Israel-America joint raids escalate Gulf tensions: Is WW-III imminent?

               Chandigarh/New Delhi:   The Joint  pre-emptive military strike  by Israeli and American forces against Iran, with explosions as  reported in Tehran and other Iranian cities has a  disastrous potents for  global peace.  Israel said the operation was meant to “remove threats” from Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. The strike, described by Israeli officials as planned in coordination with the United States, triggered airspace closures and emergency measures on both sides.

Undoutedly the United States is  participating  in the attack with full commitment, with U.S. military action accompanying Israeli strikes providing satellite imaging for pointed attacks, strategic support  with its Naval  strength posted in the region  and  providing  necessary inputs to top  Israeli  defence  personnel.

The US President Donald Trump has announced several times that he won’t allow Iran to achieve  any  capability to make Nuclear Bombs and for this he would go to any extent, may be  destroy Iranian Uranium processing plants or removing Ayatullah Khomeini regime in Iran and  posting a  regime of his choice (read former king   Reza Pehlavi’s son (living in the  States) since Iranian  revolution of 1979 led Ayatullah Khomeini.

This Israeli  attack is the culination  of  retalliatary action of  Hizbullah’s   October 7, 2023  attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted over 250 civiliasns  from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children and women which infuriated  peace loving  citizen’s world over. It was a big setback to  peaceful co-existence and  efforts to assuage  sufferings of  Covid-19 which  annihiliated millions of  people before any  remedy Vaccine could have been discovered and  administered.

 Iran’s Retaliation :   Iran has launched retaliatory missiles and drones at Israel and 9 U.S. military bases across the Middle East, including countries like Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE and others. Iranian leaders have vowed “no leniency” and framed the strikes as defending national sovereignty.

 It is reported that initial missile🚀  barrages caused minimal reported damage in Israel due to strong air defenses, but sirens sounded in the histoical city  Jerusalem and other locations, and emergency measures (school closures, state of emergency) are in place.  The conflict builds on long-standing tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, missiles, and regional influence. Prior flare-ups have included intense exchanges of airstrikes and missile barrages between the two countries and their allies, as well as a ceasefire in June 2025 after a brief full-scale war.

This represents one of the most serious flare-ups since the broader Israel–Iran conflict began, with major military operations underway and no immediate sign of de-escalation. There is strong international concern that the conflict could widen, involving U.S. regional forces, proxies (like Hezbollah), and other Gulf states, and have broader impacts on global energy markets and geopolitical stability.

The flare-up  in the Gulf, needs to be  halted without delay and  all contigous issues be solved thru’ mutual negotiations or thru’ UNSC Charter guidelines  for solving international disputes. UN chief  Antonio Guterres should call  for a meeting between main warring nations and  implement the negotiated settlements.

Major global leadfers including President Putin of  Russia criticised the U.S.–Israel strikes as “unprovoked aggression” and demanded an end to the military campaign, calling for diplomacy. European leaders from France, Germany, UK and Indian Pm  have called for urgent UNSC meeting on the crises and  ceasefore,  though positions differ sharply. International concern is growing about the humanitarian and regional security impacts.

If an urgent negotiated solution is not found  urgently, the world is going to  slip into a worse and bloody  anarchy and  World War -III.                                                                                                                                                                              —- Editor 

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