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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 14, 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 Gaza, the IDF and Shin Bet have significantly ramped
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  Speaker 1: up counter-terrorism operations in recent weeks, focusing on disrupting Hamas's
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  Speaker 1: military capabilities and command structures. According to a military source,
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  Speaker 1: these efforts include targeted strikes based on intelligence from the
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet and Military Intelligence Directorate. On Monday, Five targeted
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  Speaker 1: strikes were carried out, resulting in the deaths of at
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  Speaker 1: least four terrorists holding command and force-building positions. Among them
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  Speaker 1: was Ahmed al-Baytek Abu Osama, identified as a top commander
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  Speaker 1: in Hamas's Gaza City Brigade, who was killed in an
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  Speaker 1: overnight strike on his vehicle. Operations have also focused on
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  Speaker 1: areas like Deir al-Bala and Gaza City, including near Shifa Hospital,
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  Speaker 1: where a weapons storage facility was previously targeted. The Shin
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  Speaker 1: Bet's Nili Unit, established to track down those involved in
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  Speaker 1: the October 7th massacre, is actively working to locate terrorists. Furthermore,
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  Speaker 1: security forces are working to degrade Hamas's ability to acquire weapons,
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  Speaker 1: with the air force striking approximately 20 of the terror
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  Speaker 1: group's weapons storage facilities, workshops and laboratories used for production
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  Speaker 1: in the past two weeks. Beyond the battlefield, the narrative
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  Speaker 1: surrounding the conflict is also a point of contention. Former
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  Speaker 1: Hamas hostages Ron Braslavsky and Aliyah Cohen have strongly condemned
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  Speaker 1: the documentary, NAZA, which recently won a special jury prize
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  Speaker 1: at the Venice Film Festival. The film, which received a
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  Speaker 1: lengthy standing ovation, has sparked significant backlash in Israel. Braslavsky,
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  Speaker 1: who was held for 738 days, called the directors traitors
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  Speaker 1: and suggested they should be imprisoned. Ilya Cohen, who endured
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  Speaker 1: over 500 days of captivity, described his experience with starvation
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  Speaker 1: and torture. He posted on social media that the film
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  Speaker 1: completely erases what we've been through, reverses reality and presents
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  Speaker 1: a one-sided story, expressing fear of both Hamas terrorists and
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  Speaker 1: some Gazan citizens he encountered. NAZA is scheduled for a
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  Speaker 1: premiere at the New York Film Festival on September 26.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to domestic security, Israeli police announced on Monday the
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  Speaker 1: seizure of significant quantities of illegal weapons and explosives. During
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  Speaker 1: an operation aimed at reducing violent crime in Arab communities,
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  Speaker 1: police forces in Tebe located 6.5 kilograms of explosive material
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  Speaker 1: and detonation components. In Kafr Qasim, raids uncovered two Glock
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  Speaker 1: 19 pistols, a nine magazine and several rifle magazines. Four
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  Speaker 1: suspects were arrested in connection with these finds. Officials also
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  Speaker 1: noted that some of the seized weapons are suspected of
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  Speaker 1: having been stolen from the IDF. In a separate incident
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  Speaker 1: last week, Two individuals were arrested in Shfaram on suspicion
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  Speaker 1: of stealing a shoulder-fired Matador missile from the IDF. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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