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IDF Kills Hamas Planner; Iran Strike Reports Clarified · 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: We begin with a significant counter-terrorism operation. The IDF announced
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  Speaker 1: on Wednesday that an airstrike on Sunday eliminated Musa, Abd
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed Hamada, a Hamas-Nukhba terrorist, identified as a planner of
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  Speaker 1: the explosive device attack that killed four Israeli soldiers on
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  Speaker 1: September 8, 2025. According to the military, His elimination by
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  Speaker 1: the 162nd Division and the 215th Fire Brigade marks a
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  Speaker 1: critical step in holding those responsible for the soldiers' deaths accountable.
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  Speaker 1: The operation was a joint effort by the Israeli Security Agency,
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  Speaker 1: also known as Shin Bet, and the IDF. The soldiers
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  Speaker 1: who perished in that attack were Staff Sergeant Yuri Lamed,
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  Speaker 1: Sergeant Gadi Kotal, Sergeant Amit Ari Rejev and Lieutenant Matan Abramovitz.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to regional tensions, The Jerusalem Post has learned that
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  Speaker 1: contrary to recent reports, the IDF was not planning a
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  Speaker 1: strike on Iran on October 10. Sources indicated that while
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  Speaker 1: the IDF has maintained a state of readiness at various
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  Speaker 1: times over recent months, no specific orders were issued by
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Defence Minister Israel Katz for
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  Speaker 1: an offensive operation against Iran at that time. This clarification
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  Speaker 1: challenges the premise of some reports, suggesting that a planned
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  Speaker 1: Israeli strike was blocked by US President Donald Trump, as
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  Speaker 1: no such attack was imminent. On Wednesday, in the West
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  Speaker 1: Bank near Bethlehem, the IDF detained approximately 90 volunteers associated
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  Speaker 1: with rabbis for human rights. Among them was US Congressional
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  Speaker 1: nominee Brad Lander. The volunteers were reportedly accompanying Palestinian farmers
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  Speaker 1: to their olive groves when IDF forces arrived and declared
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  Speaker 1: the area a closed military zone. According to activists, They
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  Speaker 1: complied with military orders but were still detained and processed.
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  Speaker 1: Rabbis for Human Rights stated that the Palestinian farmers had
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  Speaker 1: been unable to access these groves for three years. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, Yitzhak Zaga, a Knesset ministerial candidate for
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  Speaker 1: the Religious Zionist Party and Zehut Joint List, has faced
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  Speaker 1: widespread condemnation for remarks alleging an Arab takeover of Israel's
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  Speaker 1: healthcare system. Zaga claimed that Jewish nurses are afraid to
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  Speaker 1: work with Arab doctors. and that Arab medical students receive
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  Speaker 1: preferential treatment. Professor Haggai Levine, chair of the Israeli Association
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  Speaker 1: of Public Health Physicians, called these statements false, blood-libel-style accusations
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  Speaker 1: that pose a danger to public health and Israel's identity.
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  Speaker 1: Dr Ze'ev Feldman, chairman of the Organization of State-Employed Physicians,
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  Speaker 1: also condemned the remarks, emphasising the shared mission of caregivers.
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  Speaker 1: In electoral news, the Central Election Committee announced that the
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  Speaker 1: blue and white led by Binny Gantz list will not
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  Speaker 1: compete in the 26th Knesset elections, following the legal resignation
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  Speaker 1: of all its candidates. Meanwhile, Naftali Bennett, chairman of the
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  Speaker 1: Together Party, stated his intention to immediately repeal four key
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  Speaker 1: judicial overhaul laws, including those concerning the Committee for the
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  Speaker 1: Selection of Judges and Public Prosecutors, upon the formation of
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  Speaker 1: the Knesset. In related news concerning public discourse... White nationalist
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  Speaker 1: Nick Fuentes publicly accused commentator Tucker Carlson of being a
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  Speaker 1: true Jew hater and exhibiting rabid antisemitism. In a video
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  Speaker 1: clip shared online on October 20, Fuentes urged US Vice
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  Speaker 1: President J.D. Vance to condemn Carlson. The clip, the full
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  Speaker 1: context of which remains unverified, featured Fuentes claiming Carlson was
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  Speaker 1: completely obsessed with Jewish issues and accusing him of Israel
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  Speaker 1: Derangement Syndrome. Fuentes also stated he had attempted to persuade
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  Speaker 1: Carlson to change his views. This comes amid a history
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  Speaker 1: of anti-Semitic statements by Fuentes, including Holocaust denial and praise
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  Speaker 1: for Adolf Hitler, and follows controversy over Carlson's past interviews
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  Speaker 1: with him. Finally, on the economic front, the city of
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  Speaker 1: Dallas is hosting the Unicorn Rodeo Conference, a Texas-style technology
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  Speaker 1: event designed to connect Israeli start-ups and entrepreneurs with the
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  Speaker 1: state's business community. Organized by the Texas-Israel Alliance, the conference
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  Speaker 1: aims to foster commercial relationships between Texas and Israel, markets
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  Speaker 1: that currently engage in approximately $ 4 billion in trade, and
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  Speaker 1: hold significant potential for further growth. 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 clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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