Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / IDF Combats Terror in Gaza, Dismantles Tunnel
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: This hour, the IDF and Shin Bet announced they killed
- 0:15Speaker 1: two terrorists in Khan Yunis accused of smuggling weapons into Gaza,
- 0:19Speaker 1: eliminating an immediate threat. In operations near Gaza, the IDF
- 0:23Speaker 1: also reported dismantling a 1.5-kilometre underground tunnel route. The 99th
- 0:29Speaker 1: Division recently concluded a mission in northern Gaza, during which
- 0:33Speaker 1: troops eliminated over 100 terrorists and neutralised approximately 8km of tunnels.
- 0:38Speaker 1: Turning to the West Bank, an incident initially reported as
- 0:42Speaker 1: a car ramming near Atrat saw IDF soldiers dispatched. However,
- 0:46Speaker 1: following an initial investigation, the IDF later stated it was
- 0:50Speaker 1: determined not to be a terror attack. The driver has
- 0:53Speaker 1: since been handed over to security forces for further inquiry.
- 0:56Speaker 1: In the United States, a Pennsylvania college professor, Guangxuan Ha,
- 1:01Speaker 1: faces federal cyber-stalking charges. Prosecutors allege he operated multiple anonymous
- 1:07Speaker 1: social media accounts to send anti-Semitic threats to a Jewish
- 1:10Speaker 1: colleague and their family over a seven-month period, reportedly invoking
- 1:15Speaker 1: figures like Hitler and the Holocaust. Ha has pleaded not
- 1:18Speaker 1: guilty to the charges and was ordered detained pending trial.
- 1:22Speaker 1: Elsewhere in the UK, Jewish leaders and politicians are questioning
- 1:26Speaker 1: concert promoter Live Nation's vetting processes. This comes after the
- 1:30Speaker 1: UK branch of the Palestinian youth movement reportedly defended Hamas's
- 1:34Speaker 1: actions on October 7. On the diplomatic front, US Secretary
- 1:39Speaker 1: of State Marco Rubio spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Ayran
- 1:43Speaker 1: concerning the seizure of hundreds of kilograms of explosives from Hezbollah.
- 1:47Speaker 1: A State Department official reported that Rubio urged accountability for
- 1:52Speaker 1: those who financed and directed the shipment, emphasising that the
- 1:55Speaker 1: explosives should not be returned to the group. Finally, in Michigan,
- 1:59Speaker 1: President Donald Trump addressed a synagogue via video for an
- 2:02Speaker 1: event focused on combating antisemitism. The event, part of Leo
- 2:07Speaker 1: Terrell's American Tour Against Hate, drew criticism from some progressive
- 2:11Speaker 1: Jewish leaders who called it divisive. For continuing coverage of
- 2:15Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
- 2:20Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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- 2:34Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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