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on the night of October 1st Israel's Sky
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looked like this these weren't fireworks
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these were missiles over 180 ballistic
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missiles were launched toward Israel
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directly ordered by Iran's supreme
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leader Ayatollah Ali K Iran's Islamic
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revolutionary guard Corps irgc part of
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their military claimed that more than
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90% of the missiles struck their targets
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Israel on the other hand reported that
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the majority were intercepted by their
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air defense systems the impact of these
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missiles can be seen in various images
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circulating online some show craters
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including a 30ft deep crater located
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right outside mad's headquarters in
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southern Israel near the neev desert
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where a large military base is situated
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many missiles were aimed as well despite
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Israel's claims of minimal damage prime
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minister Netanyahu made it clear
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coming Iran made a big mistake tonight
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and it will pay for it the regime in
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Iran does not understand our
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determination to defend ourselves and
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our determination to retaliate against
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enemies apparently there are those in
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tran who do not understand this either
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they will understand we will keep to the
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rule we have determined whoever attacks
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us we attack them but the bigger
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question is how did Iran get involved in
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this conflict the war which began last
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year with hamas's attacks has now
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expanded to involve several countries
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Israel isn't just attacking Palestine
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it's striking Lebanon as well many
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paramilitary groups and terrorist
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organizations such as Hamas Hezbollah
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and the huus are involved in this
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conflict and now a major power like Iran
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has entered the fry how did things
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escalate to this point and what might
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happen next let's explore that in this
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video while it's true that numerous
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countries are now involved if the
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conflict worsens it could spiral into a
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larger Regional war in the Middle East
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but calling it World War III is
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premature because this isn't the first
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time this year Iran has attacked Israel
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just a few months ago on April 13th more
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than 300 drones and missiles were
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launched at Israel in fact the April
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attack was even larger than this one
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involving around 170 drones 30 cruise
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missiles and 110 ballistic missiles this
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marked the first time in decades that
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another Nation had launched a direct
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attack on Israel the last instance was
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during the 1991 Gulf War when Saddam
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Hussein's Iraq attacked but what
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triggered Iran's April attack Iran
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called it Revenge 2 weeks earlier around
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April 1st Israel conducted an air strike
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on Syria's Capital Damascus which
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resulted in the deaths of seven Iranian
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officers including a high-ranking
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general stationed at the Iranian Embassy
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no country would tolerate such a strike
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on its military personnel and in this
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case Israel had targeted the embassy but
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why did Israel launch this air strike
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Israel claimed that the building wasn't
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an embassy but a military facility
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according to Israel the officer killed
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in the strike had close ties to
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Hezbollah so what exactly is Hezbollah
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and how is it connected to Iran we'll
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delve into Hezbollah later but first
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let's cover some key details about
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Israel's defense systems when Israel was
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attacked in April it received support
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from its allies including the US UK and
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Jordan the US managed to neutralize
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about 80 drones and six ballistic
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missiles meanwhile British typhoon
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fighter jets intercepted several drones
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and Israel's F35 stealth Jets took down
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25 out of 30 cruise missiles
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geographically Iran and Israel are
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roughly 1,000 km apart a drone attack
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from Iran would take about 2 hours to
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reach Israel making intelligence
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critical to defense Israel's famous
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defense system the Iron Dome protects
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areas up to 10 km in height with a range
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of 70 km it intercepts short- range
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rockets by launching its own missiles to
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destroy them midair a process known as
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interception you'll hear this term
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frequently in discussions about Israel's
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defense however the Iron Dome only
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handles short-range threats for medium
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to longrange missiles Israel relies on
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David's sling which has a range of 300
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km and covers up to 15 km in height but
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Iran's October attack involved ballistic
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missiles from over 1,000 km away beyond
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the reach of both the Iron Dome and
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David's sling Iran's foreign Ministry
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spokesperson Nasser kayani described the
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strikes as a limited Act of self-defense
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and suggested that Western countries
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should actually commend Iran for not
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doing more damage his words though seem
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more like a thinly Veiled Threat while
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Israel's defense systems are incredibly
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sophisticated there's a financial strain
4:17
involved in their operation for instance
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each Tamir missile used by the Iron Dome
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costs $50,000 David's sling missiles are
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even more expensive around $1 million a
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piece and the Aeros systems missiles
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cost several million dollar each during
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the April attack alone Israel spent an
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estimated $200 million in one day on
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defense despite the technology
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Effectiveness the high Financial cost
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means Israel's defenses could be
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overwhelmed by sheer numbers in a
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sustained assault the situation might
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not yet be a global conflict but it has
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the potential to escalate into a broader
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Regional War as the situation unfolds it
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will be critical to see how Israel Iran
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and the global Community navigate this
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precarious balance no one can afford to
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underes estimate the consequences while
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advanced technology can offer temporary
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protection diplomacy and conflict
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resolution will be crucial to halting
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this cycle of violence Iran's Weaponry
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is no less sophisticated with
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state-of-the-art missiles used in the
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October attack like the 2023 fat
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missiles in a photo released by the BBC
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you can see the damage these missiles
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are capable of their longest range
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missile the shahab 3 can reach over
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2,000 km missing from this list are the
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2023 fatal missiles classified as hyper
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Sonic ballistic missiles Hypersonic
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means they travel faster than the speed
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of sound about 18,000 kmph or 15 times
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the speed of sound they can reach Israel
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in just minutes we can accurately strike
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any Target within 870 Mi and there's no
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system capable of countering this
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missile they're able to precisely hit
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any Target within the range of 870 Mi
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and there exists no system that can
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rival or counter this missile many
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confuse Rockets with missiles but
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they're vastly different hamasa Rockets
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are relatively small and are launched
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with rough estimates of where they will
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land in contrast ballistic missiles are
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as tall as a three-story building and
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are equipped with Precision targeting
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making them much more dangerous they can
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even leave Earth's atmosphere before
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re-entering to hit their target this is
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why following the April attack the UN
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Security Council called an emergency
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meeting urging both sides to deescalate
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Hezbollah and huus have been attacking
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Israel for years but ever since Israel
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retaliated against Gaza the frequency of
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these attacks has increased these three
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groups Hamas in Gaza houthis in Yemen
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and Hezbollah in southern Lebanon are
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considered Iran's proxies often referred
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to as the axis of resistance Iran
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supports them financially and militarily
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from behind the scenes Hezbollah is one
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of the most heavily armed non-state
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groups in the world this Shia militant
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group emerged in 1982 during Israel's
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invasion of Lebanon and officially
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became an entity in 1985 with a
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Manifesto calling for the removal of
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Western powers from Lebanon and the
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destruction of Israel almost all Western
7:00
Nations including the US and Europe
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classify Hezbollah as a terrorist
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organization though India does not
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Southern Lebanon was occupied by Israel
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for 22 years and it was Hezbollah that
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pushed Israel out in 2000 a subsequent
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war between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006
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lasted 34 days with no clear winner
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today a large portion of Lebanon is
7:19
under hezbollah's control and the group
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wields more power than lebanon's
7:23
official Army in many respects the war
7:25
between Hezbollah and Israel has been
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ongoing for months and on October 7th
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2023 Hamas launched an attack that
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reignited the conflict the next day
7:34
Hezbollah officially declared war on
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Israel meanwhile the huus founded in the
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1990s emerged in response to Shia
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marginalization and growing foreign
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influence in Yemen the hois are
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considered a terrorist organization by
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many countries and oppose Yemen's
7:48
government yet India does not label them
7:49
as terrorists Iran and Russia back the
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hois while Saudi Arabia supports Yemen's
7:54
government alongside Western allies
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looking at the map you'll see that Saudi
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Arabia and Iran are two major powers in
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the Middle East each backing different
8:01
sides in conflicts in Yemen Saudi
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supports the government while Iran backs
8:06
the Rebels the same Dynamic is found in
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Iraq Syria and Lebanon globally Western
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Nations often align with Saudi Arabia
8:13
while countries like Russia and China
8:14
lean towards Iran this is why Saudi
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Arabia frequently stands against Iran
8:19
despite both being Muslim majority
8:20
countries Saudi Arabia is Sunni
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dominated while Iran is primarily Shia
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the current War which started with
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hamas's October 2023 attack LED to
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Israel's invasion of Gaza Israel's
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bombing of Gaza has made parts of it
8:33
uninhabitable between October 7th 2023
8:36
and September 22nd 2024 the world has
8:39
witnessed immense Devastation in the
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41,43 Palestinians have lost their lives
8:46
with over half of them being children
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and women more than 2 million people
8:50
have been displaced many countries have
8:52
called it genocide Jewish film director
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Jonathan Glazer who won an Oscar last
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year for his film about the Holocaust
8:58
made a powerful statement during his
9:00
acceptance speech he said the memory of
9:01
the Holocaust was being misused to
9:03
justify the persecution of another
9:05
Community distancing himself from this
9:07
kind of jewishness our film shows where
9:09
dehumanization leads at its worst right
9:12
now we stand here as men who refute
9:13
their jewishness and the Holocaust being
9:15
hijacked by an occupation which has led
9:17
to Conflict for so many innocent people
9:19
his film The Zone of Interest captures
9:20
the brutal reality of fascism if you get
9:22
the chance it's worth watching in this
9:24
war Hezbollah has shown its strength
9:26
daily rocket fires from the Israeli
9:28
Lebanese borderers forced more than
9:30
880,000 Israelis to flee their homes
9:32
meanwhile the huus have caused
9:34
significant disruption to trade in the
9:35
Red Sea attacking passing ships with
9:37
missiles the damage is estimated to have
9:39
caused nearly $1 trillion in losses
9:42
before April 2024 Iran hadn't directly
9:45
intervened in the war even though it
9:47
supported its proxies however on April
9:49
14th Iran issued a warning if Israel
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attacked its people assets or citizens
9:55
Iran would retaliate irgc Commander
9:58
Hussein salami delivered this message
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then on July 31st isma Haner hamas's
10:03
political leader was assassinated in
10:05
tran though no one claimed
10:07
responsibility Israel is widely
10:09
suspected following the assassination
10:11
Iran vowed retaliation the war escalated
10:13
further after the infamous pager attack
10:15
on Hezbollah on September 17th explosive
10:18
devices carried by Hezbollah operatives
10:20
went off killing many a series of
10:22
high-profile assassinations followed
10:24
including the deaths of Ibrahim ail
10:26
hezbollah's Special Operations commander
10:29
and Brigadier General abas nil fusan of
10:31
the irgc in a September 27th air strike
10:35
hezbollah's leader Hassan nasrala was
10:37
also killed in the same strike despite
10:39
these losses Hezbollah continues
10:40
launching rockets at Israel in just one
10:43
week around 1,000 people were killed by
10:45
Israeli air strikes in Lebanon while the
10:47
UN and the US condemn these attacks
10:49
Israel shows no signs of stopping on
10:51
October 1st Israel confirmed that Iran
10:53
had launched missiles in retaliation for
10:56
the assassination of hezbollah's leader
10:58
fortunately only one person a
11:00
Palestinian in the West Bank died
11:02
despite this Israel's Finance Minister
11:04
threatened to make Iran regret its
11:05
attack much like they did with Gaza and
11:07
Hezbollah prime minister Netanyahu
11:09
warned that Iran had made a grave
11:11
mistake and would pay for it what we're
11:13
seeing is a vicious cycle of Revenge
11:16
with Innocent civilians bearing the
11:17
brunt of it United Nations Secretary
11:20
General Antonio gutes condemned the
11:22
overall conflict without blaming any
11:24
single country India's foreign minister
11:26
s jankar acknowledged Israel's right to
11:29
respond but emphasize the importance of
11:31
following International humanitarian
11:33
laws to minimize civilian harm
11:35
ultimately the people suffer the most in
11:37
these endless cycles of retaliation if
11:39
this cycle of violence is ever to end we
11:42
must find New Paths to peace not just
11:44
through diplomacy but by rethinking the
11:46
systems that fuel conflict speaking of
11:48
systems did you know the US is
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11:52
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