Israel-Iran war triggers fear in Pakistan due to…; Pakistani MP remembers India’s Operation Sindoor, says Islamabad could be…
Israel-Iran war: The raging Israel-Iran war has also triggered panic among other Muslim nations, including Pakistan, fearing that Israel has launched a ‘crusade’ against the entire Muslim world, and they could be next on the Jewish state’s ‘hit-list’ after Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and more recently Iran.
‘Pakistan could be next’
A recent statement made by Pakistani MP Asad Qaiser in the country’s parliament has gone viral, in which the politician warned that the Pakistan could be next on Israel’s list, and military cooperation between India and Israel was the biggest threat to Islamabad.
Speaking in the National Assembly of Pakistan– lower house of the country’s parliament– Asad Qaiser flagged the threat Islamabad faces due to India-Israel military ties, and also warned that Israel could also attack Pakistan as the country shares a 1200km border with Iran.
“During the recent India-Pakistan conflict, the majority of drones and loitering munitions used by Indian forces were Israeli made,” he said, adding “Allah have mercy, after Iran, its (Israel’s) next target could be Pakistan”. The parliamentarian also urged the Pakistani government to stand with Iran in its war with Israel.
“We are with our Iranian brothers and fully support them at this difficult and dangerous period of time,” he added.
Israel-Iran war
Israel launched its fiercest attack on Iran, unleashing a wave of pre-dawn air strikes on Iranian cities on Friday, including capital Tehran, under Operation Rising Lion, in which several top Iranian nuclear scientists and military commanders, including IRGC chief Hossein Salami, commander Ghulam-Ali Rashid, nuclear scientist Dr. Mohammad Tehranchi, nuclear scientist Dr. Fereydoon Abbasi and Iran’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri.
Tehran vowed to avenge the Israeli attack, stating that its response will be anything beyond what Israel and ally, the United States, could ever imagine, triggering the fears of a full-scale Iran-Israel war.
On the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, Iran responded with a barrage of missiles and drones that struck several Israeli cities and major population centers, including Tel Aviv. Israel launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran on Saturday, killing more of Iran’s top military brass and nuclear scientists.
Israel also targeted Iran’s oil refineries in a series of pre-dawn airstrikes on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
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