BREAKING: Kharg Island HIT By U.S. Bombers; Iran Threatens Gulf Targets | TBN Israel

A night of bombings on Iran. The United States attacked Iran's oil island with heavy bombers. Trump, in a dramatic statement, we bombed Iran's oil island. We destroyed every military target. And Trump added, we will bomb Iran hard in the coming week. Iran's oil island, about 90 percent of Iran's oil exports pass through the Persian island located about 25 kilometers off of Iran's coastline.

Trump said, to be fair, I decided not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island. But if Iran sabotages freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, I will consider it." And Iran expanded its target bank after the strike on the oil island, smoke rising from a port in the Emiratis. In Iran, they threatened any strike on the oil infrastructure would lead to Iranian strikes on oil companies

that are cooperating with the United States. If Donald Trump takes Karag Island, Iran's economy will cease to exist. In addition, today Donald Trump announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be opened and took a jab at China, at Britain and at France. And the Air Force's superiority over the skies of Iran is not something to take for granted. Iran tried to shoot down an Israeli fighter jet and failed.

And a new phase in the war with Iran has arrived. The tech giants are entering the battlefield. We already have all the details for you. The Pentagon reveals the cooperation with Israel is changing the campaign. Today, our senior correspondent on Middle Eastern affairs, Matti Shoshani, will bring you the reasons why a bleeding Iran is more dangerous than ever, and in fashionable delay,

the Houthis in Yemen are joining the party. A Sino-Houthi figure says, a decision has been made regarding standing by Iran. I'm Yair Pinto, and this is your Boots on the Ground report, bringing you all the truth about what's happening in Israel and everything that is hot in the Middle East. And this is day 15 of the Lion's Ro War, or Epic Fury, by its American name. And this day landed a painful blow

on the revolutionary guards in Iran. Karag Island was bombed by heavy American bombers last night. The president of the United States announced that Central Command forces completely destroyed every military target on the crown jewel of Iran, which is Karag Island, because he said he decided not to wipe out all of the oil infrastructure

on the island, but he announced that he would consider doing so if the Iranians interfere with the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. For the first time in the war, the United States bombed Karag Island, in which the Persian Gulf, through which 90% of the oil that Tehran exports, is passing through. This is one of the biggest bombings in the history of the Middle East, and Trump said that I decided not to wipe out all of the oil infrastructures on the island, but if

Iran obstructs traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, I will reconsider it. And the United States is reinforcing its forces in the Middle East against Iran. And this time, the scariest and coolest force is arriving. 2,200 Marines on three ships. We will bring you all the information about the ground forces that the United States

is sending to the Middle East. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, permanently stationed in Japan, received orders to move to the region against the backdrop of the war in Iran, including its F-35 squadron. It will not necessarily serve as the ground forces, but it will place additional assets at the disposal of the American military if needed. The Iranian foreign minister claims that the American-Israeli strikes on Tehran did not damage Iran's fighting capabilities, but data from the field point to damage to the

missile launchers and to the pace of the launches themselves. And in an interview with Fox News and in the radio, the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, said about Iran, we have already destroyed 90% of their missiles. Trump was asked regarding action to remove the enriched uranium and answered, we are not focused on that right now.

Maybe in the future. Right now, we are focused on destroying their missile capabilities. And the American Secretary of War, Heg Seth, announced all of Iran's defensive industries will be destroyed. Their leaders, like rats. The American Secretary of War confirmed that Khamenei's son is wounded and his face was

apparently disfigured. He said that today will be the most intense bombing day and again praised the cooperation between the Israeli and the American air forces. The Revolutionary Guard sees stars and stripes and the Star of David while the world sees their absolute desperation. The President of the United States presented the reason why Iran continues to block the

Strait of Hormuz. Despite the military achievements against it and promised, the problem will be solved very soon. Today, we will bring you all the options that are on the table. And senior Pentagon officials claim that the cooperation between the Israeli and the American air forces is severely damaging Iran's military capabilities, destroying thousands of targets, dramatically reducing missile launches, and undermining the power of the regime in Tehran. The IDF continues to deepen the damage to the regime's fire arrays, with

more than 150 targets that were struck, including storage sites for dozens of ballistic missiles in western and also central Iran. The IDF blurred the eyes of Iran, and the forces destroyed a central site that served for space research and a factory producing air defensive systems for the Iranian regime. At the center were strategic laboratories used for surveillance, incriminations, and directing fire towards targets across the Middle East.

The IDF admits that Iran tried to shoot down an Israeli fighter jet over its territory and failed. In the IDF, they admitted that during an Air Force strike in Iran, an attempt was made to shoot down an Israeli fighter jet, which was close to being hit. The IDF added that the shutdown attempt failed

due to the alertness and the professionalism of the pilot and the mission was successfully completed. And that the incident was investigated and also lessons were learned. And we will also bring you all the information about Iran's Holy Grail, the case after 450 kilograms of enriched uranium that the Revolutionary Guards still have in Iran. It's important to understand, somewhere deep underground in Iran, inside sealed lead cylinders,

material is hidden that is enough for 11 nuclear bombs. And also, as the enriched uranium remains on the Iranian soil, it's dangerous for everybody. It is like a needle in a haystack for finding. And do not forget that the war between Iran and the United States and Israel is also expanding into the high-tech world. After data centers and also Amazon facilities were hit last week, companies that hold centers

and cloud infrastructure in Israel, the Emiratis and Bahrain are joining the list. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been taking severe blows for two weeks already, including the elimination of the Supreme Leader and the destruction of the military infrastructure and multiple other leaders. Will this stop them? The Iranians continue to threaten.

On the one hand, ships in the Strait of Hormuz. On the other hand, the Iranian Red Threat still exists, and it is the stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% that is buried in the ruins in Isfahan. In response to the strikes on the Karag Island, the crown jewel of Iran according to President Trump, the Islamic Republic announced that it is legitimate to strike American targets in the Emiratis and called on the residents of the country to evacuate those areas.

A drone struck at the port in the Emiratis of Farjarach, a key oil plant outside of the Strait of Hormuz. We are heading into a decisive night in the Middle East today. And today we will also bring you information on Netanyahu's approach to Zelensky. This is a first publication Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested to hold a conversation with the President of Ukraine in order to promote cooperation in intercepting drones from Iran.

Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, we will support our partners. I hope the conversation will take place at the beginning of the week. And in Tehran, they are threatening Kiev. We will make you a legitimate target. Putin wants to end the war with Iran and offered Trump a particularly original idea. And it turns out that today, Trump also rejected Putin's proposal to transfer Iran's uranium

to Russia. And meanwhile, against Hezbollah, the terrorist organization in Lebanon, the IDF is reinforcing forces in the north, preparing for a campaign of weeks. Israel is planning a broad ground operation in Lebanon. The IDF is reinforcing forces in the north, preparing for a campaign of weeks. Israel is planning a broad ground operation in Lebanon. We will do what we did in the Gaza Strip.

The firing of 200 rockets led to a change of direction. Israeli and American officials announced that Israel is planning a significant expansion of the ground operation in Lebanon. The goals? Taking control of the territories south of the Litani River and dismantling Hezbollah's military infrastructure. At the request of the United States, Israel promised that Beirut airport would not be

attacked. And the Houthis? They are joining the party. Mohamed El-Buhati, a member of the terror organization's council in Yemen said that zero hour will be announced at the appropriate time. A source in the organization stated, we are following Israel's actions, our hand is on the

trigger. A lot, a lot of lies are ahead of us. So hold tight because we are here to tell you the truth. So let's dive into the details. I'm Yair Pinto, with me is Mati Shoshani, and this is your Boots on the Ground, and we bring you all the truth about what's happening in Israel, and this is Day 15 of the war against the Revolutionary Guards in Iran, which is the head of the crumbling

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And now we will go over to our senior Middle East correspondent Mati Shoshani Mati, how are you doing?

I'm doing well. Yeah, it's been a wonderful weekend. Too many ballistic missiles, but aside from that we're doing well. How are

you? Yeah, can't complain. It's a bit less than last weekend, so every day I think it's getting better and better. We just had a little rain out here, but it stopped right before this live broadcast, so that's good. And Matti, until now, we reported that the Iranians and the Americans did not hit Iran's oil island, the Sekarag island, because it would hurt the global oil industry. But what happened that made the United States change this decision, and what actually was hit in this island?

That's a great question, Yair a what happened is that Iran happened Iran decided that it was going all out and when it comes to destruction and disruption of the global economy What they've been doing the last week is everything in their power to cause maximum financial damage both for the United States and Israel Of course, but in a broader scheme of things what they're really trying to do is hurt the global economy. How have they gone about that? Well, they've targeted the Gulf states.

They've launched missiles and drones at oil tankers, at oil refineries, at oil depots in multiple countries. They've closed the Straits of Hormuz and placed naval mines in those straits, all of that with an overarching goal of causing maximum financial damage. So the United States says rightly so, together with Israel. First of all, we're going to bomb your oil depots, which we did earlier in the middle of last week.

And secondly, attack this very, very small, very, very isolated island in sort of the off the coast of Iran that has a lot of its oil refineries, but more importantly, a lot of the off the coast of Iran that has a lot of its oil refineries, but more importantly a lot of the storage and Like in the technical world the Technical with the way the oil tankers connect and receive it So without having to dock in a deep port and come out they stop by the island and they receive it

The u.s. Did not blow up all the oil facilities from what I know There's very very limited images that have come out of that facility up till now. But it's not all the facilities, just part of them. The message here is very, very clear, very clear to the Iranians is it's tit for tat. Whatever you do, we're going to play the same game. And if there's a question of who can last longer, who can outlast the financial battle. It's very clear that it's the United States and Iran is not even in the game.

They're trying to cause damage to stop people. It's not going to work. If anything, I think we're going to see additional escalation. We've seen President Trump continue to feed forces into the region. We've seen Israel and the U.S., we reported on this last night, introduce swarm drone warfare, AI warfare, a lot of things that were not part of the war so far, to really put maximum pressure

on the Iranian regime. That's on that topic.

Yeah, definitely, Matti. And now we hear that the United States of America is moving in marine forces into the region. Is that in order to start and maybe locate the enriched uranium? Or is this to, I don't know, help coordinate the ground forces that are moving in Iran? What's the purpose of these ground forces that are coming?

Yeah, so I want to make a couple things clear, because in Israel we only have one type of army. The Americans have the army, the navy, the air the Air Force and the Marines and each one of them has specialized capabilities They also have Space Force now and Post Guard, but they're not part of this war at least

They have what they have space space what so you didn't get that?

They have the Space Force or something along those lines. I forget if it's called the space force or it is called space force, you know, because the war also takes place in space. Anyway, each one of these forces specializes in something different. I was just talking to a friend about this yesterday where the U.S. has the aircraft carriers. The aircraft carriers, what do they have? They have specialized aircraft on them that is, you know, built for taking off and landing on the aircraft carriers and they have a carrier strike group that sort of supports that effort with the Tomahawk missiles, with the, you know, the defense

aircraft, with everything that goes in that package. The Marines are a different story. The Marines are built around amphibious assault, so it's from sea to land. That's the entire idea. I was just reading up on this over the weekend on the vessels that were sent into the region. And these are vessels where again, similar to a carrier group, they have the combined assault capabilities. So specialized aircraft, specialized landing craft, so crafts that can land on the

ground with an amphibious assault, thousands of Marines on those, including very likely also special forces from the different Marine units plus every logistical and command and control unit that is needed to really wage war outside of that region. That's what they're sending to this region. So what does that mean? They already have a lot of forces in the region, aerial assault, land assault, missile defense and missile attack capabilities. Now on top of that, they're showing, land assault, missile defense and missile attack capabilities.

Now on top of that, they're showing, and again, U.S. Central Command is very, very cautious with what it shows to the world. If they're saying publicly, we're bringing in the Marines, it's a strong signal of we're bringing in the Marines because the Marines do amphibious assault. That means that your islands, your coastlines, your hidden facilities, we're coming after all of them.

And now we have the manpower on the ground to from now to a couple hours from now have rubber boats and hovercrafts showing up on your shores with the crack units of the American US Marines. Again, units who are specializing exactly in this type of warfare,

and they can really change the game for Iran. To answer your question about, are they looking for the enriched uranium, I don't know which unit is doing it and I don't think anyone knows exactly, but it doesn't have to be them. The U.S. has a very large number of, let's call it, tier one special operator units. Every branch of the army has it, and also the CIA has these kind of elite units, as does Israel and as do several other clandestine

organizations. My guess would be, and I'm saying this just based on rumors that we've heard and not clear indication, is that there's probably more than one country and probably more than one force already operating on the ground in Iran. We've heard rumors about that for almost a week now at this point.

Oh, wow.

Yeah, that makes sense. Exactly. And what do you think about the Mujtaba Khamenei, the son of the Supreme Leader, or basically the new Supreme Leader? I mean, nobody has heard him. There's only like a message that he recorded that was aired, that he vows to avenge the blood of those that were murdered, but that's it

he didn't even appear in public once and you think that like he severely got injured or Is that just another mind game to try and get him out and then you know strike him

Before I answer I want to say that I find it hugely Humorous that the best source of military intel right now in the world is the president of the United States the Secretary of State of the United States and the second and the Pete hackseth the Minister of War in the in the United States They themselves give such clear information and such accurate information. I mean, it's better than what you read in the papers It's better than what you read in the papers, it's better than what you hear from the different

government branches. What they've said over the last couple of days is that he's hurt and maimed but not severely hurt. I believe Secretary of State Rubio spoke on this topic and I've heard other rumors sort of float about his situation. My guess is it's a combination of two things. One, he doesn't want to be eliminated, so he doesn't want any intelligence about where he is, what his whereabouts are, and what his true situation or who's around him to leak, thus jeopardizing his safety.

And he has good cause to be concerned about that, Yair.

Can't blame him.

Because what we've seen happen in the last couple of weeks. If someone said, you're the next supreme leader, I would go find a bunker deep in the ground, turn off all cellular activity, and wouldn't tell anyone where I was for the next couple of months. Because we've seen a lot of very, very accurate pinpoint strikes against the leadership of Iran, specifically the Ayatollah regime. So that's one thing.

Secondly, even if he was lightly injured, I don't think he would want to give that away. The Iranian government is already demoralized and has lost a lot of credit with its people. I don't think even if he had a scratch on his face, and my guess is it's more than that, that he dare show himself in public with that kind of image. And one might speculate that he might actually be more severely hurt than others. But again, this is a government that doesn't have a problem with secrecy.

Think about Hassan Asrallah. Sometimes he'd record videos weeks in advance and then release them. They're very, very, very scared of a strike on them, and they have the reason to do that. And I'd say one last thing is, is President Trump has been clear, and the Israeli government has been clear, that Mujtaba is not going to be the next leader of Iran. And they said this openly.

Said he's not going to be the next leader of Iran. And that means only one thing. He's not going to be the next leader of Iran. Because if you have the superpower of the world committed to removing you from government. If we've learned anything in recent months, that's exactly what's going to happen.

Exactly. Exactly. And I don't know if you've been receiving these questions, but like many people keep asking me all the time, is Prime Minister, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still alive? Is his family alive? Is Tel Aviv reduced to rubble? What's happening in Israel? What do you have to say to all these people that are receiving this fake information, basically?

No, one, thank you to Tomat for saying that my microphone turned itself off. So now I think you could hear me better.

Yeah, better. Now you have a more deep voice.

Anyway, so to your point, things in Israel are for the most part better than we were expecting. And I don't say that lightly. The Iranians have been using cluster bombs against Israel. The Iranians have been launching multiple ballistic missiles.

What's cluster bombs? Can you just elaborate on what is a cluster bomb?

First of all, a cluster bomb is completely forbidden according to any kind of international treaty of war. That's the first one. You're not supposed to use them. Secondly, what it does is instead of just being one single warhead that lands on the ground and explodes, it separates in the atmosphere into, in this case, dozens of smaller bombs.

I haven't seen an exact scaled size of them, but from what we've seen of the damage images, we're talking something a lot smaller than a bus, but bigger than a football, let's put it that way, that lands on the ground and then explodes, releasing a lot of scrap metal. What's the problem here? It makes it much harder to intercept those projectiles, because they sort of scatter through the air instead of having one projectile that you can track. What it means is that we have to be much more vigilant at removing or eliminating all of them when they are in the sky or out of the atmosphere, not once they already separate coming in. But to answer your question about the damage in Israel, yes, there has been damage.

Yes, there have been structures that have been hit. Overall, the Iranian attacks have been almost useless against Israel, relatively speaking. You'll see shrapnel come through buildings, but it won't destroy them, and very, very low casualty counts in Israel on every single front. Every life that is lost is a huge thing, but they were expecting a lot more. I want to say there's several effects that are making this so effective. On the defense side, one, the Israeli defense system has learned from Operation Midnight Hammer

back in June of 2025. Iron Dome is more effective. The Arrow missiles are more effective. We have Light Beam, the laser system, that is more effective, or wasn't deployed nine months ago in the previous campaign. So on the defense side, we're doing better. I'd also say the civilian population seems to be, at least this is anecdotally speaking, more disciplined this time around of actually doing the right thing in the right time and not standing around and taking pictures, but really going into the bomb shelters.

I know myself, you know. Except for us, Mati.

For the most part, I've gone into a shelter or taken shelter, when there's a siren around me, when there's a warning you don't really have to. But yeah, maybe we are a little more on the reckless side, but for the most part, most of us are following the rules to a much greater degree. That's important. That's important because that discipline in the population helps prevent the injuries. And again, you go into the AI question.

We're living in a very tricky world, and I don't say this lightly. Almost every crazy video that I watch now, I ask myself, can I tell if it's true or not? Because they've gotten so good at generating fabricated videos. And you'll see them, the Iranians are using them for propaganda tools. Oh, look, we blew up half of Tel Aviv. Oh, look, this happened, or look, that happened, or look, we eliminated this leader or that leader. Let me tell you what the truth is. The Iranians are not as accurate as they try to pretend to be. They had pieces or debris of a missile hit just outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque over

the weekend. You see the images of that? Yeah, yeah. I saw. So again, they're not as accurate as they pretend to be. They want to have their people perceive them as effective, as accurate, as in control. That's not the case. They're barely holding on. They're launching what they can. They're losing a lot of their manpower and a lot of their resources. And I hope that

trend continues. That's a reality. Yeah, yeah, definitely. Just one last topic, I think, that is very important about the AI and the Iran attack in Google. What's that all about?

Excuse me, we were talking about this yesterday. The Iranians, they're firing in every direction that they possibly can. Their goal is really to try to cause financial damage more than bring down a system. So what have they done over the last week or so?

They've targeted oil, both refineries and storage facilities in the different Gulf states. And in the last days of this week that just ended, what they started doing is targeting other facilities, specifically in the United Arab Emirates. One of those facilities at least was, I believe it was an AWS, an Amazon Web Service server, connected probably to Google services. It's not entirely clear. And what they're trying to do is cause damage to communication, damage to the server farms in these different

countries. Were they hoping to really stop the war machine by doing that? I don't believe so. I think it's about targeting infrastructure. Because we've seen them try to hit airports, try to hit ports, try to hit different strategic targets in the different countries. And this is just another one of those things. Can I add something

about AI?

Also succeeding.

Yeah, succeeding. One more thing about AI, and we were talking about this yesterday, which is this war is the first time, and I'm saying this in reference to what you were talking about, about Netanyahu and Zelensky planning a meeting together. Israel is trying to learn the lessons of the Ukrainians and fighting the Russians using swarm drone warfare. A swarm is just many, many, many robotic or autonomous vehicles. The special added value here is that they

communicate with each other. You don't have to operate every single one of them on its own. It creates a huge amount of redundancy and firepower. And from what we've seen, Israel, probably together with the US, has been using artificial intelligence to identify targets and make quick decisions and close the fire loop very, very quickly. They're using a software suite that runs on Palantir's AI suite. I think a lot of people have seen demos of it online. They were intentionally released by the American

DoD. And there's a reason for that. They want the world to know how effective the firepower actually is, how quickly they can close the intelligence, communication, and the decision to take action against the target. And then you add to that the swarm robotics that are using AI. It's just amazing. What's interesting is what Israel has been doing using that AI is to try to help the people of Iran fight against the regime. How are they doing that? They're targeting the roadblocks that are held by the Basij, which are the enforcers of the Ayatollah regime, and they're using swarm robotics, running on AI, on the combination of everything that's learned in Ukraine and all the breakthroughs in AI right now.

And I find that to be, one, a breakthrough, but also a show of how fast technology is moving in this war. So again, things are moving very, very quickly, Eyal. And I'd ask you one last question. How long do you think this is going to last? We both have kids that are waiting to go back to school, which is a bizarre thing to hear

from children, but they truly are. How long do you think this is going to last?

Well, first of all, according to the recent report, basically just half an hour ago in Israel, potentially on Monday, half of the country and the schools are going to go back to school, except for the areas of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and then the northern communities on the border with Lebanon, which are still under the threat of rockets attacks. So our kids are not going to go to school in the next week or two, in my assessment.

But the rest of the country, I would say, maybe half of the population, hopefully, will go back to school on Monday. But tomorrow, they're still going to be studying on Zoom or trying to operate this Zoom thing without studying actually. So that's the situation.

But I believe that the war with Iran, at this intensity, will be at least two weeks for us here in Israel especially. And then there'll be the next war, next campaign with Hezbollah in Lebanon, which sadly will take an extra full month if the plans of dismantling this terrorist organization completely, like what we did in the Gaza Strip, will take place. Also, there's some work to be done in Gaza, because Hamas is still in control of half

of it. So, a lot ahead of us, but definitely not boring here in Israel.

No, it isn't. I agree. I want to add one positive thought for everyone to keep in mind, which is that from what I've heard from the American government, the ability of the Iranian regime to launch ballistic missiles after the first week of the war was reduced by over 90%. And I believe the number is now pushing around 95% of their launch ability being removed. What does that exactly mean? Is it the number of launchers, the manpower, or the communication?

I'm not entirely sure. This is the number that's been released. But what we're seeing on the ground is much less of the Iranian ballistic missile attacks than we've seen previously, to the point where it's just a small disruption to everyday life, much less than happened back in Operation Midnight Hammer in June of 2025. And I think that's a very positive trend,

because that is one of the big indicators of the end of the war.

Yeah, exactly. And another positive side to this war is that Israel is now scheduled to talk to Ukraine and to share anti-Iranian drone defensive systems, which is pretty cool to see that something good is coming out of this war, that our advanced defense systems are going to be shared with our allies around the world to protect them against Iranian technologies that are used against them.

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Do not assume that somebody else will respond. Help us share the truth at tbn.org slash StandWithIsrael or call 800-772-5040. Come on, let's pray for the peace of Jerusalem together and let's continue with the news. The crown jewel of the Iranian oil was bombed today. Karag Island burned through the night

from the heaviest American bombing raids seen in this campaign so far. Heavy American bombers struck Iran's oil island, eliminated all of the military targets on it, and hit the most sensitive heart of the Iranian economy without, at this stage, wiping out the export infrastructure

itself. The question now hanging over day 15 of the lines world war or epic fury is whether this is still a measured military blow or the beginning of a new phase in which Washington is literally

holding Iran's economic lifeline with its finger on the trigger. It was a night in which the rules of the game moved forward once again. Karag is no ordinary dot on the map. It is a small island about 25 kilometers

off the Iranian coast, through which roughly 80 to 90% of Iran's oil exports is passing. Its storage capacity is estimated at around 30 million barrels and according to the figures presented today, around 18 million barrels are stored there. For years this island has been defined as the lifeline of the Iranian economy.

Tonight, for the first time in this war, it also became the scene of an open, direct and declared American strike. Trump defined it as one of the most powerful bombing raids in the history of the Middle East. His message was sharp. Every military target in the crown jewel was destroyed. And at the same time, he stressed

that he chose, out of fairness, not to wipe out the oil infrastructure on the island. This is a critical point because Washington did not strike the economic oxygen line itself but rather the layer of defense and threat surrounding it. In the same breath, Trump also threatened that if Iran continues to harm the freedom of navigation in the

Strait of Hormuz, he will reconsider that decision. In other words, the United States did not close the economic option. It simply left it hanging over the regime's head. What was actually struck there? Here the picture is becoming clearer. The reports that came together throughout the day spoke of the destruction of all the military infrastructure on the island.

Missile warehouses, naval mines, bunkers, defensive infrastructure, the Joshuana naval base, air defensive systems, the control tower of the airport. And according to one version, 15 explosions were heard on the island. According to another report, facility workers spoke of nearly two hours of continuous explosions that shook the ground like an earthquake. The bottom line remained the same.

The United States struck the island's military infrastructure, not the economic terminals. Here we need to pause on the significance. For weeks, Karag was discussed as an extreme card. Today, it is no longer a theoretical scenario. It was bombed.

Not with the fullest force possible, but it was bombed. From the perspective of the Iranian regime, the message is clear. Washington can reach its most sensitive point, dismantle its layer of protection, and leave it alive only because at the moment it chooses to do so. From the perspective of the energy markets, this is also the reason for the high alert around the world.

Because if the next phase includes damage to the oil terminals themselves, the consequences will no longer be only militarily. While the bombs were falling on Karag, Trump also expanded the line of threats. He promised that the United States would bomb Iran hard in the coming week as well. And in another interview he said that 90% of the Iranian missiles had already been destroyed and that at some moment the focus is on destroying the missile capabilities, not on extracting the enriched uranium.

This is an important distinction, because the meaning is that the Americans still see Iran's fire array as the most urgent target, even while the nuclear question continues to hover over everything. And at the same time, the American Secretary of War, Pete Hagsta, sharpened the tone even further. He said that all of Iran's defensive industries will be destroyed.

He described the Iranian leaders as hiding like rats, confirmed that Khamenei's son is wounded and claimed that his face was apparently disfigured, and announced that today would be the most intensive day of bombing since the beginning of the

war.

Beyond the style, there is also the fact that the Americans are presenting a systematic campaign against the entire Iranian production chain, not only against the launchers and the launch positions, but against the factories, the complexes, and the ability to rebuild the force. Behind these statements stands an air cooperation that has already become the central axis of the war.

Senior Pentagon officials claim that the cooperation between the Israeli and the American air forces is changing the campaign, destroying thousands of targets, dramatically reducing missile launchers and undermining the regime in Tehran. Hexer spoke of more than 15,000 targets that have already been struck. Other sources spoke of an unimaginable pace of target generation and attack. The picture that returns again and again is of the two strongest air

forces in the world operating shoulder to shoulder based on the intelligence, a target bank, a refueling envelope, command and control and almost complete freedom of action in the Iranian skies. The IDF also continues on that same line today. Throughout Friday and during the night and the morning hours of Saturday, more than 150 targets were struck in the Western and also Central Iran. At the same time, the broader figure

of more than 200 infrastructures in the last 24 hours also appeared. In order not to confuse things, this needs to be read correctly. Over the weekend, several waves of strikes continued, and in two central sorties around 200 munitions were dropped on the regime infrastructure in Tehran, while in other arenas more than

150 additional targets were struck, including storage sites for dozens of ballistic missiles, launchers, defensive systems, launch sites, drone warehouses, and weapons production sites. The Israeli strikes did not once again settle only for the missile launchers. They also hit what can be called the eyes of Iran. A central site used for space research was destroyed, and inside it were strategic laboratories for the research and development of military satellites intended for

surveillance, target marking and fire direction towards targets all across the Middle East. Alongside that a central factory of the production of air defensive systems were struck and this is a strike with double significance, both breaking the surveillance and targeting the capabilities and delaying the rebuilding

of the Iranian air defensive systems. If until now, the discussion was mainly about air superiority, today, Israel was already speaking about preventing the restoration of that superiority from the Iranian side.

Within all of this, the IDF also admitted one of the most sensitive details of the last 24 hours. Iran tried to shoot down an Israeli fighter jet over its territory, and the attempt came close to hitting it. According to the statement, the pilot managed to evade thanks to the alertness and his professionalism.

The mission was completed and successfully executed, and the incident was investigated. This is an important admission, because it reminds us that the Israeli air superiority over Iran is extremely impressive, but far from something to be taken for granted.

The Iranians are still operating surface-to-air missiles, are still placing threats near launch sites and are still trying to hit the aircrafts that are carrying out the strikes. This is also why the Air Force emphasizes that every sortie is carried out under threats. And here the broader battle pictures are connecting. On one hand, the heavy strikes severely damaged the defensive arrays, the production, the command,

the besiege, the missile launchers, and the defense industries. On the other hand, the regime has still not disappeared. It is wounded, but not paralyzed. And this brings us to the reason why Matti Shoshani is coming into the picture today and telling us everything that he shared already, because a bleeding Iran is more dangerous

than anything else. It's important to understand why. And the more tools that the regime loses on the conventional level, the more it may return to cheaper, more dispersed, more flexible and more violent methods, especially terrorism and their proxies. Some of the analyses presented today spoke about Iran relying on the decentralized model

of mosaic defense. In other words, dispersing authority, warehouses, production humps, and the operational capability amongst provinces and units in order to keep operating even after damage to the leadership and the centers of power. On the ground, this is expressed in a sharp drop in the scope of launches compared to

the first days, but not in their disappearance. It is expressed in the use of drones, short-range missiles, naval mines, threats against the ships and a possible shift to global terror and attacks on the civilian and economic infrastructure. The clearest example today was the Iranian response to the strike on Karag, the island of the oil. The Revolutionary Guards announced that any strike

on the oil and energy infrastructure would lead to strikes on energy infrastructures in the region belonging to companies cooperating with the United States and Israel. Very quickly, this also received partial implementation. A drone attack the area of the port of Fujirach in the United Arab Emirates and smoke

was recorded in that area. Some oil loading activity was suspended and the Iranians called on the residents of the Emiratis to stay away from the ports, docks and American military sites and define them as legitimate targets. It's important to pay attention to what Fajrach represents. It is a strategic port located outside the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil collection and

loading point, meaning exactly one of the alternative routes through which the world is trying to bypass the Iranian chokehold in Hormuz. When Iran strikes there as well, it is signaling that it is not only responding symbolically, it is expanding its target bank in a way that tries to hit the bypass routes as well. This connects directly to the question of Hormuz. Throughout the day, Trump claimed that the strait would be opened very soon.

He explained that even after the military achievements against Iran, it is relatively easy to send on one or two drones, lay a mine, or launch a short-range missile along that gateway or launch a suicide speedboat. He called on the countries that are harmed by the blockade, China, Japan, South Korea, France, Britain and others to send warships in cooperation with the United States of America and basically help out. At the same time, he threatened that Washington would bomb the Iranian coastline and continue firing at Iranian boats and vessels until the problem is solved. This is effectively an admission that the war over Hormuz has not yet been decided.

Even if Iran has lost a large part of its air and naval capabilities, it can still create a blockade in means of relatively simple tools. And in the Iranian defensive establishment, they understand very well that if they lose control over the Strait of Hormuz, they will lose this war. That's why Hormuz is currently not only a sea arena, it is the main pressure lever that Tehran still has left.

In just a moment, we will touch on all of that as well, but first, it's important to pause on one short point. And I want to call on you to keep spreading the truth, because that's very important. There are so many lies. I keep receiving texts and emails and questions about, is Israel still existing? Because we heard reports that the whole country has been wiped out. That's a lie. I keep asking, receiving questions. Is the Prime Minister of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his families, are they okay?

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conducted in Israel. And now let's return to the picture on the ground. One of the heaviest points of the day concerns what is already being defined as the holy grail of the campaign which is 450 kilograms of enriched uranium. This is the updated figure that keeps coming up again and again and again about this material. It is a quantity that according to the estimates is enough for 11 nuclear bombs. Let me say this again enough for 11 nuclear bombs. Let me say this again, enough for 11 nuclear bombs.

Because if the enriched is reaching the military level, which should take a few weeks, that's the amount that can be produced. This material, it was explained, can be hidden in several dozen sealed lead cylinders. It does not require special storage conditions and can be distributed across several sites. Therefore, even if nuclear sites are bombed,

that does not mean that the material itself is destroyed. Here is the gap between the air achievements and the true picture of victory. And this is how it becomes clear. Trump said today that right now he's not focusing on extracting the uranium. Maybe in the future.

Right now the focus is on the missile arrays. But the materials presented today emphasize one thing. If the war ends and that material remains inside Iran, it's very hard to speak about full successes. Some estimates say that at least 200 kilograms are still in the ruins of the site of Isfahan, the nuclear site that was attacked in Operation Midnight Hammer.

Some, perhaps, are in Fordow, another site that was attacked. And some, perhaps, already moved before the bombing began. That turns the search for them into one of the most difficult military intelligence and diplomatic problems in this campaign. Why is this so difficult?

Because we are not talking about an entire factory, not tens of thousands of centrifuges, but the material itself, a few hundred kilograms that are relatively easy to hide. And therefore, if the goal is truly to get hold of it an airstrike may not be necessary not be necessary and it not might not be enough.

Some of the material presented today spoke of explicitly about the possibility that there is a need for a secure prolonged ground operation with engineering, excavation, security and experts on the nuclear issue. This is no longer a scenario of a special force goes in and out. It is a completely different kind of event. This is also one of the reasons that the United States is now reinforcing its forces in the

Middle East. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is basically around 2,200 US Marines and three amphibious ships, received orders to move to the area. With it are also an F-35 squadron and an MV-22 Osprey squadron. This move does not necessarily mean an intention to land immediately inside Iran, but it does place additional ground, additional forces, additional amphibious equipment and air assets at the disposal of the American commanders in case the campaign requires more aggressive naval escort in the Gulf or even more complex operation around the uranium or around the strategic islands such as Karag.

At the same time, the high-tech arena is also expanding. This is no longer only a war of missiles, or aircrafts, or tankers, or oil. Iran has marked a new list of targets of the American technology companies in this region. Amazon, Microsoft, Palantir, Oracle and others. Some of these companies maintain research centers, data centers and cloud infrastructure in Israel, the Emiratis and also Bahrain. Last week AWS facilities in the United Arab

Emirates were hit and another drone was landed in a facility in Bahrain. Alongside that, there were reports of a cyber attack that hit Microsoft systems at Striker and activity by the hacker group Handala, which is attributed to Iranian elements. The meaning is that the war is opening into yet another layer, cloud infrastructure,

data chains, cyber, regional business activity and global companies that suddenly become part of the battlefield. From Tehran's perspective, this is a way to bypass part of its military weaknesses and hit the American regional presence in another way. From the perspective of the United States and Israel,

this is a reminder that the campaign has long since not only been confined to the classical military sphere. Meanwhile, diplomacy is also boiling. Putin offered Trump the idea of transferring Iran's enriched uranium to Russia as part of a deal to end the war. Trump rejected the proposal and at the same time both the United States and Iran have, for now, rejected mediation and other attempts for a

ceasefire. Washington made clear that it is not currently interested in such a move. In Tehran, they made clear that they will not discuss a ceasefire as long as the strikes continue, and in other words, at this moment, both sides are still thinking in terms of continuing

the fighting, not in terms of ending it. To this, we also need to add Netanyahu's quiet but interesting move towards Zelensky. And according to the report, Israel asked to hold a conversation with the President of Ukraine in order to promote cooperation in the field of intercepting Iranian drones, which are used by Russia against Ukraine. This is an important detail, because Ukraine has accumulated practical experience against

the Shahed family of drones that have developed cheap and effective interception tactics, including counter-drones and electronic warfare, and is already sharing intelligence with Israel and with the United States. In Tehran, they are quick to threaten that Ukraine would also become a legitimate target if it assists Israel. This expands the boundaries of the war even further.

And what about the North? What about Lebanon and Israel and the Hezbollah terrorist organization? There too, the story has not stopped. Israel is planning a broad ground operation in Lebanon. After a barrage of more than 200 rockets, part of a coordinated attack with Iran, a clear assessment was heard. There is no way back from a broader operation. The goals are taking

control of the area south of the Litani and also dismantling Hezbollah's military infrastructure. Three infantry and armor brigades have already been on the border since the beginning of this war, and today there was also talk of another significant reinforcement, including reserve forces in preparation for a campaign that could last weeks, including during Passover. At the same time, Israel continues to apply air and intelligence pressure on Hezbollah. New warnings were issued regarding the use of ambulances for military purposes, something

that we've seen Hamas do in the Gaza Strip multiple times. A warning was also issued regarding the transport of missiles in civilian trucks. This is not only a spokesman's warning. It is a psychological and legal preparation for a further expansion of the target bank in Lebanon. If Hezbollah continues embedding itself into the civilian sphere, it will be hit.

And at the same time, the United States asked Israel not to strike Beirut airport, and Israel agreed to avoid at this stage but did not commit regarding other national infrastructures. And if all of this is not enough, the Houthis in Yemen are also signaling that they want to enter more deeply into this war. A senior Houthi figure said that a decision has been made regarding standing by Ron and added that zero hours would be announced at the appropriate time. Another source in the organization said that their hand is on the trigger.

Right now, this is still a statement, but it is important because it comes when the sea lanes, the oil, and the logistics are at the center of the campaign. And if the Yemeni arena reignites, reignites its pressure on Bab al-Mandab and on all the bypass routes around the Hormuz area, it will immediately increase prices and make it hard to move oil and other stuff in the waters. This was the day when the United States moved the world from a stage of deep military crushing into a stage of direct threats against Iran's economic oxygen.

It was the only day when it became clear once again that the regime is badly wounded but still knows how to expand targets, hit regional infrastructure and threatened through the sea, through the cyber, through drones and through proxies. And the question now leading into day 16 is whether the strikes on the Karag island will force Tehran to step one step back or cause it to fire in every direction because that is what a wounded animal does when it realizes the knife is already at its throat. So guys and

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And remember, this is a spiritual war. There's no other reason why all these nations and terrorists will want to attack us, tiny nation of Israel. We are super small. We're the size of New Jersey. You can drive from one side to the other within two,

maybe three hours. That's it. And all the news, all the focus is on us. Why is that? Because it's not about something physical. This is a spiritual war.

The fact that Israel exists is living proof that God is faithful to his promises, the promises in the Bible to Abram. And the devil just cannot stand that. and that's why he's launching all his attacks missiles to destroy Israel. This is actually great news for all of you because if you need any kind of encouragement

to your faith, just look at Israel, look at the miracles that God is performing today, not in the Bible times, now, every single day. The fact that we are winning against seven different nations that launched attacks against us, changing the Middle East. The economy is still standing. God is acting in modern days.

And if he's faithful to Israel, to the Jewish people, he will be faithful to you. And another thing, he listens to prayers. So ask him, speak to him. When you pray, pray for wisdom to our leaders, pray for all the soldiers that are here in this region, pray for their families that miss them very much, pray for the children,

my children, pray for the team and their families, the TBN Israel team that are working day and night, Saturday to day, and we are still reporting because it's important that you know what's happening. Pray for the truth to go out from Zion to the rest of the world. Keep praying for the peace of truth to go out from Zion to the rest of the world. Keep praying for the peace of Jerusalem. We'll see you again tomorrow.