00:26A dangerous new front has opened
00:29in the Iran-Israel conflict.
00:32Water infrastructure is now being targeted,
00:35and civilians are paying the price.
00:39In a major escalation, Iran has struck a power
00:42and desalination plant in Kuwait late Sunday night.
00:46The attack hit a service building,
00:49caused significant damage,
00:51and killed an Indian worker on site.
00:55Kuwait has called it outright aggression,
00:58but says core power and water operations are still running.
01:03Now here's the bigger picture.
01:05This was not a random strike.
01:08It came just a day after U.S. and Israeli strikes
01:12hit a key drinking water reservoir in Haft-Kel,
01:16in southwestern Iran.
01:18No casualties were reported there,
01:21but the message was clear.
01:22And Iran has now responded in a classic tit-for-tat move.
01:28What makes this alarming is the target itself.
01:33Kuwait depends on desalination plants for nearly 90% of its drinking water.
01:39So hitting these facilities is not just military escalation.
01:43It risks a humanitarian crisis.
01:47And this is not an isolated case.
01:50Similar threats and attacks have been reported across the Gulf,
01:54with countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain intercepting drones and missiles in recent days.
02:02Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed
02:07that Iran's Khandab heavy water plant was also struck earlier and is now severely damaged.
02:14Though importantly, no radiation risk has been reported.
02:19Iran has repeatedly warned that if its infrastructure is targeted,
02:24it will strike back at water and power systems across the region.
02:29And now that warning is becoming reality.
02:34This conflict is no longer just about military bases or nuclear sites.
02:39It is now hitting the most basic lifeline, water.
02:43And the question is, how far will this escalation go?
03:04It is now hitting the most basic lifeline.
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