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Egypt FM Warns of US-Iran Escalation · 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: Egypt's Foreign Minister Bader Abdelati has voiced significant concern, warning
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  Speaker 1: that a new escalation between the United States and Iran
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  Speaker 1: would be more dangerous and destructive, leading nowhere. Speaking at
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  Speaker 1: the IISS Manama Dialogue Security Summit in Bahrain, Abdelati urged
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  Speaker 1: drawing lessons from the past. noting that an interim agreement
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  Speaker 1: reached in June failed to secure a lasting ceasefire or
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  Speaker 1: restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Qatari mediators
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  Speaker 1: are reportedly engaged in renewed efforts to broker a deal,
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  Speaker 1: though disagreements persist over whether nuclear negotiations or sanctions relief
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  Speaker 1: should be prioritised. On the northern front, Israeli Air Force
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  Speaker 1: fighter jets were reported to be conducting attacks on villages
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  Speaker 1: in Rashid and Hadaita in southern Lebanon, described as a
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  Speaker 1: responsive action. In the West Bank, the IDF has destroyed
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  Speaker 1: the homes of terrorists involved in a recent attack at
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  Speaker 1: the Yehuda Junction. Reports also indicate ongoing violence in Judea
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  Speaker 1: and Samaria, and IDF fighters have reportedly surprised terrorists in
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  Speaker 1: the heart of Jenin. In Canada, authorities are investigating suspected
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  Speaker 1: gunfire directed at a synagogue in the Montreal suburb of Westmont,
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  Speaker 1: where damage was found to several windows. This incident follows
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  Speaker 1: a history of targeting the Temple Immanuel Beth Sholem, including
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  Speaker 1: a swastika spray-painted last year and an attempted arson earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year. Rabbi Lisa Grushkow noted the context of growing
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  Speaker 1: radicalisation and rising antisemitism. Meanwhile, a Canadian police officer, Jeff Smith,
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  Speaker 1: critically wounded on Yom Kippur Eve while preventing a gunman
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  Speaker 1: from entering a Belleville, Ontario synagogue, has been released from
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  Speaker 1: the hospital and is recovering at home, thanks to significant
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  Speaker 1: community support. Separately, an anti-Israel group called No Harbour for Genocide,
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  Speaker 1: was praised by Hamas for its role in a global
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  Speaker 1: dockworkers strike protesting arms shipments to Israel, with the group
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  Speaker 1: calling for a halt to shipments and an end to
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  Speaker 1: military action in Gaza. Turning to Israeli domestic politics, election
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  Speaker 1: results indicate Benjamin Netanyahu will remain Prime Minister, but his
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  Speaker 1: coalition currently holds only 53 seats, falling short of the
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  Speaker 1: 61 needed for a majority. This leaves the opposition bloc,
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  Speaker 1: numbering 48 seats, with the challenge of forming an alternative government.
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  Speaker 1: Within the right-wing bloc, Likud activists in southern Israel are
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  Speaker 1: reportedly blaming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia for galvanising Arab voters,
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  Speaker 1: with increased turnout observed in cities like Rahat, which they
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  Speaker 1: argue damaged the bloc's electoral prospects. In other political news,
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  Speaker 1: Chairman of Rayam Mansa Arbas celebrated his party's election achievements
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  Speaker 1: in his village. A report from Mariv News Flash indicates
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  Speaker 1: a decision has been made in the White House. suggesting
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  Speaker 1: a date has been marked by President Trump for an
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  Speaker 1: attack on Iran. This comes amid ongoing developments in regional conflicts.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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