India has deployed ship-destroyers in the waters near Iran to protect Indian merchant ships
The Indian Navy has deployed four Kolkata and Visakhapatnam destroyers in the waters near Iran to prevent further attacks on merchant ships carrying ** and other cargo to India. The move was in response to last week's Iranian drone attack on the Indian tanker MV Chem Pluto, which was attacked 360 kilometers off the coast of India.
It is reported that these ships of the Indian Navy are equipped with the Barak-8 missile defense system, which is a missile system jointly developed by Israel and India. This shows India's posture of protecting its merchant ships and maritime interests.
This ** deployment has attracted international attention, especially between Iran and India. Some Americans believe that India may be more backbone than some other countries when dealing with Iran and are pessimistic about protecting its ships from attack. Some analysts have pointed out that India may take more resolute countermeasures against Iran to ensure its country's security and the smooth passage of the sea.
India and the military have yet to make an official statement on this deployment and possible future actions, but there is widespread concern about how India's response to the Iranian attack will evolve and whether this will affect the geopolitical landscape in the region.
Israeli forces launched a large-scale military operation in the West Bank - arresting Hamas and PIJ elements.
The IDF is set to conduct a large-scale operation throughout the West Bank, with hundreds of armored vehicles and thousands of soldiers attacking several cities in the region, including Jenin, Nablus, Hebron, Ramallah and Jericho, in what appears to be an attempt to make mass arrests of known Hamas and PIJ **Heavy fighting has reportedly taken place in many of the cities where the operation is taking place.
It is believed that this could be the largest IDF combat operation in the West Bank since the October 7 Massacre, or since Operation Defensive Shield during the second intifada in 2002.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are two key players in this regard. Both organizations have been designated as terrorist organizations by several countries, including the United States and the European Union. They are designated primarily because of their dedication to the destruction of Israel and their use of violence, including suicide and rocket attacks, to inflict civilians.
The Gaza War, the expansion of operations in the West Bank, hostilities with Allah in the north, and a potential escalation with Iran after the killing of the IRGC general. Will Israel be able to effectively win all these fronts?
Allah leaders were informed half an hour in advance of Hamas's plans to invade Israel.
Allah leader Hassan Nasrallah was told half an hour before the October 7 attack began that Hamas planned a multi-pronged attack on southern Israel, according to the French newspaper Le Figaro.
Saleh al-Arouri, a senior Hamas leader living in Lebanon, received a message on the morning of October 7 informing him of the impending attack and asking him to inform the leader of the Iranian-backed Allah terrorist group, the report said.
Since October 7, Allah, a staunch ally of Hamas, has been engaged in almost daily skirmishes along the Lebanese border, firing rockets, missiles and drones into northern Israel, leading to widespread evacuations of most residential areas close to the border.
Earlier, Israel issued an ultimatum to Lebanon on Allah's position in reference to UNSCR 1701, demanding that it begin negotiating an agreement to return Allah to the position agreed upon in UNSCR 1701, otherwise the IDF would launch a military operation to destroy any and all Allah infrastructure in southern Lebanon up to the Litani River. I'm going to be hot