Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Iran Targets US Personnel; Intel Leaks Involve Israel
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Concerns are rising as US intelligence warns that Iran has
- 0:15Speaker 1: substantially increased efforts to target American personnel abroad, with lethal
- 0:20Speaker 1: plots against US citizens in the Middle East and certain
- 0:23Speaker 1: other countries reportedly reaching advanced stages. According to reporting by
- 0:28Speaker 1: CBS News, a memo from Director of National Intelligence, Jay
- 0:32Speaker 1: Clayton to Secretary of State Marco Rubio does not name
- 0:36Speaker 1: specific targets or indicate if attacks are imminent. In response
- 0:40Speaker 1: to regional tensions, the State Department ordered non-essential personnel and
- 0:44Speaker 1: their families to leave Saudi Arabia this week, and other
- 0:47Speaker 1: regional embassies have moved to restricted operations. In intelligence developments,
- 0:52Speaker 1: the FBI arrested CIA contractor Ian Brinksman on Friday, accusing
- 0:57Speaker 1: him of unlawfully transmitting national defence information to a journalist.
- 1:01Speaker 1: Court papers, as reported by Jewish News 24, indicate the
- 1:05Speaker 1: leaked material included sensitive details about Israeli lobbying for the
- 1:09Speaker 1: US to assassinate Iran's parliament speaker, a US assessment of
- 1:14Speaker 1: Israel's military ties with Washington, and a CIA scenario analysis
- 1:18Speaker 1: of severe internal conflict in Israel ahead of its October
- 1:21Speaker 1: 27 election. Anit reported the journalist involved is Ada Chavez.
- 1:27Speaker 1: Brinksman faces potential prison time if convicted. Separately, viral video
- 1:31Speaker 1: creator Nuser Yassin told a US conference that the Israeli-Palestinian
- 1:35Speaker 1: conflict is globally significant because Palestinians face the most hated
- 1:40Speaker 1: type of enemy, the Jews. This statement was reported by
- 1:43Speaker 1: the Times of Israel. And in domestic Israeli news, thousands
- 1:48Speaker 1: of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand
- 1:51Speaker 1: a state commission of inquiry into the security and leadership
- 1:54Speaker 1: failures surrounding the October 7 Hamas attack. The rally at
- 1:58Speaker 1: Hostage Square was organised by the October Council, representing victims
- 2:02Speaker 1: and survivors. Opposition leaders Gadi Eisenkot, Naftali Bennett and Avigdor
- 2:08Speaker 1: Liberman attended the event, according to reports from Jewish News 24.
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- 2:22Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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