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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 5, 2026, 01 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: US officials are increasingly concerned about Iran's potential for significant
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  Speaker 1: escalation in its conflict with the United States. According to
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  Speaker 1: recent US intelligence reports cited by the New York Times,
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  Speaker 1: Iran has grown more confident in its capabilities and its
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  Speaker 1: understanding of the limits of American pressure. This increased confidence,
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  Speaker 1: according to the report, is leading to a reluctance among
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  Speaker 1: Iranian leaders to make any agreement to fully end the war.
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  Speaker 1: US officials fear that Iran may intensify its attacks both
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  Speaker 1: within the Middle East, targeting more ships in the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz and US infrastructure in the region, and within
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  Speaker 1: the cybersphere. In recent weeks, Iran has resumed strikes against
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  Speaker 1: US targets, and the US has resumed strikes within Iran. However,
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  Speaker 1: US officials believe Iran-linked hackers were behind cyberattacks on more
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  Speaker 1: than 100 water systems across the US in July. While
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  Speaker 1: no systems were degraded to the point of making water
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  Speaker 1: unsafe to drink, the attacks caused disruptions that required manual
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  Speaker 1: overrides and precautionary boil water advisories. US oil and gas
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure may also be on the hackers' target list, although
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  Speaker 1: current and former US officials told the New York Times
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  Speaker 1: that those systems are more protected. it remains unclear whether
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  Speaker 1: any energy systems have been breached. According to the report,
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  Speaker 1: Iran has also gained a more precise understanding of its
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  Speaker 1: leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and believes that US
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  Speaker 1: forces will not be able to sustain major new strikes
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  Speaker 1: due to dwindling munitions stockpiles. Additionally, signs have emerged of
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  Speaker 1: Iran spreading propaganda against President Trump and focusing on US
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  Speaker 1: midterm elections, with domestic media in Iran publishing numerous articles
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  Speaker 1: about the topic. In cultural news, Actor Mark Ruffalo has
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  Speaker 1: become the centre of a controversy following comments he made
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  Speaker 1: regarding the Paramount's guidance merger. Some Jewish groups and figures
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  Speaker 1: have accused Ruffalo of antisemitism, stating that his remarks invoked
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  Speaker 1: classic antisemitic tropes about Jewish wealth and power. Ruffalo had
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  Speaker 1: linked Paramount's guidance CEO David Ellison, whose father Larry Ellison
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  Speaker 1: is one of the world's richest men and a prominent
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  Speaker 1: supporter of Israel, to the tech giant Oracle. He claimed
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  Speaker 1: Larry Ellison was a classic oligarch, who is crushing workers
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  Speaker 1: and consolidating the wealth of the world. Paramount itself has
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  Speaker 1: stated that opposition to the merger has an anti-Semitic element
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  Speaker 1: and seized on Ruffalo's comments to support its claim. However,
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  Speaker 1: a large group of notable Jewish personalities, including entertainers, rabbis
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  Speaker 1: and physicians, have released an open letter defending Ruffalo, calling
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  Speaker 1: the attacks against him a false and dangerous weaponisation of
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  Speaker 1: charges of anti-Semitism. I'm Noah Levi. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 1: to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe and informed.
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