00:00These are images that are coming in from Haifa, which has repeatedly been in the line of fire.
00:08There appears to be a massive traffic jam. Has a missile struck Haifa?
00:14Haifa has repeatedly been targeted in the northern part of Israel.
00:19I was reporting from Haifa when operations against Lebanon were mounted last year.
00:26And it's a very rich oil port. Incidentally, the Adanis have a port in Haifa.
00:35They manage a port. The Chinese have a port and interest in Haifa.
00:40It's a beautiful city. In the First World War, we hear of that Haifa charge.
00:48India played a very critical role in the liberation of Haifa and the British Indian forces.
00:56But those are the images that you see of Haifa right now.
01:00You have the Iron Dome system in action, which is taking down the incoming threat.
01:06And if you were to talk about Pranay, the missiles that are coming in,
01:11a ballistic missile would just take, you know, the 2,000 kilometers that it has to travel from Iran to Israel,
01:16would take about 8 to 10 minutes.
01:20A cruise missile would take about an hour, two hours, around that kind of time.
01:26Also, depending on what missile has been fired.
01:29But there is clear and present danger.
01:31So you have multiple assets of the Israeli Air Force, including their fighter jets,
01:35and their Iron Dome and David Sling system in action.
01:39Absolutely right, Gaurav.
01:40And you have to point, I would like to point out here that, like,
01:44if Iranian missiles can hit any necessary target,
01:47this clearly shows that they have managed to navigate the territories in between,
01:51the Iraqi territory, the air defense system of Iraq,
01:54the air defense system which are present in Jordan,
01:58and also the air defense system in Israel.
02:00So the multi-layer air defense system,
02:02which is present within the territory of Israel and as well as territories beyond.
02:07This clearly shows that Iran is able to manage and penetrate the air defense,
02:11the Iron Dome system, David Sling, Aero, and Thad, Patriot,
02:15like multi-layer, five-layer system air defense which is present
02:19to protect the Israeli territories.
02:20Also, you have to notice here that the Israel doesn't have a strategic depth.
02:26Israel is smaller in territory, like around 70 to 75 percent smaller than Iran.
02:31And also is that it has higher population density.
02:34So if the Iranian missiles can hit Iran, can hit Israel and Israeli territory,
02:40they can cause a wide level of destruction.
02:42And the kind of visuals we are getting it,
02:44this is certainly very disturbing visuals for the Israeli government as well.
02:49But people have been instructed to go into bunkers.
02:51These bunkers, you have also gone there, Gaurav, you know it very well.
02:55And we have been to these bunkers.
02:57We know that how secure, how protected these bunkers are.
02:59So we may expect that Israel gets a time to respond.
03:04Because as you pointed out, the trajectory of a missile coming from Iran,
03:08it travels, it takes a while and Israel gets a time to respond.
03:12But meanwhile, let me tell you one interesting thing,
03:15that even Iran is not only carrying out these missile attacks,
03:18but they are also claiming that there is no damage which has been caused to Fardou even.
03:23Like, you know, just a while ago, the Iranian news agency has done a walkthrough
03:27and showcasing the visuals of Fardou facility by saying that there is no damage.
03:33There's only, like, you know, some fume which can be seen coming out of the Fardou facility,
03:38but there is no widespread damage.
03:39Our reporters walked through, I have just seen that.
03:41So on one side, there are claims that there is no damage.
03:45But on the other side, Iran is hitting Israel.
03:48So clearly an escalation, clearly we could see that the next level of the American attack,
03:55whether it comes or not, that is a bigger question.
03:58That to protect Israel, whether President Donald Trump again instructs the American Air Force
04:04to carry out further attacks on Iranian missile facilities and also the nuclear facilities.
04:09I want to put out these images full screen.
04:12Big story coming in.
04:13There's an Iranian missile that has hit Haifa, the northern port city of Israel.
04:20That's the image that we are getting in.
04:23There you see, it's an attempt at interception.
04:27Even it's a barrage of Iron Dome rockets and missiles that have been fired in an attempt
04:35to intercept the incoming missile, but it's managed to hit a built-up area.
04:40You can see the damage on ground while people were asked to go indoors in Haifa.
04:47This is the first image that is coming in from Haifa, the very crucial Israeli port city.
04:55It has various quarters.
04:59Haifa has been hit before.
05:01It has repeatedly been targeted by Iran.
05:04And the fact, Ambassador Trigunayat, that Iran is able to launch missiles that can hit Haifa
05:12or Tel Aviv or Beersheva in the south.
05:16It can hit across the length and breadth of the country, despite multiple levels that an
05:21attempt is being made to stop it just when it is being launched or by Jordan or by American
05:26warships or by British warships or by the air forces and the Israeli air force and the
05:32iron dome and the David sling and the THARD system.
05:35And yet it hits.
05:37Yes, that is true.
05:39I mean, that shows that despite all the information one gets out from outside, Iran has developed
05:45tremendous missile capacities.
05:46And they are here to use some of their weapons that they have been threatening.
05:50In fact, if you remember yesterday night, there was a news that they would be sending
05:54about 450 missiles.
05:56And they have also started those cluster missiles and others.
05:59So I think that this is something that is going to be very difficult.
06:03This is the only strength the Iranians have.
06:05They don't have a good air force.
06:07So that's why when the Israelis say that they have the full command over the Iranian airspace,
06:12that's a different thing.
06:13But then that doesn't mean that they also have the full control over the airspace.
06:18So I think at the moment, Israel is also quite stressed.
06:22And that's the reason that they asked the American intervention to come in.
06:26Now, it will all depend on exactly how U.S. is going to play out.
06:29Of course, a lot of supplies are being given to the Israelis by the Americans to beef up.
06:36But that takes time.
06:37And Ashraf Vani is just joining me in a moment before I take a break.
06:41Ashraf, quick reaction from you.
06:43The manner in which Iran has been able to strike back despite,
06:47and this is day 10 of Israel's attacks on Iran and the U.S. bombing,
06:54they've succeeded in striking Haifa.
07:00Absolutely, Gaurav.
07:01And during last few days, the Benjamin Netanyahu was claiming that they have
07:05completely damaged all the launching facilities of Iran.
07:09And today, Iran has shown that there is not any kind of a truth in the claims of Benjamin Netanyahu.
07:15Now, what the Israeli government has claimed,
07:20that 10 direct strikes on the different parts of Israel,
07:24particularly in the central Tel Aviv, central part of Israel,
07:27and also in the port city of Haifa, about which you have, you were talking,
07:32and you have also visited many times to date place.
07:34That is the nerve center of the all economic activities of Israel.
07:39That has not been hit first time during the last 10 days of war.
07:42The Haifa was the main target of Iranian missiles,
07:45because that is the nerve center.
07:47That is the refinery of the Israel.
07:50That has already got damaged and is not still being activated by the Israeli engineers.
07:56And also today, again, the one building has hit what would,
08:01getting from the sources from the, from the port city of Haifa,
08:04that there are also casualties reported from that missile strike in Haifa.
08:10But as you know, there is a full-fledged censorship on the images,
08:14as well as on the videos, and on the details in the Israel.
08:17The Israel has already showed the orders of censorship,
08:20that if any journalist reports the reality of the strategic assets in the Israel,
08:26he will be, he will be sent to the jail.
08:29So that is the, that is the position currently in the Israel.
08:33And also the blows during last many days Israel is getting,
08:37that clearly indicates that now the people of the Israel are so divided,
08:42who were gathered around the flag when the Benjamin Netanyahu started these strikes
08:48against Iran last Friday.
08:50But now the life across the Israel is tensile,
08:55that has divided the society there also,
08:59that whether this move by the Benjamin Netanyahu was right or wrong.
09:02Okay, stay with me for a moment, Ambassador Trigunyat, Dr. Vail Awad, stay with me.
09:08We will continue talking about this.
09:09Three images that we are putting out on your television screen,
09:12showing you the damage that the missiles have caused in, in Haifa,
09:18that very crucial port city, of course, have reported from Haifa,
09:22from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Beersheba, the different parts of, of Israel.
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