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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 30, 2026, 08 PM 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 a dramatic mid-air incident, passengers and crew aboard a
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  Speaker 1: fly-you-by-flight successfully foiled an attempt by the copilot to crash
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  Speaker 1: the plane. According to reports, the copilot stabbed the pilot
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  Speaker 1: and attempted to take control of the aircraft, causing it
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  Speaker 1: to nosedive. Passengers, including Israelis Yaniv Hayan, Asaf Rajuan and
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  Speaker 1: Zedvika Manis, along with dentist Shota Musiv, took decisive action,
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  Speaker 1: with Hayyan grabbing the controls and others restraining the suspect.
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  Speaker 1: The pilot, Smit Machar, also displayed heroism. Passengers and crew
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  Speaker 1: managed to overpower the copilot, and a second pair of
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  Speaker 1: pilots aboard the flight landed the jet safely in Tabuk,
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will
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  Speaker 1: join the investigation into the incident, stating that investigators would
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  Speaker 1: determine if Iran had any connection. He mentioned cooperation with
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  Speaker 1: UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on this matter. FlyJubai
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  Speaker 1: has since suspended its service to and from Israel as
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  Speaker 1: the incident is investigated. US President Donald Trump also commented
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  Speaker 1: on the event, telling reporters he had spoken with Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu and described the copilot as potentially a terrorist
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  Speaker 1: or a whack job. He relayed an account of the
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  Speaker 1: passenger intervention, emphasising the bravery shown. In news regarding antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: Deerfield's Village Hall in suburban Chicago was defaced with antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: graffiti overnight, marking another incident in the area following a
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  Speaker 1: similar event in nearby Highland Park, where a swastika was
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  Speaker 1: spray-painted on a playground slide. Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League has
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  Speaker 1: sharply criticised New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's newly released
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  Speaker 1: plan to combat antisemitism, arguing that the mayor does not
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  Speaker 1: treat the hatred facing Jewish New Yorkers as an emergency
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  Speaker 1: and refuses to recognise its different forms. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: President Isaac Herzog condemned recent violence, visiting an IDF base
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  Speaker 1: and vowing to ensure that vigilantes are arrested and brought
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  Speaker 1: to trial. This comes after an incident near the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: village of Jalad, where over 100 Jewish extremists attacked IDF
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  Speaker 1: soldiers and border police officers, ultimately succeeding in blocking a
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian family from returning to its home. The IDF made
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  Speaker 1: a rare public admission that its mission had failed. Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu and the US State Department also condemned these
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  Speaker 1: violent riots. Amidst rising regional tensions, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: recently met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
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  Speaker 1: in Abu Dhabi. Separately, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin
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  Speaker 1: Farhan held talks in Washington with US Secretary of State
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  Speaker 1: Marco Rubio. These diplomatic engagements occur alongside renewed fighting in
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  Speaker 1: Yemen and ongoing tensions with Iran. raising questions about regional
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  Speaker 1: preparedness for escalation and containment strategies. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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