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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 29, 2026, 06 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: We begin today with strong condemnations from Israel's top leadership
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  Speaker 1: following violent riots in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu stated he strongly condemn the violent riots in Samaria
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  Speaker 1: overnight and the harm inflicted on the security forces. President
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  Speaker 1: Isaac Herzog described the settler violence, which included stone-throwing, assaults
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  Speaker 1: on security forces, and arson near the village of Jalad,
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  Speaker 1: as a moral stain that stands in profound contradiction to
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  Speaker 1: Jewish values. He added that law enforcement must act with
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  Speaker 1: determination against these lawbreakers. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar called the
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  Speaker 1: events serious and abhorrent, warning that those committing criminal offences,
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  Speaker 1: including assaults on officers, will face the full severity of
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  Speaker 1: the law. Benny Gantz, head of the Blue and White Party,
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  Speaker 1: also condemned the actions of the fringe group of extremists.
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  Speaker 1: In diplomatic news, tensions between Israel and the Netherlands have
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  Speaker 1: sharply risen. This follows a Dutch ban on the import
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  Speaker 1: and trade of products originating from settlements in the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. In response, Foreign Minister
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  Speaker 1: Gideon Saar has ordered Dutch diplomats working in Ramallah to
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  Speaker 1: return their Israeli-issued diplomatic documentation within seven days, which will
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  Speaker 1: expire their diplomatic rights and immunities. This move signals a
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  Speaker 1: significant deterioration in relations between the two countries. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: security in Gaza, intelligence gained from the September 2nd arrest
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  Speaker 1: of a senior Hamas security official, Mayn al-Arabid, has significantly
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  Speaker 1: aided efforts to locate and assassinate other top Hamas officials.
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  Speaker 1: By mid-September, three Hamas brigade commanders from northern Gaza, Khan
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  Speaker 1: Yunis and Rafah, had been killed. Defence Minister Israel Katz
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  Speaker 1: disclosed the assassination of the northern Gaza brigade chief, Izal
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  Speaker 1: al-Din al-Bik. Domestically, opposition party leaders have announced the formation
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  Speaker 1: of three working teams to coordinate their campaign efforts ahead
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  Speaker 1: of the October elections. This bloc aims to prepare for
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  Speaker 1: forming the next government, increase voter turnout and safeguard election integrity.
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  Speaker 1: Leaders like Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett, Avigdor Liberman and Yair
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  Speaker 1: Golan issued a joint statement emphasising the responsibility to establish
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  Speaker 1: a Zionist, statesman-like government. In a related political development, Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Ghali Baharevmiyara has asked Israel's Supreme Court to approve
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  Speaker 1: the disqualification of Balad chairman Sami Abu Shehadeh from the
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  Speaker 1: upcoming election. The grounds cited are his alleged support for
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  Speaker 1: an armed struggle against the State of Israel. The Supreme
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  Speaker 1: Court is currently reviewing the Central Elections Committee's earlier decision
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  Speaker 1: on this matter. On the economic front, gasoline prices in
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  Speaker 1: Israel are set to reach an all-time high of over
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  Speaker 1: $ 10 per gallon. or NIS 8.27 per litre. This significant
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  Speaker 1: increase is attributed to rising global oil prices, ongoing supply
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  Speaker 1: chain concerns, and a stronger US dollar, even as a
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  Speaker 1: temporary fuel excise tax reduction remains in effect. And in
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  Speaker 1: news regarding antisemitism, Republicans are distancing themselves from GOP candidate
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  Speaker 1: Beau French in the race for the Texas Railroad Commission
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  Speaker 1: due to his racially charged and antisemitic comments, drawing attention
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  Speaker 1: to the obscure office. Finally, marking the Sukkot holiday, 10,000
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  Speaker 1: Jewish worshippers gathered for prayers at the Cave of Patriarchs
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  Speaker 1: in Hebron. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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