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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 7, 2026, 12 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: In maritime security news, US special forces reportedly spent four
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  Speaker 1: months on a secret mine clearing mission in the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz, an effort to make the vital waterway safer
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  Speaker 1: for commercial vessels, the Financial Times reported Sunday. The operation
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  Speaker 1: occurred amid exchanges of strikes between the US and Iran.
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  Speaker 1: While President Trump announced mines had been cleared, Reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: uncertainty remains about the complete removal of mines from the
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  Speaker 1: entire strait. Meanwhile, Israel's National Security Council has warned of
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  Speaker 1: elevated terror threats against Israelis and Jews abroad, identifying Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its proxies as the primary global threat. Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu issued a severe warning to Iran, stating that if attacked,
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  Speaker 1: Israel would deliver a blow. It has never imagined. In
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  Speaker 1: a related development, IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Isle
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  Speaker 1: Zamia said Sunday's surprise military exercise demonstrated the IDF's capability
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  Speaker 1: and readiness to defend Israel and strike forcefully. Internationally, counter-terrorism
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  Speaker 1: investigators in France have arrested and charged three men, ages
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  Speaker 1: 18 to 26, accused of plotting a violent attack against
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community and preparing to join ISIS. The investigation
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  Speaker 1: uncovered links between one suspect and a New York woman,
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  Speaker 1: accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired attack in the US. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to Israel's economy and healthcare, a significant trend shows an
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  Speaker 1: alarming rate of doctors leaving the country. A Tel Aviv
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  Speaker 1: University study indicates that the number of doctors spending at
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  Speaker 1: least a year abroad nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025,
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  Speaker 1: with 1,370 doctors departing. This resulted in a net loss
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  Speaker 1: of 509 doctors in 2023 and 2024. The study highlights
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  Speaker 1: that an increasing share of those leaving are experienced physicians.
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  Speaker 1: Experts suggest Israel must improve retention and also focus on
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  Speaker 1: recruiting Jewish doctors from around the world. In defence news,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF conducted a surprise multi-front war scenario drill on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday morning. The exercise, led by IDF Chief of Staff
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  Speaker 1: Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia, tested the general staff's response to
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  Speaker 1: simultaneous crises, including simulated terrorist infiltrations from Lebanon and Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: and attacks in Judea and Samaria. Commanders operated with disrupted systems,
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  Speaker 1: and an initial review deemed overall IDF readiness to be
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  Speaker 1: very good. On the diplomatic front, US Ambassador to Israel
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  Speaker 1: Mike Huckabee accused the British government of Jew hate on X,
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  Speaker 1: formerly Twitter. This followed remarks by British Foreign Secretary Ed
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  Speaker 1: Miliband concerning blocked medicines and the deaths of children in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Huckabee stated the British government's Jew hate knows no boundaries
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  Speaker 1: and knows no facts. Domestically, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia
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  Speaker 1: has informed Police Commissioner Danny Levi that senior police officer
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  Speaker 1: appointments will be postponed until after the election on October 27.
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  Speaker 1: Ben-Givia cited concerns about public trust during the election period.
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  Speaker 1: His office later indicated that appointments in exceptional cases might
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  Speaker 1: be approved after individual review. Finally, a 23-year-old dual Israeli-French national,
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  Speaker 1: David Ben-Loulou, died in a motorcycle accident in Vietnam. The
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  Speaker 1: incident required extensive international coordination between Israeli and French authorities,
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  Speaker 1: as well as Vietnamese officials and the ZAKA rescue organisation,
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  Speaker 1: to facilitate the retrieval of his remains for burial in Israel.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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