00:04Breaking news coming in. Iran is now intensifying strikes on territories associated with America
00:10and Israel. There is clearly no end to the war right now. Iranian forces launching 90-second
00:16wave of attacks, as they're calling it. Iran has put out a statement as well. I want to quickly
00:20read out from what we have confirmed. The Navy and aerospace forces carried out rapid combined
00:25strikes with ballistic missiles attacking drones on American radar systems and naval assets
00:31across the region and in occupied Palestine, they say. U.S. amphibious vessels at Alshua
00:37airport were hit by ballistic missiles. Bahrain's AR-327 long-range 3D early warning radar at
00:44Jabal al-Dukhan was also struck and destroyed in a drone attack. I'm reading out from what
00:49Iran officially has released as an information. So what do we have? Barely 24 hours ago, I
00:54was telling you what Donald Trump, the U.S. President, has said about the war. That war
00:59will soon come to an end. Most objectives almost have been completed. Not elaborating further,
01:05but suggesting the next two to three weeks are crucial and after that war will come to
01:09an end. What have we seen now from Iran's side? That there are warning radars in Bahrain
01:14that have been targeted. This is Iran carrying out these strikes. This is also an attempt by
01:19Iran, remember, after Alkala Khomeini to also show that the Khomeini regime is still in place,
01:24that Mojtaba is going to take it forward. Has Israel and USA also have been taken aback
01:31by the kind of retaliation that has come in from Iran? That instead of any plans to surrender,
01:37they have only escalated it further. They are now targeting assets associated with America and
01:41Israel. This, remember, is not just about two to three countries. Whether it's Lebanon,
01:45whether it's Bahrain, UAE, the neighbourhood nations have also been engulfed, including
01:49Saudi Arabia. We'll try and get you a sense of what's happening on the ground. But here's the
01:53latest that we have. That the radar systems, U.S. radar systems have been targeted, is what Iran
01:59is claiming. And let's then go on the ground. I want to immediately go across to India Today
02:05Global's editor Pranay Upadray. He's in Israel right now, totally tracking what's happening
02:10across the region. Pranay, I see you're en route to our place. Of course, we'll not disclose the
02:14location. But how has your journey been literally right now? And of course, of covering the conflict,
02:21especially now Iran is trying to escalate it further with these systems. What does it mean
02:25when we say that Iran is targeting U.S. radar systems and the assets associated?
02:32Not only the radar system or the military installations, military establishments of the United States,
02:36Pooja, but I'm recently coming back from a place which is called Petatekwa, where an Iranian
02:42missile hit, you know, took place last evening. And in fact, you know, it was a massive destruction
02:48there in one of the industrial facilities of Israel. In fact, it was a company which was
02:53associated with the drone technology and providing services and technological support to the Israeli
02:58defense forces. And in fact, it was really, you know, chilling to see that, you know, how that
03:06missile would have changed its course even by a few meters. That could have been a bigger and a much
03:11wider disaster and a destruction for Israel because the industrial facility was surrounded by the
03:17residential apartment, high-rise apartments, and which, you know, locality around that industrial zone.
03:24So this clearly shows that this entire conflict has now entered into a very, you know, a very
03:30complicated and a very destructive phase where the infrastructure is being targeted, based on the
03:37connecting bridge in Iran or the industrial facility in Israel. And in fact, you know, Iran is also
03:46claiming that they are targeting the business houses, the local establishments of the United States,
03:52which would be the multinational companies from the United States having their offices in the region.
03:58And, you know, even, you know, what I learned from the ground that in this peta tikwa, this industrial facility,
04:05not very far from that very place, there is an intel headquarter, the regional headquarter of that
04:10American company is there. And this clearly shows that, you know, how both the sites are now increasingly
04:16targeting each other's infrastructures and their industrial establishments as well, their military
04:22establishments as well.
04:24Stay on with me because Pranay, like he's mentioning, has been sending us ground reports of what's
04:30happening in the region. Remember, Israel largely has protected its people because of a very strong
04:34defense system, Iron Dome, etc. However, even then, there have been enough strikes by Iran to be able to hit
04:40certain areas in Israeli territory. Iran and Hezbollah are launching these attacks at Israel.
04:45So it's not just Iran, but Hezbollah as well as a proxy supporting Iran. Several buildings were
04:51damaged. Debris was seen as well. This is peta tikwa where Pranay was to help us understand what exactly
04:57is on the ground. I want to play out that report by Pranay Upadhyay. Let's go.
05:02This is an impact site of an Iranian missile hit in peta tikwa, central Israel. And behind me,
05:08you can see the devastation, the destruction caused by the Iranian missile. Supersonic missile was
05:15fired and see the kind of destruction it has led to. An entire factory is burned down like into tatters.
05:24And in fact, this factory is believed to be an establishment serving for the drone technology of Israel,
05:31serving and catering the drone technology for the Israeli Defense Forces. But behind me, you can see that
05:37the emergency response teams are working around the clock to fill this crater here. There was a crater by
05:43the impact of that missile and they have filled that crater by now, within few hours. But behind me,
05:49you can also see these residential apartments, these high-rise buildings. And if that missile would
05:54have missed by few meters, that could have led to a disaster that could have resulted into massive
06:02casualties. Because here, this missile landed in this open area and therefore the destruction,
06:10the damage could be minimized. But you can very well see the damage that missile impact has caused
06:16that the entire facade of this factory is broken. As you can show you from the other angle as well,
06:25you can see the big picture here, that how the entire missile impact has caused, how much damage here.
06:33Many of these, you know, factory rooms, those establishment, all these, you know, structure is destroyed.
06:40You can very well see that the impact of that missile, all these units, all these machines are completely destroyed,
06:49burnt down. And in fact, all these AC units, all these wirings, insulations have come out. And you can see
06:57that how much damage, what must have been the impact of that, that missile strike here in Israel, in
07:10all, you know, efforts to stop that missile. The Israeli missile defense system couldn't stop that
07:19missile from landing to this place. And in fact, you can see the vehicles here, you can see the other
07:26part of this building. This is believed to be a factory working for technology and especially the
07:33drone technology. And you can see the impact of this factory. And this is the scene. This is yet another
07:41site. We are trying to collect all these stories from ground that how Iranian missile hits are still
07:48able to penetrate the Israeli missile defense system, despite all claims of robustness. This remains a
07:56question that how these missiles are able to penetrate, how these missiles are able to manage and navigate
08:02through the Israeli missile defense system. And once again, I would like to point out here,
08:08that see the scene here, see the place here, that if that missile would have missed by few meters,
08:16that would have led to a massive disaster for Israel, because there are residential apartments in the
08:23close vicinity. And that missile probably would have landed just at this place only, because you can see
08:29the fresh mud here, they have filled this place, there was a huge crater here, and they have filled this
08:36crater. And now, this very site is the example of this war. You can see the big picture here, that
08:45how
08:45the missile hits are causing a lot of destruction, both in Iran and both in Israel. But this is yet
08:52another
08:53scene. And yesterday, around six Iran missiles have been fired, targeting Israel, and many of them
09:00landed in different areas, including Petatekwa, including Bet Shemesh, including, you know,
09:07other parts of other parts of Israel. And they have caused damages, but not in terms of men, or in
09:15terms of
09:16life. Thankfully, there was no life loss in the impact of these missiles. But certainly, this could have
09:24led to a massive disaster, if that missile would have deviated by few meters, because this remains the scene
09:32of an impact site in Israel, Petatekwa. Pranay Upad Jai, reporting from Israel for India Today.
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