Written by In the year 2025, the world watches in horror as Israel, a nation that once positioned itself as a beacon of democracy in the Middle East, unleashes a torrent of destruction across seven different nations and territories: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Qatar, and Tunisia. This is no mere defensive posture; it is an aggressive expansion of influence, a calculated campaign of chaos disguised as self-preservation. When a government systematically targets hospitals, churches, schools, and refugee camps—places of healing, worship, education, and sanctuary—it forfeits any moral authority to claim it acts in “defense.” Instead, it reveals itself as an empire builder, cloaked in the rhetoric of fear and victimhood, willing to sow death and despair to maintain its grip on power.
The scale of this aggression is staggering. In just the past year, Israeli forces have conducted airstrikes, drone attacks, and ground operations that have left thousands dead, infrastructure in ruins, and entire populations traumatized. Gaza remains the epicenter, a strip of land turned into an open-air prison where bombardment is relentless. But the fire has spread: Lebanon reels from incursions against Hezbollah strongholds, Syria faces repeated strikes on alleged Iranian proxies, Yemen’s Houthi rebels are targeted in retaliation for Red Sea disruptions, Iran’s nuclear sites and military installations are hit in preemptive actions, Qatar’s capital Doha is bombed in a shocking assault on Hamas leaders, and even Tunisia, far removed from the traditional conflict zones, suffers attacks linked to suspected militant networks. This isn’t security; it’s conquest. It’s the actions of a state drunk on its military might, indifferent to international law, and dismissive of human life. The international community murmurs condemnations, but Israel’s leaders press on, emboldened by unwavering support from allies like the United States, who provide the weapons and diplomatic cover for this rampage.
The narrative peddled by Israeli officials—that these strikes are precise, targeted at terrorists, and necessary for survival—crumbles under scrutiny. Reports from human rights organizations, eyewitness accounts, and independent investigations paint a picture of indiscriminate violence that disproportionately affects civilians. Hospitals are not collateral damage; they are deliberate targets. Churches and mosques are shelled not by accident, but as part of a strategy to erode cultural and spiritual resilience. Schools are flattened, robbing future generations of education and hope. Refugee camps, already teeming with the displaced, become killing fields. This is not the behavior of a defender; it is the hallmark of an oppressor, a regime that views entire populations as expendable in its quest for dominance.
As we delve deeper into this catastrophe, it becomes clear that Israel’s actions in 2025 are not isolated incidents but part of a broader pattern of aggression rooted in a distorted sense of entitlement. Drawing from historical precedents, we see echoes of ancient manipulations where truth was bent to serve power. Today, that same impulse drives a government to rewrite narratives, justify atrocities, and perpetuate a cycle of violence that threatens to engulf the region—and perhaps the world.
The Bloody Trail of Innocents
The human cost of Israel’s multi-front war is incalculable, but the stories emerging from the rubble tell a tale of systematic brutality. Across Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iran, Qatar, and Tunisia, civilians bear the brunt of a military machine that operates with impunity. Let’s examine the specific horrors: the destruction of hospitals, the bombing of churches, the erasure of families, and the hunting of refugees. These are not abstract statistics; they are the lived realities of people whose only crime was existing in the path of Israel’s expansionist ambitions.
Hospitals Reduced to Ash
Nowhere is Israel’s disregard for human life more evident than in its attacks on medical facilities. In Gaza, where the conflict has raged since October 2023, hospitals have been repeatedly targeted, turning places of healing into charnel houses. In May 2025 alone, Israeli airstrikes hit multiple hospitals, killing dozens, including at least 22 in one wave of bombardment. Maternity wards in Al-Shifa Hospital and other clinics were reduced to rubble, with premature infants pulled from incubators amid the chaos, their tiny bodies exposed to the dust and debris. Emergency rooms, already overwhelmed by the wounded from previous strikes, became slick with blood as medics treated patients on the floor, lacking even basic supplies due to blockades enforced by Israel.
This pattern extends beyond Gaza. In Yemen, where Israel has struck Houthi positions, hospitals in Sana’a and other areas have been caught in the crossfire, with reports of civilian casualties mounting. Strikes in Lebanon have damaged medical centers in Beirut and southern villages, leaving the wounded without care as Hezbollah retaliates. Even in Qatar, the unprecedented airstrike on Doha in September 2025 hit residential areas near medical facilities, exacerbating a humanitarian crisis in a nation unaccustomed to such violence. In Syria and Iran, targeted strikes on military sites have spillover effects, damaging nearby hospitals and clinics. Tunisia, struck for alleged links to militants, saw makeshift medical tents in refugee areas bombed, leaving the injured to fend for themselves.
What kind of “civilization” prioritizes military objectives over the sanctity of life? Israel’s excuses—that these facilities harbor militants—have been debunked by international observers, who note the lack of evidence and the disproportionate nature of the attacks. These are war crimes, plain and simple, designed to break the spirit of populations and ensure submission through terror.
Churches Bombed
The assault on religious sites further exposes Israel’s hypocrisy, a nation that often invokes its own faith to justify actions while desecrating the sacred spaces of others. In Gaza and Lebanon, ancient churches—some dating back centuries, older than the State of Israel itself—have been shelled into oblivion. Crosses lie bent amid the ruins, icons charred by fire, sending a grotesque message: no sanctuary is safe from the reach of Israeli bombs.
In Syria, where Christian communities have endured for millennia, strikes on Damascus and Aleppo have hit churches during services, killing worshippers and destroying historical artifacts. Yemen’s small Christian minority has seen their places of worship collateral in anti-Houthi operations. Even in Iran, Qatar, and Tunisia, where Christian populations are smaller, reports of damage to churches and other religious sites underscore the indiscriminate nature of these attacks. A government that cloaks itself in “faith” yet wages war on the sacred reveals its true nature: not divinely inspired, but driven by a lust for control that respects no boundaries.
These bombings are not random; they are part of a strategy to erode cultural identity and instill fear. By targeting churches, Israel not only kills bodies but also souls, attempting to erase the spiritual resilience that sustains oppressed communities.
Families Erased
The destruction of neighborhoods in Lebanon and Syria exemplifies the family-shattering impact of Israel’s campaign. Entire blocks are flattened overnight, with mothers digging through rubble for their children and fathers burying sons in mass graves. In Lebanon, incursions into southern regions have displaced thousands, with airstrikes killing hundreds in residential areas. Syria’s repeated strikes on Iranian-backed forces have similar effects, wiping out families in border towns.
In Yemen, drone strikes on Houthi targets have erased villages, leaving survivors to mourn in the shadows of craters. Iran’s retaliatory exchanges have seen civilian homes destroyed, while Qatar’s Doha strike killed families in apartments housing alleged Hamas figures. Tunisia’s unexpected involvement has brought the same horror to North Africa, with strikes on suspected networks claiming innocent lives. Gaza, of course, remains the worst: over two years of conflict have seen generations wiped out, with the cries of the bereaved echoing louder than the explosions.
These are not “precision” operations; they are acts of collective punishment, designed to terrorize and subjugate.
Refugees with Nowhere to Flee
Refugees, already fleeing violence, find no respite. In Gaza, camps like Jabalia are bombed repeatedly, turning temporary shelters into death traps. Lebanon’s border camps for Syrian refugees are hit in anti-Hezbollah strikes. Syria’s internal displaced face further displacement from Israeli actions. Yemen’s massive refugee crisis worsens with each strike. Iran’s border areas see influxes bombed. Qatar and Tunisia, newly drawn in, now host refugees hunted by drones.
Where is safety when even exile is targeted? Israel’s actions create a perpetual cycle of displacement, ensuring no one can rebuild.
The world is told this is “security.” But true security doesn’t demand the blood of newborns in hospital beds or worshippers in churches. It doesn’t require turning homes into graves or camps into battlegrounds. This is domination, pure and simple.
Historical Echoes: The Old War Against Truth
Israel’s current aggression is not without precedent; it echoes ancient patterns where power distorted truth to serve its ends. During the Babylonian Exile in the 6th century BCE, Jewish scribes encountered Zoroastrianism, the ancient Persian religion emphasizing truth (Asha), balance, and order. Yet, in adapting these ideas, they twisted them to fit a narrative of tribal supremacy.
Zoroastrianism, founded by the prophet Zoroaster, posited a cosmic battle between good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu), with angels (Amesha Spentas) aiding the forces of light and demons opposing them. This dualism influenced post-exilic Judaism, where concepts of angels and demons became more pronounced, absorbing and repurposing Zoroastrian elements. Asha, the principle of truth and cosmic order, was reinterpreted through the lens of a jealous, monotheistic God, Yahweh, who demanded exclusive worship. Persian deities and concepts were demonized or minimized to elevate Yahweh’s role.
Take Cyrus the Great and Darius, Persian kings who liberated the Jews from Babylon and facilitated their return to Jerusalem. In Zoroastrian tradition, these rulers embodied Asha, acting as instruments of divine order. Yet in Jewish texts like Isaiah, while Cyrus is called God’s “anointed,” his agency is downplayed, attributing the liberation solely to Yahweh’s will. This minimization ensured that Persian liberators were written out of glory, reinforcing a narrative where only the Jewish God was the hero.
Angels of light in Zoroastrianism were renamed and repurposed in Jewish angelology—figures like Michael and Gabriel echo Amesha Spentas—while demons were mapped onto Persian entities, portraying the foreign as evil. This absorption was not mere borrowing; it was a subversion, belittling Zoroastrian ideals to assert dominance.
Just as ancient scribes twisted light into darkness, today’s Israeli leaders belittle the lives of innocents. History is rewritten: strikes on civilians are called “self-defense,” war crimes are excused as necessities. Lies triumph over truth, perpetuating a cycle where power corrupts absolutely.
This historical lens reveals Israel’s 2025 actions as a continuation of that old war against truth. By distorting narratives—claiming hospitals house terrorists or churches shelter militants—they echo the scribes who minimized Persian benevolence to exalt their own mythology.
Belittling the Government’s Excuses
Israel’s leaders cry “defense” with such fervor that one might think the world is blind to the evidence. But defense does not look like leveling hospitals in Gaza or bombing residential buildings in Doha. It does not resemble shelling churches in Syria during mass or flattening schools in Lebanon. Defense certainly does not require the blood of children in Yemen or refugees in Tunisia.
These excuses ring hollow. International reports from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International document the disproportionate force, the lack of credible intelligence justifying civilian targets, and the pattern of impunity. Israel’s government is not strong; it is weak, insecure, reliant on bombs because it lacks a vision for peace. It wraps itself in scripture—citing divine promises of land and chosenness—while trampling every value scripture teaches: mercy, justice, compassion.
What kind of chosen nation chooses massacre over coexistence? The excuses—Hamas in Qatar, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthis in Yemen, proxies in Syria and Iran—are pretexts for expansion. Even Tunisia, with tenuous links, is dragged in to justify the chaos. This is not defense; it’s offense, a bid for regional hegemony that endangers everyone.
The Zoroastrian Warning
Zoroastrianism offers a stark warning: every lie (druj) poisons the world. To bomb the innocent and call it holy is the greatest druj of all. Each missile launched against a hospital in Gaza or a church in Syria carries corruption, accelerating moral and societal collapse.
History bears this out. Arrogant empires—Babylon, Rome, even ancient temples—fell not to the oppressed, but to their own hubris. Israel’s rulers, intoxicated by power, ignore this. They believe strikes on seven fronts demonstrate strength, but Zoroastrian wisdom teaches that such actions sow the seeds of their own destruction. The dualism of good versus evil demands accountability; druj cannot prevail indefinitely.
In 2025, as strikes proliferate, the poison spreads: international isolation grows, allies waver, and internal dissent rises. The world sees through the lies, and the backlash builds.
Fire Turns Back on the Arsonist
Seven battlefields. Countless innocents dead. Hospitals, churches, schools, and camps in ruins. A government drunk on mythology, convinced its fire makes it invincible.
But Zoroastrian wisdom reminds us: fire purifies, but it also consumes. The flames devouring children in Gaza, families in Lebanon, and refugees across the region will, in time, turn back on Israel’s rulers. Arrogance invites collapse; history demands justice.
The world must awaken. Israel, in its insatiable lust for power, has revealed itself not as a defender, but as a destroyer—a piece of shit state that prioritizes conquest over humanity. Only by holding it accountable can we extinguish this inferno and restore truth to a poisoned world.