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[00:01:29] occupy all the products of
[00:02:36] island of Mayun at the entrance of some recent allegations concerning pick x mountain in iran
[00:02:39] along with the latest developments in Yemen. Other
[00:02:42] topics included Britain's decision to boycot
[00:02:46] Israel west bank products and new information that has been
[00:02:49] surfaced concerning warning made to Benjamin Netanyahu's prior
[00:02:53] to the alaxa flood operation. We will
[00:02:55] discuss these deeper into these topics with General
[00:02:59] Elias.
[00:03:30] to go for the option of dragging the Americans into another
[00:03:33] major campaign. We are talking about a report that has been released
[00:03:36] by Reuters news agency and also by CNN, which indicate
[00:03:40] renewed construction activity on
[00:03:43] so since the declaration of Mount Qaz, the most fortified nuclear site of the Iranian regime.
[00:03:46] Satellite images published yesterday by CNN.
[00:03:49] Now do you see these images? Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the IAEA, the
[00:03:53] agency for nuclear control, confirms he says: We see movement
[00:03:57] around this site, which, as mentioned, was not bombed by us. And not by
[00:04:00] the Iranians in the two rounds of war in the last year. Meanwhile,
[00:04:04] just in the last few minutes, a report from the Wall Street Journal talks about
[00:04:07] the construction and assembly of ballistic missiles
[00:04:11] in Iran at underground sites that were not affected by either the Americans or
[00:04:15] the Israelis. They identify a willingness of the Iranians to rebuild the production
[00:04:18] line of these missiles at underground sites so that they cannot
[00:04:22] be hit. But the Americans, the people who are talking to both CNN
[00:04:26] and CNN in recent days, are sending all the messages that we will know that
[00:05:00] facilities inside it and it's so fortified
[00:05:03] that needs the special kind of bombs
[00:05:06] and this domain
[00:05:09] the United States Army conducted.
[00:05:12] training in New Mexico state in the United States near
[00:05:15] Arizona, where there are mountains looks
[00:05:19] like the look like the the
[00:05:22] pickaxe in Iran and they
[00:05:25] start bombing it, but so far no
[00:05:28] details about the bombs used or the outcome of this
[00:05:32] bombing or this training, but you
[00:05:34] know that some the national media, CNN and Routers,
[00:05:38] they published reports about the...
[00:05:42] fortified
[00:05:45] pickax mountain and the possibility of
[00:05:48] nuclear facilities inside or
[00:05:52] conventional ballistic missiles so are we seeing
[00:05:56] some kind of escalation because of this? that will be
[00:05:59] a pretext ready for any escalation by the United
[00:06:03] States, it will be used along with
[00:06:06] other pretext in order escalate the
[00:06:09] situation by the United States.
[00:06:42] they will be able to completely block the shipping in Bab al-Mandab. Currently, they
[00:06:46] fire from deep within the territory using drones and guided missiles,
[00:06:50] coastal anti-ship missiles. These are complex, expensive means that require
[00:06:53] the activation of radar systems that are exposed to American fire,
[00:06:57] and therefore this is a quite significant operational challenge for them,
[00:07:00] which leads to relatively low volumes of fire and hits. If they were to sit on
[00:07:04] the coast and on the islands and the sea lanes in Bab al-Mandab, which are even narrower
[00:07:07] than those in Hormuz, any wire team armed with
[00:07:11] standard missiles
[00:07:44] and occupying the
[00:07:49] the Red Sea and
[00:07:51] the strait of Bab al Mandab.
[00:07:54] Now, they, they
[00:07:57] occupied the and
[00:08:01] the the area and they pulled
[00:08:03] out
[00:08:06] about 13 brigades from the army that's
[00:08:10] related to the government.
[00:08:12] for the Israel in particular, how bad the situation is? This is very bad
[00:08:16] because the the Yemenis are able to close the
[00:08:20] strait of
[00:08:22] of any any time and with
[00:08:25] any with any place either with machine guns or
[00:08:29] with mortars or with drones or with
[00:08:32] ballistic missiles, it's very easy, but so far
[00:08:35] the the Yemen is declared that it's only
[00:08:39] prohibited for the Saudi Arabia to which which threats.
[00:08:43] the the security of Israel. But general, do you think that at this
[00:08:47] point the Israeli might go to attack the Yemen
[00:08:50] from the Somali land? They they already attacked the
[00:08:54] Yemen several times during the last war
[00:08:57] and of these times they killed the
[00:09:00] prime minister and about five or six ministers and they assassinated
[00:09:04] the chief of staff and they destroyed the refineries
[00:09:08] in Hodeidah and Rasa and
[00:09:11] others places. So they did nothing and now
[00:09:15] the the Yemenis,
[00:09:18] mean activated
[00:09:21] their forces and now they launched this sudden
[00:09:25] attack which was really a surprise for the international
[00:09:28] community. The Yemeni developments meanwhile
[00:09:32] also attracted widespread attention on Israeli social
[00:09:35] media, Hadshot Moket, despite
[00:09:39] the United States expanding its intelligence assistance. Saudi
[00:09:42] Arabia in its war against the Houthi's, they are increasing their
[00:09:46] control by land and sea.
[00:09:50] The Houthi's military achievements in Yemen threaten to cut off the
[00:09:54] movement of oil tankers through the Bab al-Mandab
[00:09:57] strait, with Saudi Arabia being the most
[00:10:00] affected. Yuri. The Houthi's
[00:10:03] takeover of areas near the Bab strait is
[00:10:06] increasing, and this is worrying for us and for the
[00:10:09] world. While Trump rejected Crown Prince Mohammed
[00:10:13] Salman's request to participate in confronting the
[00:10:15] Houthis.
[00:10:18] General, yes, do you think that the Israel is should be
[00:10:22] concerned that the Trump administration in a way has
[00:10:25] refused the Saudi Arabia request for a more
[00:10:28] active help in Yemen? Yes, website
[00:10:31] published that Prince Mohammed bin
[00:10:34] Salman called the President Trump twice and asked
[00:10:38] him to attack the Houthis before
[00:10:41] they reach the Al
[00:10:44] Mukha and then Mandab in
[00:10:47] the city of Dubab. But
[00:10:51] the President Trump rejected
[00:10:55] demand and said that he had deal with the
[00:10:58] Yemenis not to attack them. This deal was
[00:11:02] stuck in the early 2025,
[00:11:06] after one after 50 days of United
[00:11:09] States attacks on the Yemenis, there was
[00:11:11] a an agreement or
[00:11:15] deal brokered by
[00:11:18] Oman of which the
[00:11:21] the the Yemenis allow the...
[00:11:25] the American ships to pass through Bab el
[00:11:29] Mandab against the United States stop any
[00:11:32] aggression against the Yemenis
[00:11:35] which is now valid now and enforced. But isn't it
[00:11:39] a sign General Elias that uh Trump the the
[00:11:43] US could escalate against Iran?
[00:11:46] Uh, yes. In the mind of President
[00:11:49] Trump, in the mind of President Trump, uh, I don't
[00:11:53] think that he is satisfied with this
[00:11:57] economic war and he is
[00:12:00] prepare preparing something military or against Iran
[00:12:04] because you know that he all the
[00:12:07] times he surprised us, surprised Iran, surprised the
[00:12:11] world with the world, maybe he will surprise us
[00:12:13] again.
[00:12:16] Iran and its allies are seeking escalation. This
[00:12:19] according to Israeli analysts who mentioned specifically Hezbollah
[00:12:23] and Hamas in addition to Iran.
[00:12:30] a political dilemma, and this the Prime Minister will have to accept as a decision.
[00:12:34] Look, Maggie, in the north, Hezbollah is looking for escalation. We see Hezbollah's conduct
[00:12:37] in recent weeks, especially in recent days. They are looking for
[00:12:41] a trigger. From their perspective, any move Israel makes will be a justification
[00:12:44] to come and say, "Israel started it, we are just responding."
[00:12:48] In Iran, there is already clear data. The International Atomic Energy Agency is also reporting
[00:12:52] today about movement in that same mountain that Trump already
[00:12:56] threatened to bomb in the past but did not bomb it. And there are also statements
[00:12:58] and indications that Iran is making considerable efforts
[00:13:02] to renew its ballistic missile project. And if we look for a moment
[00:13:05] at a wider range also in the strips, then Hamas is looking for
[00:13:09] a trigger to ignite an event. Everyone wants to ignite the arena for a
[00:13:12] simple reason: first, direct intervention in what is happening in Israel; second, to bring the war
[00:13:16] back to the agenda. This is much better for the Iranians than to continue
[00:13:19] to suffer the economic strangulation that Trump is imposing on them.
[00:13:23] We need to be those.
[00:13:55] "The Gaza Strip are occupied by the Israeli forces
[00:13:59] and Israel did not abide by the ceasefire
[00:14:03] was declared by President Trump on the board of peace,
[00:14:08] the cease-fire, until now, more than 1,300
[00:14:12] people were dead under
[00:14:14] the attacks of the Israeli drones and all
[00:14:18] planes as well as
[00:14:21] mortars and snipers. So..."
[00:14:25] to say General Elias, does the Israeli wants to go
[00:14:29] for a large scale war more than the axis of resistance at this at this
[00:14:33] stage? I think that they don't want a
[00:14:37] large scale war because a large
[00:14:40] scale on all the fronts, Gaza,
[00:14:43] Lebanon, Iran, and maybe Iraq will take part
[00:14:47] and Yemen will take part, it's not in their favor now, you
[00:14:50] see, but they they want to, as
[00:14:53] they did, before, they want to
[00:14:56] escalate each front alone without
[00:15:00] combining the two fronts to each other to have them as
[00:15:04] separate,
[00:15:07] but do they? Yes, can they separate them?
[00:15:10] Yes, yes, they can escalate in
[00:15:12] Gaza, then escalate in South Lebanon? About Iran,
[00:15:16] its calculation are
[00:15:19] related to the United States because they can't
[00:15:23] launch an offensive against. Without the partnership of the
[00:15:27] United States.
[00:15:29] Britain's decision to boycott settlement products in the occupied
[00:15:33] West Bank continues to be wildly discussed. An official and
[00:16:07] can certainly change. The British Foreign Secretary, when he issued
[00:16:10] this announcement, he stated that between six and nine months, they
[00:16:14] would create the regulations and the legal framework. Meaning, this
[00:16:18] is not an immediate event, but an event of legislation that could take, let's say, around
[00:16:21] a year. Let's say it's enacted. Okay, what happens at this stage? What
[00:16:25] are the implications? I cannot go into the implications because we don't know exactly how it will look,
[00:16:29] but initially, companies that export
[00:16:32] beyond the Green Line will find it difficult to export
[00:16:36] their products and services.
[00:16:46] do you think Britain could could reverse this decision or not
[00:16:50] implemented? No, I think that it will
[00:16:54] prevented, because it's a partial decision, that
[00:16:57] means that it's a decision by the UK government along
[00:17:01] with another 10 European countries plus Canada in order to
[00:17:06] the... settlements in the West Bank.
[00:17:10] So I think this affects
[00:17:13] Israel a certain extent, but
[00:17:17] what's wanted exactly is to cancel
[00:17:20] the the trade partnership between the European
[00:17:23] Union and Israel if they cancel the the agreement
[00:17:27] of trade partnership that
[00:17:31] will undermine the
[00:17:34] the trade between Israel and the Europe.
[00:17:37] European Union. Now, it is a partial
[00:17:41] measure that will affect to a certain extent the Israeli
[00:17:44] economy, especially in the settlements in the West Bank. But what
[00:17:48] about the US not criticizing this decision by the
[00:17:52] Britains?
[00:17:54] United States Secretary of State Pompeo
[00:17:57] disapproved this decision and said
[00:18:01] he would never join such decisions here,
[00:18:03] but they consider that the trade
[00:18:07] with will,
[00:18:09] mean,
[00:18:12] will replace all the losses by
[00:18:15] the European Union, and America did not condemn this
[00:18:19] decision. The US didn't condemn this
[00:18:23] decision by the Britains.
[00:18:25] Just released by
[00:18:29] Secretary of State,
[00:18:31] yes, they said this approved it, but
[00:18:35] they didn't take any measures against
[00:18:38] the the UK and the European
[00:18:40] countries, because they are, I think they are
[00:18:44] relying on the partial effect of
[00:18:47] this, this this boycottage on the
[00:18:51] Israeli trade. But is this some kind of unprecedented
[00:18:54] attention between the Israeli and Europe? Yes, there
[00:18:58] is a difference, because we go back about six months ago
[00:19:02] when
[00:19:05] United Kingdom, France and other European
[00:19:09] countries recognized the state of Palestine and now you have
[00:19:13] 154 countries in the United Nations
[00:19:16] recognize the state of Palestine. Only
[00:19:20] Germany and Italy did not
[00:19:23] recognize. So now this is
[00:19:26] a great dispute between
[00:19:29] the UK, France from one side and Israel from the other side. But
[00:19:33] how important the European support for the
[00:19:36] Israelis? You know that when Israel was
[00:19:40] founded, it was founded by Europe and trade
[00:19:44] and and all everything and even in the armed
[00:19:47] forces and the arms and
[00:19:50] the Air Force and all were from the
[00:19:54] France and from the United Kingdom and sometimes from
[00:19:58] Germany. So I
[00:20:01] think now they shifted all
[00:20:02] the
[00:20:06] the the the economy or the... military towards the United States,
[00:20:10] but there is still, there is still an effect to Europe and
[00:20:14] the Israel policy. So Israel is affected. Yes,
[00:20:17] it is affected, but it will be
[00:20:20] affected more when the European Union
[00:20:24] cancel the the the agreement
[00:20:27] of partner trade partnership between
[00:20:31] the EU and Israel. But do you expect more European
[00:20:35] measures or more European countries
[00:20:38] joining such actions? There should
[00:20:41] be. About 26 countries, only 11 out
[00:20:44] of 26. This is small
[00:20:48] number, should be. But you know there are Germany,
[00:20:51] Germany and Italy, they did not join even
[00:20:55] the the or
[00:20:58] the recognition of the Palestine state.
[00:21:01] Netanyahu's reputation has been severely tarnished
[00:21:04] after recent revelations concerning the October
[00:21:07] 7 attacks. According to those revelations, Netanyahu
[00:21:11] concealed information that was shared with him by the head of
[00:21:15] Shin Bet.
[00:21:20] despite many conversations,
[00:21:24] I connect this to information,
[00:21:27] at least information that was in October 23 from Smadar
[00:21:30] Peri about a similar warning in those days
[00:21:33] from the Egyptian direction. We also see
[00:21:37] today and hear today and also before
[00:21:40] in publications that Ronen Bar precisely in those days, the head
[00:21:44] of the Shin Bet came and warned.
[00:21:47] We know the warnings of the IDF.
[00:21:50] But if this information is correct, that it was not
[00:21:54] through some head of department or through someone else, but
[00:21:57] a direct conversation that was indeed held, then
[00:22:00] I can say here in a very clear way,
[00:22:04] that every person on the list of casualties
[00:22:08] and wounded is on his hands. If he did not
[00:22:11] share it with the security system
[00:22:14] and did not give them this information so that they too could look
[00:22:18] and perhaps connect it to things that exist despite
[00:22:22] their other failures, assuming that their other failures,
[00:22:25] assuming everything Shlomi says is correct, and he himself
[00:22:29] says he has full documentation and evidence, then there is
[00:22:33] a scandal here,
[00:22:36] every ear should be shocked
[00:22:39] when hearing these things, and I assume
[00:22:42] that now the Har'el machine is looking for
[00:22:45] how to defend itself.
[00:22:50] have major impact on Netanyahu's chances
[00:22:53] in the Knesset elections. Yes, it is measure
[00:22:57] used by the opposition against Netanyahu and
[00:23:00] when we notice the timing of this issue
[00:23:04] that before October 7, which is the third
[00:23:07] anniversary of the October 7 attack and
[00:23:11] before about 25, 20 days from
[00:23:15] the Israeli elections,
[00:23:17] now Haris Daily published story
[00:23:21] that Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the President of UAE
[00:23:25] called Netanyahu for 40
[00:23:27] hours for 40 minutes and told him that he has
[00:23:31] intelligence
[00:23:33] that Yahya Sinwar and Hamas are
[00:23:37] planning to cross the borders and
[00:23:41] enter the settlements in the neighborhood of
[00:23:45] Gaza and he assured
[00:23:47] him that his intelligence.
[00:23:51] accurate and sources are accurate. But
[00:23:54] as daily said that
[00:23:58] Netanyahu neglected this and did not refer it to
[00:24:02] the intelligence agencies in order to examine
[00:24:06] it or to take measures. This will
[00:24:08] affect the image of Netanyahu
[00:24:11] and in the elections and make a
[00:24:14] situation more weak than before. But why would
[00:24:18] Netanyahu do that? "I think
[00:24:21] that he he do not
[00:24:24] respect any Arab report from any Arab countries,
[00:24:28] especially from the Emirates, they consider them that they have
[00:24:31] money, nothing else.
[00:24:34] So he neglects all the
[00:24:37] political or the intelligence that
[00:24:40] come from them, as if he overpower their political themselves
[00:24:44] and he is underestimating their
[00:24:47] ability to get intelligence." and send
[00:24:50] them. But could he lose the election because of
[00:24:53] this? Yes, it will affect the the the
[00:24:57] elections. Now you all all the,
[00:25:00] mean, the polls say that it's swinging
[00:25:04] between both sides, between Netanyahu and Gadi
[00:25:07] Eisenkot. But so every party is
[00:25:10] using whatever means in order
[00:25:14] to affect to the other one, to push to their side. Yes. How about
[00:25:17] his opposition with Eisenkot has been?
[00:25:20] A trend lately with the polls that's saying that Eisenkot has
[00:25:23] high chances in front of Netanyahu and his party. Yes,
[00:25:27] Eisenkot relies on the
[00:25:30] the the the mistakes and the misconduct
[00:25:34] of Mr. Netanyahu, starting from October
[00:25:37] 7 and starting from committing massacres
[00:25:41] and his name is now wanted by the ICC,
[00:25:44] International Criminal Court and
[00:25:48] his relations with
[00:25:50] Turkey
[00:25:53] now and he did not promote
[00:25:56] the this peace Abraham
[00:25:59] accords with the Arabs and so there are many many
[00:26:02] many issues that they consider
[00:26:06] Netanyahu failed to
[00:26:09] to achieve it to gain
[00:26:12] back the trust of his people. But why these polls are trying to show
[00:26:16] that people prefer Eisenkot over Naftali Bennett as the
[00:26:20] other they
[00:26:21] prefer to to to
[00:26:25] let then they want to replace it by Eisenkot
[00:26:29] then they want to replace it by Eisenkot or any other. Now,
[00:26:32] the opposition, they agreed on Eisen
[00:26:36] Kot as the the one to replace them.
[00:26:40] But the main issue is that they want to
[00:30:21] reminder of our top stories. Iran's IAEAM voice
[00:30:24] slams the International Atomic Energy Agency for referring Iran's
[00:30:28] nuclear file to the Security Council, saying the move has no legal.
[00:30:33] The Yemeni armed forces said they have conducted a large scale military
[00:30:37] operation against the key Saudi airbase in the country
[00:30:40] southwestern city of Khamis Mushayt.