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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 27, 2026, 07 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 with significant developments in Gaza and the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF and Shin bet announced over the weekend the
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  Speaker 1: elimination of Saha Nidl Latfi Saka, a Hamas operative identified
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  Speaker 1: as involved in the October 7th abduction of Noah Agamani
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  Speaker 1: and Avinatan Orr from the Nova Music Festival. The IDF
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  Speaker 1: stated Saka supplied Hamas with weapons and advanced attacks against
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  Speaker 1: Israeli forces and civilians. In a stark illustration of ongoing tactics,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF released footage showing terrorist organisations in Gaza systematically
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  Speaker 1: exploiting children. According to the military, troops observed a terrorist
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  Speaker 1: using a child as a human shield to transport weapons
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  Speaker 1: into a civilian home, an attempt to deter Israeli strikes.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF stated it refrained from striking upon identifying the child.
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  Speaker 1: condemning the act as a violation of international law. Moving
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  Speaker 1: to the West Bank, amid concerns of potential terrorist attacks
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  Speaker 1: during the intermediate holiday days, the IDF is reinforcing troop
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  Speaker 1: deployments and increasing alert levels. Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia has
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  Speaker 1: ordered measures including additional combat battalions and shorter response times.
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  Speaker 1: Intelligence activity in the Nablus sector recently led to the
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  Speaker 1: discovery of weapons manufacturing equipment and the arrest of two Palestinians.
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  Speaker 1: On the political front regarding Gaza, former Defence Minister Yoav
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  Speaker 1: Garland confirmed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar had sent a
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  Speaker 1: warning through a Shin Bet channel that he would shake
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  Speaker 1: the prisons. Garland also alleged that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: excluded senior security officials from sensitive conversations with US officials.
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  Speaker 1: He also stated he was not informed of any foreign
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  Speaker 1: leader warnings prior to October 7, learning of them through
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  Speaker 1: media reports. In related coverage, The Times of Israel reports
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  Speaker 1: on a documentary examining IDF conduct in Gaza. While the
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  Speaker 1: film presents grave allegations sourced from alleged whistleblowers, the publication
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  Speaker 1: critically notes the questionable sourcing and efficient investigative rigour of
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  Speaker 1: the documentary. Turning to regional tensions, Iran's army spokesperson Mohamed
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  Speaker 1: Akraminia has warned that the United States could launch a
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  Speaker 1: renewed attack due to the country's regional instability. Akraminia stated
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  Speaker 1: Iran is fully prepared for confrontation, and that the US
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  Speaker 1: would suffer greater damage if it initiated such an attack. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Iranian Army Commander-in-Chief Amir Hatami declared the war is at
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  Speaker 1: a critical stage, and emphasised that Iran will not accept
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  Speaker 1: a situation where it cannot trade while foreign powers utilise
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  Speaker 1: the region's strategic waterways, referring to the Strait of Hormuz. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Arab-Israeli activist Yosef Hardad is running for Knesset on the
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  Speaker 1: People of Israel Party list, emphasising Arab-Israeli partnership over co-existence. Hardad,
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  Speaker 1: a vocal supporter of Israel, aims to bring new faces
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  Speaker 1: into Parliament following the October 7th attacks. Finally, regarding Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations, World Israel
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  Speaker 1: News clarifies that the delegates who left the hall as
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  Speaker 1: he began speaking were from Arab and minor countries, a
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  Speaker 1: departure that did not represent a widespread rejection by major
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  Speaker 1: world powers, which largely remained present. For continuing coverage of
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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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