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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 28, 2026, 05 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates on
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  Speaker 1: Sunday for a six-hour meeting with UAE President Mohammed bin
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  Speaker 1: Zayed al-Nahyan, where Iran was reportedly the main topic of discussion.
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  Speaker 1: Sources told the Jerusalem Post that the two leaders had
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  Speaker 1: spoken several times by phone in the weeks leading up
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  Speaker 1: to the meeting. and that Israeli pressure had been applied
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  Speaker 1: to arrange the visit. The visit was intended to be
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  Speaker 1: kept secret until after it took place, but its occurrence
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  Speaker 1: was later confirmed, though the UAE had not issued an
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  Speaker 1: official statement as of publication. This diplomatic engagement underscores the
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  Speaker 1: ongoing regional security concerns surrounding Iran. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: suspected far-right Jewish extremists caused extensive property damage in Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: villages near Ramallah overnight Sunday into Monday. According to reports,
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  Speaker 1: they torched tractors, vehicles and structures and sprayed graffiti on buildings,
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  Speaker 1: including phrases like revenge and happy holiday from the happy Jews.
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  Speaker 1: The Israel police's Judea and Samaria district has opened an
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  Speaker 1: investigation into the incidents. These events follow similar attacks in
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  Speaker 1: recent days, and the IDF has assessed that the coming
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  Speaker 1: days will be particularly volatile due to the Sukkot holiday,
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  Speaker 1: with increased troop deployments aimed at preventing friction. Meanwhile, Maastricht
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  Speaker 1: University in the Netherlands, has suspended a Palestinian student who
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  Speaker 1: posted a social media video claiming involvement in the October
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  Speaker 1: 7th attack on Israel. In the clip, the student points
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  Speaker 1: to a screen showing Hamas propaganda and shouts, 7 October,
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  Speaker 1: this is me. A university spokesperson clarified that the suspension
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  Speaker 1: is not a punishment and will not lead to a
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  Speaker 1: criminal investigation. On the international policy front, US ambassador to
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  Speaker 1: the UN, Mike Waltz, stated that President Trump remains committed
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  Speaker 1: to preventing a nuclear-armed Iran, emphasising that all options on
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  Speaker 1: the table are being employed. President Trump himself expressed confidence
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  Speaker 1: that Washington is winning militarily and economically against Iran, projecting
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  Speaker 1: that oil prices will drop significantly once the conflict is resolved,
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  Speaker 1: and reiterating that Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.
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  Speaker 1: In diplomatic news, Morocco is set to upgrade its diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: ties with Israel to full embassies, with plans to exchange
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  Speaker 1: ambassadors and finalise agreements on investment protection, and double taxation
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  Speaker 1: by year's end. This move builds on the 2020 normalisation agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givir confronted senior Hamas terrorist
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  Speaker 1: Hassan Salameh during a prison visit. Salameh is serving 48
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  Speaker 1: life sentences for his role in the 1996 bus bombings.
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  Speaker 1: Ben-Givir told Salameh, I want to execute you, and stated
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  Speaker 1: he was responsible for administering hell to him. Hamas responded
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  Speaker 1: with a statement accusing Israel of turning prisons into killing
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  Speaker 1: grounds and vowing their prisoners would not be intimidated. Ben-Givir
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  Speaker 1: also wrote on social media that he was leading a
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  Speaker 1: policy to turn Salemeh's life into hell and would advocate
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  Speaker 1: for the death penalty for terrorists. Concerns are rising over
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  Speaker 1: the Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, signed in 2019 and expanded over
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  Speaker 1: the past two years. This agreement establishes an artificial corridor
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  Speaker 1: that divides the Mediterranean Sea, potentially disrupting shipping and blocking
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  Speaker 1: Israeli energy export pipelines to Europe. Israeli defence officials are
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  Speaker 1: monitoring the situation, viewing Turkey's moves as attempts to constrain
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  Speaker 1: and isolate Israel. Within Israel's domestic politics, Yair Golan, chairman
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  Speaker 1: of the far-left Democrats' party, stated that an Arab party
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  Speaker 1: should be included in Israel's next government. This position has
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  Speaker 1: created division within the opposition bloc, as key figures like
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eisenkot and Avigdor Liberman have previously set conditions for
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  Speaker 1: Arab parties to join a government or rejected the possibility outright.
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  Speaker 1: And in uplifting news, the Aliyah and Integration Ministry is
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  Speaker 1: moving away from a standardised model for immigrant absorption, offering
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  Speaker 1: younger arrivals digital access, pre-Aliyah support and personalised plans tailored
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  Speaker 1: for jobs, education and community life. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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