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Hezbollah Readies Forces Amid Regional Tensions · 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 today with significant developments concerning Iran and its proxies.
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon's Hezbollah has reportedly been instructed by Iran to raise
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  Speaker 1: its military readiness, with full-time members summoned. Sources suggest the
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  Speaker 1: group is adopting elements of Iran's Mosaic Defense doctrine, aiming
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  Speaker 1: for decentralized command. These are described as preparations for a
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  Speaker 1: potential near-term scenario, not a final decision for war. In
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  Speaker 1: related news, a German court has convicted two men for
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  Speaker 1: plotting to assassinate a leader of the Jewish community and
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  Speaker 1: spy on Jewish targets, with one defendant linked to Iran's
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  Speaker 1: intelligence service, highlighting persistent concerns about state-sponsored Iranian terrorism. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: reports also touch on continued Houthi activity, with claims of
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  Speaker 1: significant casualties, and continued bombing campaigns on Saudi infrastructure. Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu also revealed a personal intervention with Syrian President
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  Speaker 1: Ahmed al-Sharrar last year, stating a short, sharp conversation. He
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  Speaker 1: initiated successfully halted massacres against the Druze community. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank, six Palestinian farmers have petitioned Israel's High
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  Speaker 1: Court for access to agricultural land near Nahalin, which they
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  Speaker 1: claim has been blocked by soldiers and settlers since October 2023,
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  Speaker 1: without any disclosed legal basis. The Association for Civil Rights
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  Speaker 1: in Israel is supporting their plea ahead of the olive harvest.
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  Speaker 1: In operational news, the IDF's 99th Division has concluded a
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  Speaker 1: four-month mission in northern Gaza, reporting the elimination of over
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  Speaker 1: 100 terrorists, including those involved in the October 7th attacks
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  Speaker 1: and the destruction of approximately eight kilometres of underground tunnels.
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  Speaker 1: The 162nd Division is set to replace them. In the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank, Elite Duvdevan unit fighters, guided by the Shin Bet,
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  Speaker 1: conducted an operation in Jenin, arresting a key weapons dealer
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  Speaker 1: associated with a terror organisation previously dismantled. Domestically, Israeli politics
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  Speaker 1: saw controversy as MK Yitzhak Pindrus of United Torah Judaism
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  Speaker 1: criticised the election of Amir Ohana as Knesset speaker due
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  Speaker 1: to his LGBT affiliation, calling it a desecration of God's name.
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  Speaker 1: The Association for LGBTQ Equality in Israel has filed an
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  Speaker 1: ethics complaint. Regarding election integrity, the Likud party has formally
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  Speaker 1: requested the Shin Bet Investigates suspected foreign interference, citing reports
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  Speaker 1: of foreign diplomats approaching Haredi political figures to potentially support
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  Speaker 1: a Gadi-Eisenkot-led government. Likud and the Religious Zionism Party also
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  Speaker 1: plan to deploy activists at Arab polling stations due to
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  Speaker 1: unsubstantiated fraud claims, a move the Joint List chief has
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  Speaker 1: labelled a racist campaign. On coalition building, Yisrael Beitei new
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  Speaker 1: leader Avigdor Liberman has rejected Gadi Eisenkot's proposal for a
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  Speaker 1: minority government. In economic and business news, Rafel Advanced Defence
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  Speaker 1: Systems reported a remarkable outcome from recent conflicts with Iran.
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  Speaker 1: They ended the fighting with more Tamiya interceptors in stock
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  Speaker 1: than they began with, despite thousands being fired. CEO Yoav
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  Speaker 1: Turgimen emphasised the critical role of industrial capacity in sustained defence.
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  Speaker 1: Rafale is expanding its production, including a new facility in
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  Speaker 1: Arkansas expected to produce interceptors for both the US and
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  Speaker 1: Israel annually. On the diplomatic front, President Isaac Herzog met
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  Speaker 1: with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Bahrain's foreign minister, discussing
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  Speaker 1: ways to deepen strategic ties and bolster regional stability. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in a separate incident, two contractor employees were arrested following
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  Speaker 1: a joint operation by the prison service and police, on
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  Speaker 1: suspicion of smuggling prohibited items into a central Israeli prison,
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  Speaker 1: with the investigation ongoing. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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