. The Government of Iran spoke in civilians killed in Tehran
Igor Gielow
BRASILIA, DF (Folhapress) – The open conflict between Israel and Iran entered its third day marked by the escalation of Jewish state losses due to retaliatory attacks of Tehran and new actions in the Persian country. At least 11 people died and 200 were injured in two Iranian ballistic missile dams at dawn on Sunday (15).
The Israeli Operation, which began on Friday (13) with the stated objective of ending the nuclear program that can give the atomic bomb to the Ayatollahs, continued as well. The Government of Iran spoke of civilians killed in Tehran, and Tel Aviv issued an alert to residents of areas near military bases to leave their homes.
The climb, seasoned by a speech of the Iranian chancelaria suggesting that the war may stop in the unlikely hypothesis of Israel ceasing the attacks, raised the bellicity on both sides. Premier Binyamin Netanyahu said he will retaliate the counterattacks.
Right off the bat, the Israeli attack aimed to kill a considerable number of Iran’s 20th military leaders from Iran. The right-hand man’s right-hand man, Ali Khamenei, also died, and two US government officials heard by Reuters said Donald Trump vetoed a Tel Aviv Khamenei plan. Asked about this in an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu dodged:
“I won’t come in it.” He stated, however, that a change of regime in Iran could be a consequence of Israel’s attacks, as Iranian theocracy “is very weak.”
The dawn of this Sunday inflicted the largest number of victims to Israel since the beginning of the aggressions. In Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, an Iranian missile directly hit a residential building. At least seven civilians died, among them two children, and more than 200 were injured, according to Magen David Adom, equivalent to the Israeli Red Cross.
In Tamra, the north, a projectile destroyed a two -story house in which four Arab women from the same family lived. They were identified as Manar Khatib (mother), daughters Hala, 20, and Shada, 13, and a sister -in -law of the same name. Residents of
Tamra, a small town near Haifa, complained of an alleged lack of shelters to welcome the entire population in emergency situations.
After these attacks, a new Iranian dam on Sunday was widely intercepted, Israel said without victims. “The Israeli army will attack these places and continue to pull the skin of the Iranian snake in Tehran and everywhere – as a target nuclear abilities and weapons systems,” said Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, in a statement.
With the latest aggressions, there are so far 14 dead in Israel and perhaps 138 in Iran – the given had been informed by the state media, but the government speaks of 80 victims. The disparity suggests the evident greater intensity of Netanyahu’s action, but from the point of view of psychological impact it is important to note that they are proportional losses from a population point of view: there are 9.7 million Israelis and 92 million Iranians.
Tel Aviv’s scope, however, is greater. In addition to the nuclear facilities, Netanyahu emulted the tactic employed to dismantle Lebanese Hezbollah, which was low in the Israeli North in support of the Palestinian Hamas War against the Jewish state.
In addition, Israel is looking for Iran’s military degradation and says he has been able to create a safe runner for attacks from the west of the country to the capital. Tehran denies and said he had knocked down an Israeli fighter this Sunday, something without confirmation yet.
This Sunday morning, the Israelis also hit the Ministry of Defense building in the Iranian capital, as well as an oil deposit near Tehran.
Netanyahu’s forces also focused on Land-Terra missile launchers, Iran’s main offensive force. Again, there is the question of quantity: It is estimated that Tehran has 2,000 to 3,000 of these, so as continuous attacks since Friday show, there is a lot of damage to be done if the fight continues.
A bigger problem for Israel, in addition to the intensity of conflict after almost two years of war in the Gaza and other fronts, is that in fact destroying Iran’s ability to make a nuclear warhead, it lacks some instruments according to a relative consensus of analysts.
In this case, the deep penetration pumps of Bunkers, which Tel Aviv does not have. But the United States, Grossa’s guarantors of Israel’s military capacity, have. It is the MOP (Massive ammunition penetrator in the English acronym), a 13.6 t trambol that can only be launched by the B-2 sneak bombers.
The US has bases and a group of aircraft carrier in the region, and have the most distant Diego Garcia aerodrome in the Indian Ocean to launch aerial replenishing attacks without risking Iranian retaliation.
The Jewish State alternative would be the use of any of its 90 atomic bombs, something obviously out of the question except in case of existential risk to Israel. Thus, rumors about American participation in the war grew from Saturday to here.
According to the Axios website, Israel has already placed the request, and the NBC network even reported a meeting to discuss the case at the Pentagon, which could take place on Sunday.
So far, President Donald Trump, an ally of Netanyahu, said he will come tightly to the war only if Iran attacks any of the US forces in the region. Iran, in turn, says that it will only do so if US resources are used to protect Israel.
In a post on the Truth Social Network, he wrote: “Iran and Israel must make an agreement, and will make an agreement, and we will have peace soon between Israel and Iran.
An American involvement would be disastrous for Iran, but would climb the regional conflict to one level. Iran is Russia’s strategic ally and has already received support from China and even from rival Turkey, which is part of the same NATO alliance as the US, in the current fire exchange.
Dening the plot there is the threat of Iranians to close the Hormuz Strait, where more than 30% of oil and 20% of the world’s liquefied gas pass, including 90% of Saudi Arabia oil production. For years, Iran has prepared for it, with missiles, drones and marine mines.
This would greatly raise the risk of involvement in other countries in the region in the crisis. Of the Persian Gulf Monarchies, only Qatar has good dialogue with Tehran – so much better armed, Saudi and Emiratis can be taken to get involved. Riyadh has already been in an indirect war with Iran, in the Yemen’s civil conflict, and has bad memories that can be determined to a new action.
