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US Weighs Strike on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Site · 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: Turning first to international affairs, former US President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: confirmed in an interview that the United States is considering
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  Speaker 1: Iran's pickaxe mountain nuclear site as a potential target for
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  Speaker 1: a future strike. Trump stated, we may have to go there.
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  Speaker 1: We'll take a shot at that one. We'll knock it
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  Speaker 1: out fast. He emphasised that no US ground forces would
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  Speaker 1: be involved and clarified that while the Moab, the largest
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  Speaker 1: non-nuclear weapon was discussed, it is not nuclear. The ultimate goal,
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  Speaker 1: he explained, is to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, stating,
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  Speaker 1: if they had it, they would use it, in my opinion, instantaneously.
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  Speaker 1: Trump also mentioned that Iran is currently negotiating with the US. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eisenkot, leading the change bloc, has presented a significant
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  Speaker 1: strategic shift, by setting a public measurable 18-month timeline to
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  Speaker 1: end Hamas rule in Gaza. This approach aims to provide accountability,
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  Speaker 1: contrasting with past strategies described as lacking defined timelines. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF reported eliminating a Hamas commander involved in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre and weapons production, identified as Mohammed Mohammed
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  Speaker 1: Abd al-Khalaq. Separately, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist, Ahmad Jabrin
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  Speaker 1: Tawqif Dalhan, was killed in Khan Yunis. On the border,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF blocked roads and declared a closed military zone
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  Speaker 1: after activists from the Nehala settlement movement attempted to establish
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  Speaker 1: a new outpost near the Gaza Strip, calling it Pioneers
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  Speaker 1: of Gaza, with the stated goal of renewing Israeli settlement
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  Speaker 1: in the territory. Though IDF sources noted minimal participant numbers
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  Speaker 1: on site, Israeli politics continue to be a focal point.
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  Speaker 1: A recent Mariv poll indicates a majority of Israelis would
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  Speaker 1: prefer a unity government over another election, if the October
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  Speaker 1: 27 vote results in no clear winner. The poll also
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  Speaker 1: suggests Gadi Isenkot leads Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in hypothetical
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  Speaker 1: match-ups for the premiership, with 48% favouring Isenkot to Netanyahu's 41%.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate political development, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
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  Speaker 1: sharply criticised Prime Minister Netanyahu over the Qatargate affair, specifically
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  Speaker 1: concerning Netanyahu's associate Yonatan Yuric's meetings with Qatari officials. Bennett
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  Speaker 1: described the situation as the most serious act of treason
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  Speaker 1: in the history of the state of Israel. On the
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  Speaker 1: US political front, President Donald Trump, when asked about trusting
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stated, I don't trust anybody honestly.
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  Speaker 1: I don't trust anybody. In the world of politics, I
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  Speaker 1: don't trust anybody. He also declined to endorse Netanyahu's re-election campaign.
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  Speaker 1: In commentary on Global Discourse, Former US President Barack Obama's
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  Speaker 1: recent remarks in Belfast concerning Jewish settlement in Palestine have
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  Speaker 1: drawn significant criticism. The remarks, which described Jewish settlers as
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  Speaker 1: having taken land off people, are being labelled by critics
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  Speaker 1: as fuelling antisemitic myths and potentially making him an antisemitism super-spreader,
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  Speaker 1: arguing that the historical connection of the Jewish people to
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  Speaker 1: the land is being misrepresented. In business news, a major
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  Speaker 1: deal in the Israeli tech sector was announced. Cybersecurity company
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  Speaker 1: Varanus Systems has agreed to be sold to US-based Proofpoint
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  Speaker 1: for approximately $ 6. 3 billion in cash. The transaction impacts around 1,000
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