Definitive Recap of Events Leading up to Iran-Israel War

Israel occupation of Arab lands since 1948; Abraham Accords; normalization of relations between UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco, and Israel; Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states were to join Abraham Accords; red line for Palestine and Hamas; red heifer prophecies; Hamas invaded on 10/7 to prevent further progress of this agenda; after 10/7 Israel began bombing north-south campaign to destroy Palestine infrastructure; assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haneah; assassination took place in Tehran, Iran during visit to inauguration of Iranian President Pezeshkian; embarrassing for Iran's leadership; IRGC moles arrested in aftermath; Iran still angry over U.S./Israel collaboration to assassinate Soleimani; "Axis of Resistance"; Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel to relieve pressure on Gaza; weapons supplied from Iran through Iraq and Syria to Lebanon; Israel bombing of Iranian embassy in Damascus in 2024; assassination of Hezbollah leaders Fuad Shukr and Hassan Nasrallah; assassination of Hamas leader Yahyah Sinwar; Israel's ground assault in southern Lebanon to stop rocket attacks; bombing campaign against Beirut; pager explosion attack; Israel agreed to ceasefire in Lebanon; Syrian rebels then planned to take over Syria under Al Jolani aka Al Sharaa; Al Assad fled to Russia after losing territory to rebels and waning support from Russians during Russia/Ukraine war; Israel occupying Golan Heights and launched airstrikes on key Syrian infrastructure; w/ Syria fallen and IRGC expelled, Iran could not resupply Lebanese allies to fight IDF; Houthi in w/ Yemen getting bombed by U.S. only Iran remains; Israel wanted to attack Iran b/c all other enemies were now weakened and could go after source of resistance

Clipped from *Debrief* streamed on 6/15/25