{"id":150452,"date":"2025-06-29T15:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=150452"},"modified":"2025-06-29T15:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:33:17","slug":"heres-proof-that-israel-lost-the-war-and-signs-that-the-conflict-is-about-to-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2025\/06\/29\/heres-proof-that-israel-lost-the-war-and-signs-that-the-conflict-is-about-to-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s Proof That Israel Lost the War (and signs that the conflict is about to resume)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney<\/a>\u00a0 Courtesy The Unz Review<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n
\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The American people are not being told why Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran.<\/strong> Yes, Israel was rapidly running out of air-defense interceptors (making it more vulnerable to Iranian attacks.) But that issue is only of secondary importance. The real reason they wanted a ceasefire was because they were getting systematically pulverized and needed to stop the bleeding fast. <\/strong>That\u2019s why Israel \u2018threw in the towel\u2019 less than 2 weeks after the opening salvo, because Iran was decimating one target after another with no end in sight. So, Israel capitulated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, that is not the story we\u2019ve been reading in the western media where there\u2019s no mention of the vast destruction of Israeli strategic targets (by Iranian ballistic missiles); that news has been completely omitted from the mainstream coverage. But that\u2019s why Israel persuaded Trump to find a diplomatic off-ramp; because the losses were beginning to mount and Iran was not \u2018letting up.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that it is illegal to post videos or photos of buildings that have been struck by Iranian missiles in Israel? In other words, if you publish photos of smoldering buildings, infrastructure or military bases, you will go to jail. This is how the government controls the narrative and convinces the public that they are winning a war they are actually losing. But don\u2019t take my word for it; here\u2019s a video clip of an Israeli newscaster explaining how government censorship is impacting the peoples\u2019 ability to figure out what is going on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

CH13\u2019s Raviv Drucker:<\/strong> We have to say there is a bit of an Iranian aspect to the way we report missile strikes on our side. I\u2019m not talking about the Weizmann Institute, but there were alot of missile hits on IDF bases, on strategic sites, that we still don\u2019t report about to this day<\/strong>. And there\u2019s a clear reason for that, which everyone at home understands. But along that clear reason, it created a situation where people don\u2019t realize how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused in many places.<\/strong> We just know about the Weizmann Institute; there are many places we don\u2019t know about. https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuppressedNws\/status\/1938336639748624420<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Repeat: it created a situation where people don\u2019t realize how precise the Iranians were and how much damage they caused in many places.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can we glean from this statement?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That Iran\u2019s new generation of ballistic missiles are abundant, precise and lethal. To his credit, the newscaster seems to think that ordinary people deserve to be told about these cutting-edge weapons so they can make informed decisions regarding their own safety. We agree with this view, but we also know that the heavily censored, state-controlled, agenda-driven media is not going to change the way it disseminates information. After all, the media\u2019s objective is not to inform but to shape public opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we\u2019re getting off-topic. What we want to show is that Israel did not agree to the ceasefire because it had achieved its strategic objectives, but because it was getting hammered and wanted to stop the bleeding. <\/strong>We make that judgement based on a shortlist of the key military, intelligence, industrial, energy, and R&D facilities that were struck by precision guided ballistic missiles that wreaked havoc across Israel.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"\/<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Keep in mind, Operation True Promise III unleashed no less than 22 salvos of state-of-the-art ballistic missiles (many used for the first time) that delivered withering blows to a number of heavily fortified Israeli sites that were regarded as \u2018the most protected military bases in the world<\/strong>.\u2019 Iran\u2019s missiles blew through Israel\u2019s defenses like at every turn reducing their targets to twisted metal and broken blocks of cinder. (One weapons expert estimates that just 5 percent of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles were intercepted.) This is from an article at Press TV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

Iran destroyed the so-called Israeli Pentagon\u201d, the Kirya military-intelligence complex<\/strong> in central Tel Aviv, which is shown as a smoldering hulk in the few photos published on X. Despite being one of the most heavily fortified locations in the occupied territories, protected by a multilayered shield of Israeli and American defense systems, the complex was unable to repel the Iranian missile barrage in the very first phases of True Promise III\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Haifa, a precision-guided Iranian missile struck a high-rise building housing branches of the Israeli ministry of interior affairs responsible for internal military coordination<\/strong>. The strike disrupted logistical networks and emergency response systems at the municipal level. Press TV<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Iranian missiles also took-out the Aman military intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Mizrah Interchang<\/strong>e, near Herzliya. Aman oversees elite spying units such as Unit 8200 (signals intelligence), Unit 504 (human intelligence), and Unit 9900 (geospatial intelligence). The compound also houses Mossad\u2019s operational headquarters\u2014the Israeli regime\u2019s notorious foreign intelligence agency\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iran also struck the \u2018impregnable\u2019 Nevatim Airbase in the Negev desert<\/strong> with over 30 ballistic missiles causing extensive damage that (of course) was not reported. Nevatim houses most of Israel\u2019s F-15s and F-35s although we do not have an estimate of how many of those warplanes were destroyed. Here\u2019s more from Press TV:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other targeted airbases included Tel Nof and Ben Gurion near Tel Aviv, Ramat David near Haifa, Palmachim on the Mediterranean coast, and Ovda near Eilat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iranian missiles, including those used for the first time, targeted the command and control centers of the Israeli military and Mossad<\/strong> in both Tel Aviv and Haifa\u2026..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 16, Iranian ballistic missiles hit the Bazan Oil Refinery in Haif<\/strong>a\u2014the regime\u2019s largest fuel processing center, which supplies around 60 percent of its gasoline, 65 percent of diesel, and over 50 percent of its kerosene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strikes caused significant damage, forcing the complete shutdown of the refinery and its subsidiaries. The Israeli energy minister later admitted the facility would need major reconstruction, estimating a partial restart no sooner than a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A nearby power plant was also damaged, triggering widespread blackouts across central regions of the occupied territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 23, Iranian missiles struck near a power station in Ashdod<\/strong>, triggering a powerful explosion and localized blackouts. Explosions and outages were also reported near Hadera, where Orot Rabin\u2014Israel\u2019s largest power plant\u2014is located<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Iran directly targeted military-industrial sites involved in recent Israeli aggression. Chief among them was the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems complex north of Haifa<\/strong>\u2014home to multiple factories and R&D buildings that produce key elements of Israel\u2019s military hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rafael manufactures Iron Dome and David\u2019s Sling missile interceptors, both of which have failed repeatedly in stopping Palestinian and Iranian missiles. It also produces cruise and guided missiles used in strikes against Iran, including Spice kits and Popeye, Rocks, Spike, and Matador missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone\u2014a major center for microprocessor and high-tech military production\u2014was also struck.<\/strong> Iranian strikes reportedly damaged key production lines vital to Israel\u2019s drone and surveillance programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further south, the Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park near Beersheba, which hosts firms working in cyberwarfare, AI, and military tech, was not spared. Many of these companies collaborate closely with the Israeli military and the Mossad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another high-profile target was the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv. Known for its military R&D and partnerships with Israeli military agencies<\/strong>, the institute suffered devastating damage to key laboratories. Members and professors of the institute confirmed the loss of years\u2019 worth of research. The Weizmann Institute also plays a role in Israel\u2019s clandestine nuclear program, with many of Dimona\u2019s nuclear scientists having graduated from or taught at the institute. Press TV<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s summarize:<\/strong> In a little more than a week\u2019s time, Iran struck or obliterated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. The Israeli Pentagon\u201d, the Kirya military-intelligence complex<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The Weizmann Institute of Science which plays a role in Israel\u2019s clandestine nuclear program<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Aman military intelligence headquarters at the Glilot Mizrah Interchange, near Herzliya. Aman oversees elite spying units such as Unit 8200 (signals intelligence), Unit 504 (human intelligence), and Unit 9900 (geospatial intelligence).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Branches of the Israeli ministry of interior affairs responsible for internal military coordination<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The Mossad\u2019s operational headquarters<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Israel\u2019s most protected Nevatim Airbase (and the Tel Nof Airbase)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Ben Gurion Airport (repeatedly) as well as Ramat David, Palmachim and Ovda near Eilat.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. The Command-and-Control Centers of the Israeli military and Mossad in both Tel Aviv and Haifa\u2026..<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. The Bazan Oil Refinery in Haifa\u2014Israel\u2019s largest fuel processing center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. A giant power station in Ashdod, triggering a powerful explosion and localized blackouts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. The Rafael Advanced Defense Systems complex north of Haifa\u2014home to multiple factories and R&D buildings that produce key elements of Israel\u2019s military hardware<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. The Kiryat Gat Industrial Zone\u2014a major center for microprocessor and high-tech military production<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. The Gav-Yam Negev Advanced Technologies Park near Beersheba, which hosts firms working in cyberwarfare, AI, and military tech.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"Tel<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Tel Aviv at dusk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Get the picture? In just 10 days (June 13 to June 23) the Iranian military meticulously destroyed a sizable portion of Israel\u2019s most prestigious military, intelligence, industrial, energy, and R&D facilities across the country. <\/strong>(Have you read about any of this in the western media?) Had the war continued for another week or two, the Holy Land would have been reduced to a smoldering third world wasteland unfit for human habitation. In short, this was no normal ceasefire. This was a desperate capitulation by an overmatched contender who quickly realized he was punching \u2018above his weight\u2019. Here\u2019s how Trump summed it up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n

    Israel got hit really hard. Those ballistic missiles, boy, they took out a lot of buildings,\u201d Trump told reporters at the NATO summit in The Hague on Wednesday. https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1937812706599252198<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, Israel took a real beating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    We should note that there is no formal agreement between Iran and Israel. (No signed document or explicit commitments)<\/strong> The ceasefire was brokered through back-channel diplomacy, primarily mediated by Qatar. A senior White House official and a diplomat briefed on the talks indicated that Israel agreed to halt strikes if Iran ceased its attacks, <\/strong>and Iran signaled compliance with these terms through Qatari mediation. Trump announced the ceasefire as a complete and total ceasefire\u201d to be phased in over 24 hours, although there have been numerous violations by both sides since the original deal was made on June 23. (Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi initially stated there was no agreement\u201d but indicated Iran would stop its response if Israel held up its end of the bargain.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The problem, of course, is that the ceasefire is not going to hold because Israel and the US see the truce as merely a way to buy-time to regroup and prepare for the next round of hostilities.<\/strong> (The same as Minsk) Consider the comments of Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz who said the following on Saturday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1938618630050140381&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unz.com%2Fmwhitney%2Fheres-proof-that-israel-lost-the-war%2F&sessionId=e86498e1dfb0f4411b245809a2a7417a06cb0177&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This doesn\u2019t sound like a man who is looking for a \u2018lasting peace\u2019 or even a temporary end to the fighting. It sounds like someone who\u2019s already settled on a strategy for resuming the hostilities and is merely waiting for the green light (from Bibi) to put the plan into motion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But what might that plan be, after all, Israel was already employing its top-line military weaponry and advanced air-defense systems. What other tools do they have that could be used to produce a different outcome that the one they just experienced after just 12 days of conflict?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This is where is gets scary because Israel has only two options: Either it draws the United States deeper into the conflict (including the deploying of ground forces) or it \u2018goes nuclear\u2019. There is no third option<\/strong>. So, whatever Bibi and his generals have \u2018up their sleeve\u2019, it\u2019s going to be of a different force and magnitude than what we saw during the last dust-up. Check out this baffling blurb from the Times of Israel<\/em>\u2018s Saturday edition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n

    After the US strike on Iran earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump agreed on a rapid end to the war in Gaza and expansion of the Abraham Accords,<\/strong> Israel Hayom reports, citing a source familiar with the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    According to the outlet, Trump and Netanyahu agreed in a phone call that the war in Gaza would end within two weeks. Four Arab states, including the UAE and Egypt, would jointly govern the Gaza Strip<\/strong> in place of Hamas. The terror group\u2019s leadership would be exiled, and all hostages would be released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    However, Arab allies have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Palestinian Authority gaining a foothold in Gaza as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution, but Netanyahu has flatly rejected any PA role in the Strip\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Trump and Netanyahu were joined on the euphoric\u201d call late Monday night by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, says Israel Hayom\u2026.
    Saudi Arabia and Syria would establish diplomatic ties with Israel, and other Arab and Muslim countries would follow suit\u2026. Israel, for its part, would express its support for a future two-state solution, conditioned on reforms made by the Palestinian Authority. <\/strong>Meanwhile, the leaders agreed that Washington will recognize Israeli sovereignty in some parts of the West Bank.     Times of Israel<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    People who follow events closely in the Middle East know that nothing in this article is true. There\u2019s not going to be a rapid end to the war in Gaza, there\u2019s not going to be a rapid expansion of the Abraham Accords, and there\u2019s certainly not going to be Israeli support for a two-state solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/a>So, what\u2019s going on here, what is the point of this nonsensical propaganda that no one in their right mind is going to believe??<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mike Whitney\u00a0 Courtesy The Unz Review The American people are not being told why Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Iran. Yes, Israel was rapidly running out of air-defense interceptors (making it more vulnerable to Iranian attacks.) But that issue is only of secondary importance. The real reason they wanted a ceasefire was because they were getting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}