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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 29, 2026, 10 AM Eastern · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a strong warning regarding
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  Speaker 1: potential enemy attacks ahead of the upcoming October Knesset elections.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking from Tel Nof Air Force Base, Netanyahu stated, there
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  Speaker 1: are signs that ahead of the election our enemies will
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  Speaker 1: try to attack us. He sent a clear message to adversaries,
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  Speaker 1: don't mess with us. Our long arm will reach you anywhere.
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  Speaker 1: and at any time. While the Prime Minister did not
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  Speaker 1: specify which enemies he was referring to, the warning comes
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  Speaker 1: amidst broader concerns about foreign interference and potential physical attacks
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  Speaker 1: on Israeli political figures, a topic previously discussed in classified
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  Speaker 1: Knesset committee meetings. In response to Netanyahu's remarks, Yashar Party
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  Speaker 1: leader Gadi Eisenkot emphasised that Israel's security must never be
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  Speaker 1: conflated with the election campaign. Calling for opposition leader Yair
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  Speaker 1: Lapid to be briefed, if any security threats are found
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  Speaker 1: to be legitimate. Turning to the ongoing conflict in Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF continues its strategy of eliminating Hamas commanders. On Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF announced it had struck in northern Gaza and
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  Speaker 1: eliminated the terrorist Izal Din Bik, commander of the Northern
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  Speaker 1: Gaza Brigade in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organisation.
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  Speaker 1: According to jpost.com, this persistent campaign targets those responsible for
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  Speaker 1: terror attacks and rebuilding Hamas's military capabilities. The report highlights
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  Speaker 1: that most Hamas commanders alive on October 7, 2023, have
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  Speaker 1: now been killed, yet the organisation appears to be reappointing
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  Speaker 1: new leaders and reconstituting its forces, as evidenced by previous
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  Speaker 1: eliminations in May, July and August of 2026 in areas
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  Speaker 1: like northern Gaza. Internationally, UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is
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  Speaker 1: preparing to advocate for a more progressive foreign policy on
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  Speaker 1: Israel at the upcoming Labour Party conference. According to jpost.com,
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  Speaker 1: Miliband is expected to tell attendees that the party's current
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  Speaker 1: actions have been insufficient and that Prime Minister Andy Burnham's
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  Speaker 1: government will take stronger measures. This stance follows Burnham's earlier
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  Speaker 1: address to the UN General Assembly, where he cited his
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  Speaker 1: government's recent West Bank sanctions, including banning trade in goods
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  Speaker 1: from illegal settlements and sanctioning individuals involved in settlement construction, stating,
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  Speaker 1: We have acted by banning trade in goods with illegal settlements.
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  Speaker 1: recognising that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory is unlawful,
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  Speaker 1: and sanctioning those taking part in the construction of illegal settlements.
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  Speaker 1: In a high-profile exchange, Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givir
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  Speaker 1: fiercely criticised U2 frontman Bono. Bono had compared Ben-Givir's rhetoric
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  Speaker 1: on Gaza to that of Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler, the
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  Speaker 1: architect of the Holocaust, while also condemning Hamas's October 7 attack.
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  Speaker 1: Ben-Givir retaliated, accusing Bono of hypocrisy and labelling him a
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  Speaker 1: terror supporter. He questioned why Bono was directing his criticism
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  Speaker 1: at an Israeli minister defending Jews rather than at Hamas terrorists,
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  Speaker 1: and suggested that if Bono truly cared about Gaza residents,
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  Speaker 1: he should help them leave for Ireland. On Monday, Israeli
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  Speaker 1: peace activist Mao Zinon, whose parents were killed in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 Hamas attack, addressed the UN Security Council. Enon
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  Speaker 1: stated that the Israeli government had used these atrocities to
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  Speaker 1: wage a devastating war of revenge, and called for efforts
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  Speaker 1: to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace, asserting, Our grief cannot be an
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  Speaker 1: excuse for war. Representing Israel at the meeting, Noah Fuhrman
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  Speaker 1: acknowledged Enon's personal pain, but criticised the UN Security Council
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  Speaker 1: for not designating Hamas as a terrorist organisation, and highlighted
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  Speaker 1: the absence of a Palestinian partner committed to peace. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: a soldier has been sentenced to 20 days in military
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  Speaker 1: prison for picketing outside the IDF Central Command. The soldier
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  Speaker 1: was protesting administrative sanctions placed on settler extremist Tal Yenondadik,
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  Speaker 1: holding signs demanding an end to these orders. The soldier's
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  Speaker 1: family expressed pride in his actions, stating their belief that
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  Speaker 1: he was standing against what they called a conceptia within
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  Speaker 1: the army and the pursuit of heroic settlers. Overnight, clashes
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  Speaker 1: occurred in the Palestinian Arab village of Jalad in Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: where approximately 100 Israeli rioters blocked roads, set tyres on
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  Speaker 1: fire and hurled stones at Israeli security forces, lightly wounding some. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: flight tracking data indicated that a plane used by Libyan
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  Speaker 1: presidential hopeful Saddam Haftar flew to Abu Dhabi on Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: the same day Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in the UAE.
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  Speaker 1: The report implies a possible meeting, although it has not
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  Speaker 1: been corroborated by Israeli officials or pro-Hafta Libyan sources. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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