to seize the stockpile perhaps later on. This is a statement that inserts the words special forces and takeover into the same sentence as Isfahan and uranium. It does not mean that this is happening tomorrow morning. It does mean it is on the table, at least as a possible route. The moment intelligence identifies this is what's happening. And the major event of the ninth day is not only in Tehran, it is also in the Arabian Gulf. For the first time since the beginning of this war, the United Arab Emirates attacked in Iran. The target was an Iranian desalination facility. This is a dramatic change in the balance. Until now, the Emiratis had been a main observer, taking hits, intercepting, dealing with launches and drones. Now it has effectively crossed sides, even if cautiously. The Iranian response did not take long to arrive. The Emiratis reported the detection of launches of 16 ballistic missiles. 16 were intercepted and one fell into the sea. And at the same time, 117 drones were detected, of which 113 were intercepted and four fell within the country's territory. The Emiratis air empire also published a cumulative situation picture since the beginning of the Iranian strikes. 238 ballistic missiles were detected. 221 were destroyed. 15 fell into the sea and two landed in the country's territory. In addition, 1,422 drones were reported. 1,342 were intercepted and 80 fell within the United Arab Emirates, as well as eight cruise missiles that were detected and destroyed. On the human level, the Emiratis also reported four dead amongst foreign civilians and 112 wounded of varying degrees from different backgrounds and countries. In other words, this war is no longer between Israel and Iran. It is spreading, striking, and bringing civilian populations into the cycle. The message from the president of the Emiratis was sharp. He spoke about a time of war, about thick skin, about the fact that the state will do its duty and defend its citizens and residents. This is a message of resilience, but also a message sent to Tehran. You will not break us with a sustained threat. It's important to understand that in the Middle East, water is a weapon. And within that same axis, another event arrives that frightened the entire region more than any speech. Bahrain announced this morning that a desalination facility on its territory was hit in an Iranian drone strike. This is for the first time taking place since this war began. Bahrain hurried to reassure there is no damage to the water supply, but the very precedent, a deliverable strike on desalination infrastructure changes the rules of the game. In the Gulf states, desalination facilities are not just another facility, they are life itself. The overwhelming majority of drinking water comes from the sea, through facilities that are spread along the coast. If someone begins turning them into targets, the meaning is a rapid humanitarian threat, water, health, stability, and economy. The Iranian foreign minister claimed that the strike in Bahrain was retaliation for an American strike that destroyed an Iranian desalination facility on Kasham Island and that this damage disrupted water supply to 30 villages in Iran. The speaker of the Iranian parliament added a hint, the American strike was carried out with the assistance of a base from the neighboring country to the south. The message is clear, they are accusing, they are marking, and they are preparing the ground for escalation. And if water enters the equation, every state in the Gulf will face a decision, stay outside the campaign and keep absorbing or join in order to break the source of the threat. Exactly there, Saudi Arabia enters, according to the reports, into talks between the four ministers, Saudi Arabia and Iran. And the Saudi Arabian foreign minister told the Iranian counterpart that it prefers a diplomatic arrangement, but if the strikes against the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its energy infrastructures continue, Riyadh will allow American forces to use bases on its territory and will also join in. This is not a light statement. This is a warning that signals to Tehran the game of we will hit them a bit so that they will be afraid may end with the entire Gulf becoming an active coalition against Iran. But Iran, for its part, is moving between the messages. On the one hand, the president of Iran apologized to the Gulf states for the strikes that harmed the civilians. And he also claimed that the strikes would be suspended unless a strike comes in on Iran from a neighboring country. On the other hand, the unified military headquarters made clear that the American and the Israeli bases will remain targets. This duality hints at internal disagreements. Who wants to lower the flames and who is pushing to expand them? And while all eyes are on Tehran and on the Gulf, in the north, there is a situation taking place that must light a red warning lamp. In the IDF, they are treating Lebanon as a secondary arena because Iran is the center. But the hybrid situation created on the ground is forces sitting in tanks and armored vehicles deep inside Lebanon, hundreds of meters before the blue line, the border between Israel and Lebanon in defensive positions. This is a dangerous situation because the parents of soldiers describe their children as sitting ducks in a shooting range. And realistically, it is hard to argue with this analogy. This is not a deep maneuver that creates decision. This is a limited advance that creates unceasing friction. In the IDF, they admit that there is currently no ability to carry out a forward attack deep into the territory, at least not to the Litani line. A maneuver is not on the table. The Air Force is invested overhead in Iran. And in the north, they are working with what they have, artillery for firing a few kilometers deep, a small number of planes and combat helicopters for assistance and the operation of the Navy in the Lebanese coastal arena. The Navy has entered the picture in a prominent way. The commander of the Navy, Major General David Saar Salama, sailed with the fighters and held a situation assessment in the heart of the sea. He spoke about prolonged deployment, about strikes in the Dakhia neighborhood of Beirut, in the Tyre area, in the Tzidon area and in Tripoli, and about defending the gas rigs and the shipping lanes. In the missile boat, Rutila, they speak of a command ship with more than a thousand fighters about 100 kilometers from the shore and about the ability to speak in real time with the air force's arrays. They describe a situation in which every missile boat is also an aerial control unit that is capable of creating communication with the command centers and intercepting by itself, if required. And at the same time, Hezbollah is increasing fire towards the north, not only towards the communities adjacent to the fence, but also towards Haifa and Akrayot, Israeli cities. And here is the major fear. One exceptional event, one missile that strikes deep in a mass casualty incident, could turn the secondary arena into the primary one within hours. And on the Iranian-Lebanese panel, an unusual strike took place in Beirut. The IDF confirmed a targeted strike on a hotel room in the Rauch district. And according to the IDF statement, senior Iranian officials were struck. And intelligence men and finance men from the Quds Force were amongst them, who were operating in Lebanon and in the Palestinian sector within Lebanon. This is a cutting of the command and the money axis, not only the fighting axis. A warning to Israelis and to Jews around the world has been sounded. The campaign is going outward. And in the shadow of all of this comes a warning that must not be smoothed over. A senior source in the National Security Council warned that Iran is increasing attempts to harm Israelis and Jews around the world. The emphasis is on embassies, on community targets, and on countries close to Iran, but not only. The message here is sharp. When a regime feels humiliated in the military arena, it seeks revenge where it is easy for it. Sometimes it is not at the front, but abroad, with envoys, with local organizations, terror cells that operate in the darkness. And here is the great question of the military part on the ninth day of this war. Is the coalition against Iran succeeding in pushing the regime into a corner? Or is it pushing it into a wider regional eruption in which everyone, near the Gulf, everyone living in the North, and every Jew in the entire world becomes part of this campaign, part of this attempt against all of us. And before we continue to the next layer of this picture, what is happening behind the scenes, in the talks, in the threats, and in the attempts to stop the deterioration, there is one short point that is very important to stop on. That war has broken out again between Israel, Iran, and the United States of America. And across Israel, families are running to shelters. Children are hearing sirens instead of school bells. Soldiers are leaving their homes to defend their nations. This is real. This is happening right now. And Israel needs all of us, and all of you, right now. The Bible calls us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. And today, that calling means urgent. It requires bold, faithful prayer. And it requires action. 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Pray with us, stand with Israel, and give as generously as you can. And please do not wait. Do not assume that somebody else will respond. Be the one who stands up. Again, that's tbn.org slash standwithisraelatvn.tv or call 800-772-5040. So let's continue with the reports that we have. And now we return to the axis of events, because while firepower is speaking, diplomacy is trying to understand whether there is a way to stop the deterioration or at least to contain it. The diplomatic front is stating that the Gulf is looking for breaks to end this escalation. Iran is accusing, and the West is gathering. On the ninth day, diplomacy does not look like signatures on an agreement. It looks like trying to stop the collapse of the Middle East. And at the same time, Iran is trying to open a legal psychological front. The Red Crescent in Iran submitted a request to open an investigation against Israel and against the United States on a claim of harm to civilians and civilian buildings. They presented a list of data on damaged structures, housing units, medical centers, and schools, and also claimed harm to the aid personnel. This is a war over legitimacy, no less than a war over ground. And in all of this, Tehran is trying to project governmental stability. While everything is shaking, an Iranian agency reported that the Assembly of Experts chose a new supreme leader in place of the leader who was eliminated at the beginning of the war, and that the council secretary will soon announce his name. We don't know who it is. But around this move, there is a heavy cloud. The IDF spokesperson in Persian warned publicly, whoever gathers to choose the successor is at risk. He claimed that the council had not convened for decades, and that now under fire, it is trying to choose new leadership, and that Israel's arm will pursue both the successor and the one who appoints him. This is a threat that tries to break the move before it even gets on its way. On the other hand, the president of the United States said in the past that he wants to be involved in choosing Iran's next leader. And he spoke about the selection process that is being taking place at an early stage now. And in other words, in Washington as well, they are looking at the leadership vacuum in Tehran not as an internal detail, but as a strategic junction. And here, the central diplomatic question is, is the world preparing for a new Iran that will emerge from the wall? Or does no one really know who is holding the wheel in Tehran at these very moments? And from that comes the greatest risk. What do you think about that? Let me know in the comments if you think that the Iranians are still in control of their own country or somebody else's. So the Gulf's great risk is when water, energy, and civilian infrastructure become targets. That's a dangerous thing in the Middle East. If there is one line that connects the entire diplomatic arena, it is this. Civilian infrastructure has become part of the game. The strike in Bahrain, the strike in Iran, on the desalination facilities, the accusations around the Qasem Islands, and the fear of systematic harm to the water facilities, all of these turn the Gulf from a place of energy market into a place of survival. And therefore, the Gulf states are speaking in a double language. On the ground, they are seeking mediation. On the other hand, they are threatening to join the battle. They understand that if they do not draw a red line on water, on electricity, and on energy, they will be pulled into the campaign. And in any case, it will happen only for a weaker point instead of from being attacked. And the Iranian message is very clear. It is also double. An apology on the one hand, and then continued launches on the other. Statements of conciliation, and civilian leaders, and the forceful messages from military systems. This looks like a regime trying to keep itself whole while it fights from the outside. So the only thing that we know for sure in this situation is that God is in control. We gave you a lot, a lot of information today. And every day, we reveal more layers, more dynamics, more threats, more potential outcomes to this war. Let me encourage you that there is only one who knows what's happening here. And that's our Father above in heaven. Let's pray that his will will be done in this war. Let's pray that he will protect our family members that are fighting on multiple fronts. Let's pray for wisdom to our leaders. Let's pray for a change of heart to our enemies. You know, we were told to pray for our enemies, but we were never told to pray for them to succeed in their evil plans to destroy us. So let's pray for them to have a change of heart for God to touch them so that instead of launching attacks, they will see cooperation and peace with all of us. 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