185 drones 36 cruise missiles 110
ballistic missiles in total throughout
the night of 13th of April 2024 331
devices struck Israel from Iran Iraq
Lebanon Syria and
Yemen the attack dubbed operation true
Promise by Iranian forces began with the
launching of a large wave of Shahed 136
drones the same ones used by Russia
against Ukraine in an attempt to
collapse Israeli defenses before the
missiles arrived visual politic
Community we are talking about the
biggest attack that another sovereign
country has launched on Israel in the
last 50 years it is a direct clear and
forceful response to the attack that
Israel carried out against the Iranian
Consulate in Damascus on the 1st of
April aimed to disrupt the operations of
the Revolutionary guard in that country
in that attack Israel killed seven
people including Brigadier General
Muhammad Raza zahi this guy was not just
any guy but one of the top managers of
the Revolutionary guard the very
commander-in-chief of the kuds force in
Syria and Lebanon and responsible for
leasing between the regime of the
Ayatollah and Hezbollah Iran's extensive
paramilitary arm that operates Beyond
its borders so he was a major player
Iran promised revenge and now that
Revenge has materialized with a massive
attack against Israel an attack that now
comes with a new
warning Iran will hit us bases if
Washington helps Israel launch a
retaliatory attack naturally this
generates a few questions what are the
consequences of this attack what exactly
might Israel's response be to the
current situation could it really have
been as has been suggested in some media
Outlets an attack somehow agreed on
between the Iranian government and the
Hebrew government well this attack has
caught us by surprise in what many
consider to be the capital of the world
New York but never fear we've been
working through the night to answer all
these questions let's get
started are one
target of the 331 devices launched
against the Hebrew states only a handful
managed to hit Israeli territory in fact
despite the enormous media impact of
this operation there were no fatalities
and the material damage was very
limited for example one of the targets
of the attack the Israeli Air Force Base
at NE te in the ngev desert which is one
of the main bases of operations for the
F35 in the country suffered only minor
damage that did not even Hal operation
visual politic viewers the Israeli
defense system supported by the air
forces of the United Kingdom Jordan
France and the United States more than
fulfilled its objective to prevent a
foreign attack from causing significant
damage inside Israel it didn't come
cheap though it is estimated that it may
have cost Israel more than $1 billion to
protect itself from this Iranian attack
let's just say that anti-ballistic
missile equipment doesn't exactly come
cheap but of course the cost was not
really the issue however it is likely
that this lack of Effectiveness was
exactly what Tran was hoping for in
order to avoid an automatic escalation
in the conflict leading to an open
Warfare in fact the areas of impact
chosen by the ayatollah's regime were
mainly the golen Heights and the air
base in the ngev desert mentioned
previously in other words Iran somehow
avoided the most populated areas
industrial zones or particularly
sensitive installations but wait a
minute if they didn't expect the attack
to have a great result what on Earth was
the point of launching it basically
there are three reasons first this
attack has allowed the regime to
reinforce its image at home after the
incessant trickle of senior commanders
who have been killed by Israel or the
United States in recent years indeed the
occasion was used as an opportunity for
hundreds of regime supporters to take to
the streets to celebrate the attack
especially in Tan's Palestine Square
fireworks were even set off secondly the
attack served to check Israel's defenses
and to test in live fire action the
behavior of the Iranian missiles and
thirdly this operation has put fear into
the hearts of all Israelis remember that
the Israeli anti-aircraft defense system
had to shoot down Iranian missiles over
the knesset itself the Israeli
Parliament located in
Jerusalem in other words this has been
something of a warning Mission you could
say that the Iranians have sent a
message to Israel be very careful if you
try to attack our nuclear program we
will respond with force not with 100
ballistic missiles like this time but
perhaps with a th000 2,000 or even 3,000
and of course there would be no Dome to
stop that and don't forget that with
Iran's nuclear program well Advanced a
concerted attack between the United
States and Israel has been strongly
discussed in recent months in other
words Iranian officials have used their
response to the Israeli attack on the
Damascus consulate to send a message
loud and clear but friends there's a lot
more to this stay
tuned
demonstration let's not kid ourselves
the Iranian attack has caught virtually
no one by surprise following the attack
on the Consulate in Damascus an Iranian
response was expected it was something
they had warned about in fact in the
days leading up to the attack the rumors
were constant of course this time in
Jerusalem the Hebrew government knew
what was coming this is in fact what
Netanyahu himself was saying before the
attack took place
in fact there is speculation that the
ayatollah's regime itself may have given
Israel some advanced warning that this
would be its response and take note
because this is something that Israel
neither denies nor confirms which of
course usually means there's some truth
in it the Israeli government to all Aria
we neither confirm nor deny that Iran
informed us of the nature and timing of
its response well don't think that this
was something so extraordinary yes it is
true that this is Iran's first attack
against Israel but it is not the first
time that something like this has
happened in fact this attack is very
reminiscent of the ones that Iran has
carried out on one occasion or another
against us bases in Iraq for example
there was one after the US killed
General sulani the head of the
Revolutionary guard in Baghdad in a
Precision strike Iran response to soim
mani's assassination with missile strike
on two US military bases in Iraq well
the fact is that in this one the attack
was bigger but the damage was just as
small Israel has mainly used two
military systems to bring down a large
part of the Iranian attack of course we
are talking on the one hand about the
very famous Iron Dome and on the other
hand about the arrow 3 system which is
the highest level of the Hebrew States
multi-layer anti-aircraft defense system
the arrow 3 is a system developed with
the United States whose function is
precisely to intercept ballistic
missiles now the defense this time has
worked but if the attack were much
larger then it might not be enough this
is the caveat I was telling you about
earlier and one of the reasons why the
Israeli response may be much more
moderate it is true that Israel is
developing a system known as iron beam
which uses laser systems to shoot down
projectiles however it is not clear how
far its capabilities go at this point in
time but now that we know how and why
the attack took place we have yet to
delve into perhaps the most important
part of all Israel's possible response
well let's not wait let's get straight
into
it the
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response Iran attacks Israel and it
stands to reason that we all expect a
furious response someone to put their
foot down as already happened following
the Hamas attacks on the 7th of October
in fact this is the direction in which
the religious Zionist members of
Benjamin netanyahu's government are
pointing look at this impressive defense
so far now they're must be a crushing
attack now is this really going to be
the case well obviously we don't know
but it is very likely that things will
be different this time starting with
Washington's position scoop Biden told
BB us won't support an Israeli
Counterattack on Iran Biden seeks to
head off escalation after Israel's
successful defense but if Israel is
attacked isn't the US supposed to
respond does the Biden Administration no
longer support Israel well nothing could
be further from the truth the point is
that this attack was expected was
probably let's call it half planned and
has had no consequences in fact this
time Israel's defenses got straight A's
and so as it has been leaked this is
exactly what Biden told Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu you have a
victory take the victory the problem is
that an Israeli response could trigger a
whole war in the Middle East and that
would be very bad for the economy for
anti-terrorism policy for Ukraine and in
general for the whole world obviously
Iran is not Hamas nor is it Hezbollah as
we have told you in several videos here
on visual politics Iran has focused
heavily on deterrence in recent decades
among other things it has developed a
huge arsenal of missiles drones and air
defenses it has also built speedboats
and some small
submarines the aim is that if the
country is attacked it can respond by
attacking Israel the oil fields of the
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia
and it could block the straight of huz
this in itself would be an economic
catastrophe and so into Iran they
consider it a good life insurance policy
at most Iran would simply respond to
Israel in a much more intense way which
could result in many civilian casualties
and a great deal of damage then the
Israel Defense Forces would have to
respond to that action and that could
create a terrible spiral of violence in
the whole region that is precisely why
Washington does not even want to hear or
talk about this possibility and
certainly not in an election year and as
long as the war in Ukraine continues but
it is also not clear that the position
of the military command in Israel and of
a large part of the political Arc is
very different and let's see a war with
Iran would not only be with Iran it
would automatically also be a war with
Hezbollah that is to say we would
potentially be talking about a large
scale conflict with all that this
entails casualties destruction Eternal
mobilizations serious economic damage
etc etc etc but does this mean that the
Iranian attack will go
unpunished well no that would not be
advisable either think about it the
message that would be sent to the world
would be terrible what would happen for
example if Kim Jong-un were to do the
same to South Korea if we have learned
anything from the Russian occupation of
Crimea in 2014 and the international in
action it is that precedent has enormous
influence that is why three different
responses are now likely to occur on the
one hand Israel is likely to intensify
its attacks against the Iranian arm in
Lebanon and Syria by means of attacking
both Hezbollah and the Revolutionary
guard's own kuds Force units operating
in these countries in fact this is
exactly what the Israeli Air Force did
immediately after the Iranian attack the
Israeli military said its war plane
struck a significant Hezbollah weapons
manufacturing site in nabet a village
deep inside Lebanon then after that us
International sanctions against Iran are
almost certain to increase and thirdly
don't doubt it for a moment the plans
between Israel and the United States to
eventually terminate or curb the Iranian
nuclear program will pick up speed
however wait a minute because all this
is obviously nothing more than
speculation Israel might also want to
take advantage of this moment the excuse
to attack Iran erode its military
capabilities and even put the brakes on
its nuclear plan once and for all is up
for discussion it's unlikely in fact
that the Hebrew state will ever have an
opportunity like this again so the
question is what could happen if Israel
finally decides to take advantage of
this opportunity well as stated by the
Israeli press itself this would be quite
a reasonable option first several groups
of Israeli F35 aircraft could swoop down
on Iran in an attempt to destroy its air
defenses some groups could fly along the
Syrian Turkish border and then penetrate
Iran via Iraq these countries would of
course object but Israel could act
unilaterally then other groups could
Advance through Saudi airspace the idea
would be to attack in waves until
Iranian anti-aircraft defenses were
dismantled ballistic missiles and drones
could also be used once this objective
was completed groups of F-15 F-16 and
F-35 Fighters would seek to attack the
final targets nuclear program facilities
or the most advanced missile and
military equipment factories of course
the operation would be high risk and
there could be numerous casualties in
the Israeli Air Force but it would be a
possibility of course that would be a
huge headache for Washington the
Americans would probably end up up to
their necks in it in any case at this
point in time this scenario seems
unlikely but of course if we have
learned anything in recent years it is
precisely that we cannot take anything
for granted well that's how things stand
in this video we have seen what the
attack was like why it happened and what
the most likely consequences are now the
question is for all of you if you were
Israel what exactly would you do leave
us your thoughts in the comments and
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