BREAKING: Iran DIGS For Missiles; Trump Says SEIZE Uranium; Hormuz Crisis Grows | TBN Israel

Added: 2026-05-03

[00:00:00]collapse is leading to a new and dangerous  language of threats. Iran is preparing for the next blow, quietly arming itself and preparing  for war under the cover of ceasefire. It appears that the revolutionary guards ordered crews to dig  through the ruins in order to recover the missiles that were buried after the strikes. Iran's top  leadership is heading towards an unprecedented internal explosion. Is the Iranian foreign  minister Abbasari about to be fired? The president of Iran and the speaker of the parliament are  furious over his conduct. Trump issued a clear and firm statement regarding Iran's uranium.  We will get it one way or another. He said he said this yesterday. And also Trump was briefed  last night on new operational plans for strikes against Iran. And in response, Iran threatened to  use booby trapped dolphins to attack the United States ships. The path to defeating in Lebanon  is already known to Israel. And in the IDF, they're preparing to defeat the terrorist  organization down to the last terrorist.

[00:01:21]Welcome to the new stage of this wo and it is  called economic fury. I'm Pinto with me is Mati Shashani and we have boots on the ground  bringing you the whole truth about what's happening in Israel and also the full truth about  what's happening in our neighborhood, the Middle East. And this is the opening of day 62 of the  war against the revolutionary guards in Iran.

[00:01:45]The maritime blockade imposed by the United  States on Iran is beginning to create an effect deeper than regular sanctions. For almost  five decades, the Iranian regime knew how to live under American pressure. It sold oil  to China, operated a great fleet of tankers, used secret cargo transfers in the Middle East  in the middle of the sea, and at the same time built a doctrine of deterrence around the Strait  of Hummus. But the current war and the American blockade are placing a much harder problem in  front of Iran. no longer bypassing the sanctions, but physically blocking exports and exposing  the shadow fleet. In fact, the blockade is exposing the Iranian method, weakening it, and  even eliminating it. At this point in time, the commander of Sentcom and the chairman of the  Joint Chiefs of Staff briefed the president with a similar briefing having been given two days  before the beginning of the war in February.

[00:02:54]The purpose of the briefing is to break the  deadlock in the negotiations or to deliver a final military blow. One of the options that apparently  came up in the briefing is taking control of part of the Strait of Homus in order to open it for  shipping. According to one of the sources, the additional options presented to President Trump  included striking power stations and strategic facilities in Iran, which would mark an escalation  in the campaign so far. It was also made clear to Trump that the blockade on Iran is creating  difficulties for the Iranian oil industry and is succeeding in neutralizing the regime. At the same  time, the deadline for receiving congressional approval to continue the war expires today, but  the president may ignore it. As the days pass, Thran is discovering that Trump did not really  enter a ceasefire. The naval closure of the Strait of Humuz is a hard and brutal war that threatens  to finally choke the Iranian economy and bring it to total collapse within a short time. So what  is happening with Iran? The total blockade by the American Navy is a critical hole in Thran's war  strategy which is based on guerilla tactics and control of the straight of Hmuz and is leading to  collapse of the shadow ships network that export oil from Iran to China. The Iranian economy is  crashing with an exchange rate of 1.81 81 million real through one United States dollar. Mass  unemployment and a deep political split between the moderates while demanding a deal and the  extremists were threatening military escalation and also exposing dolphins. Exploding dolphins  are being threatening to be used against the United States ships. Iran announced yesterday that  it would respond with long and painful strikes against the American position if Washington renews  the attacks and once again declared its ownership over the straight of Hormuz. American officials  said that Iran is using the ceasefire to recover ballistic missiles and ammunition that were hidden  or buried underground after the strikes by the United States and Israel. Therefore, Tehran is  increased its efforts and is trying to quickly rebuild its missile and drone array in case  Donald Trump decides to renew the strikes. Ayatah published a statement today. Much not Ayatah,  my bad, saying that the place of the Americans in the Gulf is at the bottom of the waters. It's  important to understand that inside the regime of revolutionary guards in Iran right now, there  is a massive conflict between several bodies.

[00:05:57]A report by Iran International reveals an unusual  power struggle at the top of the Iranian regime.

[00:06:03]It appears that the president and the speaker of  parliament are against the foreign minister with the revolutionary guards in the background and all  of it because of the different positions regarding the nuclear talks. United States President Donald  Trump said about Iran's enriched uranium. We want to get the nuclear material. It is very deep  underground. You need diggers and all kinds of equipment to reach it. But we want to get it. We  will get it one way or another. Either we will get it or we will take it. Either they will give it to  us or we will take it from them. And we will also bring you the digital blockade that is choking  Iran. While senior officials in the Ayatollah regime envoy enjoy free access to the internet  with white SIM cards, the citizens are losing their livelihoods. The internet blockade, which  is sparking public anger, has led to a wave of layoffs in the high-tech sector and has set  advertising and computer professionals to sell goods at street stands. In Tehran, they warned  the shutdown threatens the destruction of the country's infrastructure by the decision makers.  The United Arab Emirates no longer trust Iran.

[00:07:28]Welcome to the new era of the UAE after its  withdrawal from the oil cartel. It turns out now that against the background of its withdrawal from  the organization of petroleum exporting countries, an advisor to the president of the Emirati made it  clear that freedom of navigation in the state of Hormuz depends on the international community and  not on Iranian arrangements. His remarks were made as Abu Dhabi is seeking to free itself from oil  quotes in favor of economic recovery from the war and a deepening of the strategic alliance with the  United States and with Israel. Why with Israel?

[00:08:11]Because it now turns out that Israeli forces  operated on Emirati soil during the war with Iran.

[00:08:20]The British newspaper Financial Times reported  that Israel transferred advanced weapon systems to the United Arab Emirates led by the laserbased  air defensive system iron beam. This is in order to help it defend itself against an Iranian  missile and drone attack. And today we will bring you the startups that will take down explosive  drones. Bala, the terrorist organization in Lebanon has launched that cost only a few hundred  on AliExpress and they are resistant to jamming.

[00:08:59]These are drones that they buy very cheap. They're  called fiber optic drones and in his hands they have become a real threat against the IDF  soldiers. While Oatan the laser beam is delayed in reaching full deployment all around Israel, a  series of Israeli startups is trying to provide a tactical answer to the threat that is sleeping  past the big defensive companies. We will bring you all the information very soon. I'm Pinto. With  me is Mati Shosani and we are boots on the ground bringing you the full truth about what's happening  in Israel. And this is day 62 of the war against the revolutionary guards in Iran, which is the  head of the crumbling axis of evil in the Middle East. And one second before we begin, I want to  call on you to continue spreading the truth. Share our content with as many people as possible. Click  on the subscribe button and most importantly, don't forget to look for me, Yah Pinto, and for  Mati Shashani on our social media platforms to get the behindthe-scene look of what it's like to  live in Israel during this war. Our senior Middle East affairs correspondent, Mati Tertani. Is the  maritime American maritime blockade a success?

[00:10:16]Is it working? I mean, what are we seeing on the  ground? [sighs] Shalom. I'm coming to you today once again from the Galilee as you can see behind  me for those of you are wondering. And here the blockade has not yet reached. But to answer  your question about what's actually happening uh in Iran, I mean the answer is is a complicated  yes. Yes, the blockade on Iran is working in the sense that it's causing a lot of financial damage  to the Iranians. Is the blockade working in the way that pop culture wants it to work, which  [snorts] is to almost immediately force the Iranians back to the negotiation table? Clearly  not. It's been several weeks of it. Is it working in bringing down the Iranian regime? No,  because that was never its intended goal.

[00:11:00]So what is the point of the blockade? The point  of the blockade is to reverse on the Iranians what they were trying to do to other countries  in the world which is to cause substantial financial damage visav that financial pressure  and political pressure on different countries specifically primarily the United States and  the Trump White House. And the hope was that the Gulf states that are terribly suffering from  the blockade would pressure President Trump to stop the war. Clearly that has not worked.  Clearly the Iranians have miscalculated their steps in this conflict and clearly the financial  pressure on them is working. How do we know it's working? Because they're sweating. We're seeing  them taking some extreme actions and trying to circumvent the sanctions in bringing in supply  routes from different countries around them uh in once and once again trying to bring ships in  or out uh through the American blockade only to be stopped repeatedly by them. And I think it's most  evident in the immense pressure that the Iranian regime is placing on their proxies primarily when  they use when they play that button of using proxy warfare that shows you that they're running out  of options. So in that sense I would say it is working. And I think there's one more hint that  we can really follow. Anytime you see a headline where an Iranian official says something positive  about the negotiations, says something positive about the uh talks with the US, it's showing that  they are under pressure because most of the time in most cases, well, what do they do? They claim  that nothing is working. They claim that nothing is progressing with the United States. They claim  there are no agreements and their right to nuclear materials is of course an inherent right. But when  they show you and when they say, and they've been saying this often lately, that they're coming  close to agreement with the United States, that they have a lot that's in common, that we're  coming close to an end uh to the war or a nearing of the end of the conflict and a resolution of the  negotiations. That shows you that we are moving in the right direction and the financial pressure  is working. I'm going to end on one number.

[00:13:04]One number for the US, one number for Iran. The  Iranians are are losing close to half a billion dollars per day because of the blockade on them.  Half a billion dollars per per day. That is money they need for weapons. That is money they need uh  for the IRGC. Money they need to export terrorism, pay all the salaries to all the terrorists that  they have around the world. But guess who's making money instead? The United States. You already know  this. The United States is making money while the Iranians are losing money. That is the important  thing to know about the efficacy of this blockade.

[00:13:38]Yeah. Yeah. Definitely, Mati. And there is another  struggle that is taking place internally in Iran.

[00:13:45]We see that there is two camps that are facing  each other. One is like conservative camp, the extremist camp, and one is the more more  moderate, I wouldn't call them even moderate camp.

[00:13:58]But there is a fight between the president and  then the speaker of the parliament against the foreign minister. Can you explain what's going  on and what are they fighting about? Yeah, I want to say two things about this. Uh there's  the public side of this conflict and then there's the assumption of what's actually happening  behind the scenes and I'll explain that statement.

[00:14:23]What we know publicly is that the Iranians are  pretending or presenting to the world a situation or a scenario in which there's a conflict  between different factions in the government, the so-called liberal factions in the government  and the non-liberal or conservative factions within the Iranian government. That's what they're  presenting to the world. The latest conflict is between the foreign minister and the IRGC or the  Supreme Leader. Last week it was a speaker of the parliament Khalibah or Galibbah depends how you  pronounce uh the sound uh that he was in conflict and he resigned publicly because of that. That's  the public facing piece of information. But I want to say there's something more substantial here.  The Iranians often in the past have used these type of conflicts or perceived conflicts as a  tool to extend negotiations. Let me give you an example of what that looks like. If there's  one voice that comes out of Iran and that voice speaks clearly and says we will do this and we  refuse to do that. So now the negotiation moves clearly in one direction or the next direction.  But what if they create a scenario in which there are four voices or five voices that each one  of them is pulling in a different direction.

[00:15:34]Now you as the west who's needing to negotiate  with these people to be able to move forward with the negotiation. What do you have to do ya? You  have to be negotiating with different sides. you have to be talking to different sides and that  takes time and that plays in the benefit of the Iranians. So it is very possible, I'm saying this  because they've done this repeatedly in the past, that there is no problem in the Iranian government  that they're using this pretense of we're having conflict internally and there's a political issue  here. They're using that as a tool to extend the negotiation because once again, their goal was  and always is to draw out time to survive. And if they're able to do that by pretending that someone  resigned and is reappointed in the government, that's great. And if they're able to do it by  having someone uh claim that there's conflict within the government, even better. If they can  do all of that together and pretend like the there are rogue factions in the government or not  listening to the Supreme Leader, uh that too buys them time. So, is that the case here or is it a  combination of both? I'm not sure and I'm not sure we're actually ever going to know. But I'll tell  you that you usually and often with the Iranians, things are more complex than appears on surface.  They are masters of negotiation and have been for decades at this point. Uh and really we can't  really take anything they say at face value.

[00:16:52]They're just brilliant in drawing out time.  And remember, above everything we talk about, there's a cloud above every statement about above  every PR release, above everything they say. And that cloud is they want to deceive. They want to  draw out time. They want to survive to be able to fight a day. Everything they do, everything they  say, everything they present to the to the world is through that prism. They don't care about what  the truth is. They don't care about what the West wants. They want to draw out time and they want  to survive. And if they need to lie, to deceive, to blow up ships in the straight of Humus, to have  members of their government resign or be appointed or resign again, that all plays into their grand  scheme. And it is never beyond their level of sophistication to fire higher and uh present  conflict to be able to promote their agenda. Now remember this, the Iranian regime wants to survive  and as long as the negotiation continues and they don't publicly admit defeat, that plays to their  benefit. Anything that goes against that harms the Iranian Ayatollah regime. Always remember that  when we're dealing with the Iranians, they have the reputation and they've worked hard to earn  it of master negotiation negotiators. They fooled the Obama administration. They fooled countless  Western countries time and time again. Uh they've always able to outweight uh to out negotiate,  to outmaneuver. And in the end, in the past, the scenario has always been the same. More enriched  uranium, less supervision on the Iranians. It seems that finally the Trump administration has  understood how to negotiate with them and isn't willing to play their game. Will that work in  the long term or not? Well, that is well that's up to the future to decide. No, exactly, Mati.  And let's talk about the uranium because Trump just stated that either they will give it to us  or we will take it. And we both know what we will take it means. So what do you think will happen?  Do you think that there will be another military operation to claim the uranium or another solution  to this problem? I hate to admit it. Y but with President Trump sometimes you don't know. Uh he  he is some [clears throat] sometimes he is such an unexpected and unknown and you know um spontaneous  leader that sometimes you think things are just said as a threat and then he follows up on them.  Here's what we do know is a fact. The US has drawn up plans to extract the enriched uranium using  using special forces. How do we know this? Because there have been leaked conversations from within  Sentcom related to both Minister of Defense or war depending who you ask Pete Hagsth and others  in the regime that claimed that there were people within the American military operations that  said that the idea of using special forces to extract enriched uranium was too high risk which  shows you the conversation was taking place. Also in recent days, President Putin of Russia has  publicly said that ground operations in Iran by American special forces would be something  very risky and unwelcomed by the international community and of course including uh the Russians.  Uh then again uh going along Russian ad uh advice, President Trump could just do what Russia is  doing inside Ukraine, which is a special limited military operation and not a war, which is what it  is. Uh that's depending on who you actually ask.

[00:20:21]So is Trump using this as a tool of negotiation  or does he actually mean to engage militarily? I think it's a little of both. I think he's willing  to do things that most leaders have refused to do in the past, have shied away from doing in the  past. Uh he's shown that he's willing to take very very brave steps. But at the same time, that  willingness, that willingness to do things is what makes him such a uh a ferocious negotiator.  Because if you're negotiating someone like that, who's willing to do almost anything to promote his  agenda and protect his forces, his country, his goals in this negotiation, that incentivizes you,  the Iranians, to cooperate in a much higher degree than if you thought he wasn't willing to do those  actions. So, what's actually going to happen? I don't think it's very likely that special forces  will will extract enriched uranium. I think it's much more likely that the Iranians will extract  part of it willingly and hold on to other levels of enriched uranium as part of a larger broader  agreement. That's what I think is most likely.

[00:21:21]Well, we'll have to wait and see as always with  President Trump. Thank you very much, Mati. Hope you enjoy your weekend in the Sea of Galilee.  Thank you. Thank you. And thank you to all of you that are joining us now. and I call on you to  help us spread the truth. We are TV in Israel. The best way that you can do this is to share this  content with as many people as possible. You can also click on the subscribe button. You can  look for Yelpinto and Mati Shashani on our social media platforms and you can go to our website  tbnisrael.com and subscribe to our newsletter.

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[00:23:05]Thank you so much for standing with us. Now, let's  get back to the news because Iran's missiles are not only sitting on launchers right now. Some  of them, according to the American estimates, are being dug out of the rubbles, from bunkers,  underneath the ground, from storage sites that were hit, and from locations that were destroyed  in previous strikes under the cover of the ceasefire. The revolutionary guards are trying  to recover launchers, ammunitions, and drones while President Trump receives a new military  briefing on the possibility of renewed strikes.

[00:23:43]So, is this still a ceasefire or is this silence  actually is a call for the next round? I'm Pinto and this is your boots on the ground report for  the ending of day 62 of the Roaring Lion War or by its American name epic fury. And today begins  in Iran, not with declarations, not with a press conference, but in the ground itself. Because when  the regime is digging through the rubble to save missiles, it means one thing. It is not preparing  for peace. It is preparing for the next strike.

[00:24:22]The United States believes that Thran has used  the delays of the ceasefire to quickly rebuild its missile and drone capabilities. Some of the  missiles were hidden in advance. Some were buried under the bombardments. Now the regime is trying  to return them to service, scatter them again, and be ready for the moment that Trump decides  that another wave of strikes will continue.

[00:24:49]All the economic chokeold will be too much for  them to handle. And that's exactly what makes this day so dangerous. At the same time that the  Iranians are digging, the commander of the United States Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper,  and the chairman of the Joint Chief of Staffs, General Dan Kaine, briefed President Trump for  about 45 minutes on new operational plans against Iran. A similar briefing was reportedly given to  him two days before the war began in February.

[00:25:20]So Washington understands very well this  is not a table exercise. This is a briefing that prepares a decision. Several options are on  the table. A short and powerful wave of strikes against infrastructure targets inside Iran. A  move to seize part of the Strait of Hummus in order to reopen it for commercial shipping.  And another option discussed in the past, a special operation around Iran's enriched uranium  stockpiles. Trump does not have the full trigger yet. He doesn't want to pull it. But the American  military system is already placing the loaded option on the table. And at the same time, there's  also a political clock. In the United States, the 60-day deadline under the wall and the P's  resolution was expired. That law limits the president's ability to continue military action  without congressional approval. The administration argues that the ceasefire stopped the clock or at  least changed its meaning. But the argument itself shows that Trump is now facing two pressures.  Military pressure against Iran and political pressure at home. And this is exactly where the  naval blockade becomes the central tool of this war. The American blockade on the Iranian ports.  no longer looks like another sanction. This is not just a signature on a document in Washington.  This is a military economic operation at sea.

[00:26:53]Ships are stopped. Tankers are turned around.  Export routes are blocked. Iran's shadow fleet, that gray network of tankles that allow Thran  to sell oil to China under the radar for years, is now being exposed and squeezed. For almost five  decades, Iran learned how to live under sanctions.

[00:27:16]It turned off the transporters. It changed the  flags. It transferred cargo from ship to ship in the middle of the sea. It sold oil to China  at major discounts. It built an entire system of bypassing, deception, mediation, and smuggling.  But against an American naval line with warships, maritime intelligence, and constant monitoring,  that system works far less effectively. According to reports, at least 44 vessels working for Iran  were never to turn around or return to port. Some tankers were chased as far as the Indian Ocean.  Some were ordered to reverse their course. Some are waiting. And Iran, which was used to plane  in the shadows, is now discovering that shadows shrink when the United States Navy turns on the  light. The numbers matter because they explain the fear in Tehran. Oil is the oxygen of the regime.  It is the money behind the revolutionary guards.

[00:28:25]It feeds. It feeds Hamas, the militias in Iraq  and the Houthis in Yemen. When the oil does not go out, the money does come does not come in. And  when the money does not come in, the entire access begins to feel the choke. But Iran's problem is  not only that it cannot sell oil. The problem is it has nowhere to put the oil that it continues  to produce. Oil wells cannot simply be turned off like a kitchen faucet. If they are shut down  quickly and under pressure, the pressure inside the reservoirs can change. Water can enter the  oil layers. Pipelines can clog. The returning to full production can take years and cost billions.  That's why Trump understands that this blockade can sometimes be more effective than bombs. He  does not have to hit every facility. He only has to close the way out. If Iran begins drowning  in its own oil, it is not only weakened economy, it is weakened strategically. And here comes the  big question. Who blinks first? Trump is betting that the Iranian regime will break before the  global market breaks from energy prices. Iran is betting that Trump will break first because  of fuel prices, political pressure, elections, and markets, and the American fear of a war that  lasts too long. This is a game of time, but in the Middle East, games of time tend to turn very  quickly into games of fire. Oil prices are already climbing to levels that worry the entire world.  The head of the International Energy Agency warned that the world is facing one of the biggest energy  crisis in history. [snorts] When a barrel of oil trades for $120, this is no longer only an Iranian  problem. It becomes a problem for gas stations, industry, electricity, food, transportation, and  every family in the world that feels the price at the end of the month. And that's exactly what  Thran wants to turn this pain into global pain.

[00:30:36]But inside Iran, the pain is also deepening. The  real the currency has collapsed to extreme levels.

[00:30:43]More than a billion citizens have lost their jobs.  Food prices are rising. Factories have been hit, small businesses are closing, and the digital  blockade imposed by the regime on the internet has become another blow against the citizens  already living under pressure. Senior regime figures use so-called white SIM cards, which give  them broader access to the internet. The citizens, on the other hand, are cut off. Advertising  workers lost income. Content creators collapsed.

[00:31:18]Software developers lost remote jobs. Small  business owners who depend on Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube lost their storefront to the world. Some  of them have already moved to selling products on the streets. This is not only censorship. This  is breaking of livelihoods. And when the Iranian citizens see that the official is connected  to the internet while he himself cannot work, the anger is no longer only directed at America  or Israel. It begins to turn inward towards the regime itself, towards the revolutionary guards,  towards those who speak about resistance while the people pay the bill. That's why the economic  crisis is also becoming a regime crisis. Inside Iran's leadership, an unusual power struggle is  developing around foreign minister Abbasaraki.

[00:32:13]According to reports, Iran's president Masud  Pazakan and Parliament Speaker Muhammad Bager Galibbaf are furious with the conduct with his  conduct because the central claim is that Arashi has been acting in recent weeks in coordination  with senior revolutionary guards figures without updating the president and without managing a  clear government foreign policy. This is not a small argument over the winging of a statement.  This is a struggle over who actually runs Iran during wartime. The president, the parliament,  the foreign minister, or the revolutionary guards.

[00:32:51]When a foreign minister acts more like an envoy of  a military apparatus and less like a minister in a government, this is not only a personal problem,  it is a sign that the state itself is splitting between weak civilian institutions and a military  force that holds the real keys. And in today's Iran, whoever controls the missiles, the internet,  repression, and the last remaining money also controls the politics. That is why the nuclear  issue is coming back to the center. Trump said sharply that he wants to obtain Iran's nuclear  material. According to him, the material is buried deep underground and it requires diggers and  equipment to reach it. But he added, "He will get it one way or another. Either they will give it  to us or we will take it." That is a sentence that Iran cannot ignore because for Tehran, the nuclear  file is not just another item in negotiations. It is the regime's life insurance. For Trump, that  same nuclear material is exactly why Iran cannot be allowed to reopen Homus, breathe economically,  and then drag out the talks for weeks or months.

[00:34:09]And that's the heart of the Iranian trap, open  the sea, talk about nuclear programs later on.

[00:34:18]Lift the blockade first, discuss uranium later,  give the regime oxygen first, then check whether it is willing to give up the very thing that  brought the region to this war. Trump understands this. Israel understands this. That is why the  blockade remains. And before we continue, if you understand how important it is to bring the full  picture from the ground here in Israel to you, not just the headlines, but what's happening,  help us spread the truth. Like this report, share it with your friends, with your family, and with  anybody you think should know the truth of what's happening here. The best thing you can do is to  hit the subscribe button on TBN Israel on YouTube and never miss another update of Boots on the  ground. Look for us on our social media platforms and pray for the situation because life in Israel  is changing because of this war. And while Iran is being choked at the sea, the United Arab Emirates  is making a move that shakes the energy market.

[00:35:25]Abu Dhabi announced its withdrawal from OPEC and  OPEC plus. This is not only an economic decision.

[00:35:32]It is a declaration of geopolitical independence.  For decades, OPEC allowed oil producing countries to control quantities, influence prices, and  preserve political power through energy. How the Amiratis are saying, "Our national interests  come first. We are not willing to remain tied to quotas that also serve Iran, Russia, and interests  that are not ours. The timing is not accidental.

[00:36:00]Iran attacked the region, disrupted humus, raised  the energy prices and harmed Gulf states as well.

[00:36:07]Abu Dhabi understands that Iranian unilateral  arrangements cannot be trusted. An adviser to the Amirati president made it clear that freedom of  navigation in the straight of Hmuz depends on the international community and international law, not  on Thrron's promises. And this connects to another important exposure. Israel transferred advanced  defensive systems to the United Arab Emirates, including detection and interception systems  to help confront the Iranian missiles and the drone attacks. And according to reports, Israel  also provided real-time intelligence on launches from Western Iran and Israeli military personnel  helped operate the systems. This is a new picture of the Middle East. Iran attacks. Gulf states  understand the threat. Israel assists. The United States leads and the Miatis choose to deepen their  alliance with those who actually protect them, not with those who threaten Homus. Here, it must be  said simply, Iran thought that it could frighten the Gulf. In practice, it is pushing parts of the  Gulf States deeper towards Israel and towards the United States. And this is not happening only  in energy. It is happening in security as well.

[00:37:29]Systems like Iron Dome, laser capabilities, drone  detection systems and other Israeli technologies are now gaining regional importance because the  Iranian threat is no longer only a large ballistic missile. It is also drone swarms, small drones,  cruise missiles, explosive boats, and possibly attacks on undersea communication infrastructures.  Iran is already threatening extreme options like mines, submarines, undersea internet cables, and  even strange threats about explosive dolphins.

[00:38:05]It almost sounds unserious until you understand  the Iranian method. You do not always need to win in the direct battle. Sometimes it's enough to  scale the insurance companies, raise the prices, disrupt the shipping routes, and make the world  fear the next move. And that's exactly what the Americans are now trying to prevent through a  new international coalition around Homus. The goal is not only to escort the ships. The goal  is to tell Iran, "An international shipping lane does not belong to the revolutionary guards.  You do not decide who passes, who pays, and who's afraid. But while the sea has become a central  battlefield, Lebanon continues to burn. Kisbala is placing before the IDF a new old threat. Explosive  drones connected to fiber optic cables. These are small and relatively cheap drones whose basic  components can be bought on civilian websites, but on the battlefield, they become a lethal tool.  The fiber optic cable connects the drone to the operator and allows control without relying on  regular radio transmission. That is why electronic warfare systems which work well against wireless  drones struggle against these tools in southern Lebanon. These drones have already become the real  threat to the idea forces. They carry explosives, fly low and fast, and are difficult to detect in  time. Some carry several kilograms of explosive devices and are operated by terrorists who receive  a live video picture from the camera. Against a threat like this, every second matters.  The solutions are still developing. There are smart sights mounted on assault rifles that  help a soldier hit the drone at a short range.

[00:39:56]There are electrooptic, acoustic, and also  small radar detection systems. There are drones that intercept other drones using nets or  physical impacts. There are also laser systems, but the wide deployment is still limited and are  not positioned at every IDF location in southern Lebanon. This teaches us about the deep change  in the battlefield. Once we spoke about large missiles, launchers, tunnels, and tanks. Now,  a drone that cost a few hundred dollars can hit an armored vehicle, disrupt movement, delay the  evacuation, or threaten the force in the field.

[00:40:34]This is a war in which a cheap threat can force  an expensive army to think faster, move flexibly, and be more attentive to the threats. And at the  same time, the IDF continues to operate against Hisbala infrastructure in southern Lebanon.  Weapons depots, command centers, launchers, combat shafts, and terror infrastructure inside  civilian areas. All of these are part of the same method. Kizbala is not building only a firing  capability. It is building an entire combat space inside villages, inside homes, inside ambulances,  civilian institutions and buildings designed to make it harder for Israel to respond. And here we  need to understand the connection between Lebanon and Iran. The drone in Lebanon, the tunnel near  the border, the launcher inside a civilian home, and the blockade in Homus. They are all part of  the same system. Iran built a ring of fire around Israel. And now that ring itself is being choked.  Its arms are trying to see where they can apply pressure in return. In the Palestinian arena  as well, the sea is returning to the picture.

[00:41:47]The IDF took control of more than 20 vessels that  participated in the flutila in Gaza with about 175 activists on board who are now making their way to  Israel. The foreign ministry described the flutila as a provocation and stressed that anyone who  wants to transfer aid to Gaza can do so through the recognized routes through a stood port and  security inspections. From Israel's perspective, an attempt to break the naval blockade is  not aid. It is an attempt to create pictures, confrontations, and headlines. And that's part  of the same day. Israel enforces a naval blockade around Gaza. The United States enforces a naval  blockade against Iran, Homus, Gaza, the Gulf, the Mediterranean. The sea has become a battlefield  of decision. Even outside of the Middle East, this campaign is being felt in Australia. The  commission of inquiry into the anti-semitic shooting attack at the Bandi beach where 15 people  were murdered recommended a comprehensive reform of counterterrorism units and stronger security at  Jewish events. This matters because this war does not remain only in Iran, in Lebanon or in Gaza.  It affects Jewish communities around the world.

[00:43:07]their sense of security and the question of  whether western countries understand that the anti-semitic threat is not a local incident  but part of a much wider climate and at the same time the United Nations said that at least  21 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of the war with the United States and  Israel and more than 4,620 have been arrested on charges related to national security. This  is another side to the same wall. While the regime blames the world, it also tightens its  grip on its own citizens. Executions, arrests, internet shutdowns, suppression, against protests,  against anybody who opposes this regime. This is not only a war against an external enemy. This  is the regime's war against the Iranian society.

[00:43:58]And Trump meanwhile is opening a verbal front with  Europe as well. After German Chancellor Frederria Mer criticized America's handling of Iran, Trump  attacked him again, saying that he should spend more time ending the Russia Ukraine war and  fixing his own broken country and less time interfering with those who are getting rid of the  Iranian nuclear threat. Beyond the sharp style, there is a strategic message here. Trump is  telling Europe, "Do not stand on the sidelines. Do not lecture and do not expect America to pay the  price for stopping Iran alone." And this exposes the gap inside the West. Europe fears the energy  prices. The United States wants a decision. Israel wants to make sure that the nuclear threat does  not remain alive underground. And Iran wants one thing. Time. Time to dig out the missiles. Time  to rebuild the launchers. Time to move ammunition.

[00:45:00]Time to reopen Homus. Time to remove the blockade.  Time to deepen the split between Washington and Europe. And time to make the world grow tired. But  day 62 shows that time is also a weapon against Iran. Every day the oil does not leave. The regime  suffocates. Every day the internet is shut down.

[00:45:20]The citizens grow angrier. Every day missiles are  dug out from the rubble. Trump receives another reason not to trust Iran. And every day operates  drones in Lebanon. Israel receives another proof that the Iranian access has not stopped. It has  only changed its shape. This war is no longer measured only by the number of missiles that are  launched or the number of targets that are struck.

[00:45:45]It is measured by the question of who will lose  room to maneuver first. Iran under the blockade, Trump under political pressure, Hisbala  under strikes in southern Lebanon, or the world under the energy crisis, and if everyone  is already standing on the edge of the same rope, will the next explosion come from the sea, from  the uranium, from the next drone in Lebanon, or from one decision inside the Oval Office? So, keep  spreading the truth. Follow us. Most importantly, don't forget to hit the subscribe button here  on YouTube so you never miss another update of Boots on the Ground. I'm Yo Pinto with Miss Mati  Shosani. Make sure to look for us on social media platforms. And the best thing that you can  do, especially now when we enter the weekend, is to unite in prayer for the peace of Jerusalem.  Pray for the soldiers. Pray for wisdom to our leaders. Pray for the Iranian people. Pray for  the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for God's will to be done here on earth. And we'll see you again  tomorrow. Shabbat shalom from Jerusalem. Shalom.