Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 11, 2026, 03 PM Eastern
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Iran has reportedly employed advanced artificial intelligence systems, including its
- 0:17Speaker 1: own Claude model, to develop sophisticated military strategies. An anthropic
- 0:22Speaker 1: report detailed how an Iran nexus threat actor used AI
- 0:25Speaker 1: to devise targeting recommendations against US naval forces. develop propaganda
- 0:31Speaker 1: tactics aimed at Israeli and Jewish organizations, and create intricate
- 0:35Speaker 1: phishing operations. The AI helped identify and track naval positions,
- 0:40Speaker 1: compile U.S. personnel rosters scraped from public photos, gather ship
- 0:44Speaker 1: and aircraft transponder identifiers, and query commercial satellite imagery to
- 0:49Speaker 1: monitor U.S. naval movements. It was also used to research
- 0:52Speaker 1: vulnerabilities in shipboard communications and industrial control systems. The report
- 0:58Speaker 1: also revealed that Iran used AI to build an automated,
- 1:01Speaker 1: open-source intelligence identity-profiling harness, targeting hundreds of Israeli government and
- 1:07Speaker 1: non-governmental individuals, as well as Jewish diaspora organisations, and conducted
- 1:12Speaker 1: social network analysis on over 155,000 tweets. In other regional developments,
- 1:19Speaker 1: Iran-backed Houthi rebels have reportedly seized Perim Island. a strategic
- 1:24Speaker 1: location that strengthens their position along a key Red Sea
- 1:27Speaker 1: shipping route. Meanwhile, a senior Lebanese official speaking to the
- 1:30Speaker 1: Times of Israel expressed concern that Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon,
- 1:35Speaker 1: which extend beyond Hezbollah infrastructure, are creating a significant backlash. This,
- 1:41Speaker 1: the official stated, is undermining the Lebanese government's efforts to
- 1:44Speaker 1: collaborate with Israel on disarming the militant group. Citing a
- 1:48Speaker 1: recent strike that killed 11 civilians, including a paramedic, the
- 1:52Speaker 1: official argued that indiscriminate targeting fuels opposition to peace talks.
- 1:57Speaker 1: The official also noted that US-mediated negotiations aimed at disarming
- 2:01Speaker 1: Hezbollah and potentially establishing a peace deal have stalled, partly
- 2:06Speaker 1: due to Israeli claims that the Lebanese armed forces are
- 2:09Speaker 1: not adequately addressing the threat. In Thailand, a large Rosh
- 2:13Speaker 1: Hashanah dinner organised by Chabad in Phuket was cancelled at
- 2:16Speaker 1: the last minute. Organisers cited a request from Israeli security
- 2:21Speaker 1: officials who were concerned about potential violence from local protests
- 2:25Speaker 1: against the event. The protests, which drew hundreds, included chants
- 2:29Speaker 1: and signs described as antisemitic, with one organiser claiming Chabad
- 2:34Speaker 1: centres were involved with international Zionist networks. The US Special
- 2:38Speaker 1: Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Rabbi Yehuda Kaplan, posted
- 2:43Speaker 1: on X Friday that he was deeply concerned by rising
- 2:47Speaker 1: antisemitic rhetoric in Thailand. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for
- 2:50Speaker 1: listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe and informed.
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- 3:01Speaker 1: that this AI generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so
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