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Iran's 'Father of All Bombs' and US-Israel Strike Plans · 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: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, announced preparations to
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  Speaker 1: unveil a new weapon dubbed the father of all bombs. Jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: reports this is explicitly framed as a response to US
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  Speaker 1: threats to use the mother of all bombs, or MOAB,
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  Speaker 1: against Iran's nuclear facilities. This comes amid reports from the
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  Speaker 1: New York Times. cited by World Israel News that Washington
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  Speaker 1: and Jerusalem have prepared plans for intensive strikes targeting Iran's
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  Speaker 1: energy infrastructure and nuclear programme. President Trump has reportedly ruled
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  Speaker 1: out nuclear weapons use against Iran, but has not dismissed
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  Speaker 1: conventional options. Meanwhile, unconfirmed reports from Fox News, via telegram
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  Speaker 1: channel Israel Today, suggest Israeli fighter jets flew over Syria
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  Speaker 1: and Iraq toward Iran last night as part of a
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  Speaker 1: military exercise. In Lebanon, a security official told Wallah, as
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  Speaker 1: reported by Jpost.com, that Hezbollah is rebuilding and expanding its
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  Speaker 1: military capabilities in Beirut and Tyre, restoring damaged assets and
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  Speaker 1: relocating forces from southern Lebanon. The official stated that the
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  Speaker 1: IDF is dissatisfied with the Lebanese Armed Forces Enforcement of Understandings,
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  Speaker 1: intended to curb Hezbollah's military activities, and assesses the organisation
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  Speaker 1: is working to regain operational experience. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: Photojournalist Heidi Levine for The Washington Post was seriously injured
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  Speaker 1: in an attack by extremist Israeli settlers during an olive
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  Speaker 1: harvest near Abu Fala, Jpost.com reported. Levine recounted being protected
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  Speaker 1: and rescued by Palestinian youth who intervened. The IDF, Shin
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  Speaker 1: Bet and Israel Police arrested 10 suspects early Monday morning
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  Speaker 1: in connection with the incident, dubbed Operation Olive Leaf. President
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  Speaker 1: Isaac Herzog called Levine to apologise for the attack. Following
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  Speaker 1: these events, Israel Defence Force's Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir
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  Speaker 1: vowed to continue pursuing those responsible for the October 7 massacre,
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  Speaker 1: citing the killing of a Hamas Nakhba terrorist involved in
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  Speaker 1: the abduction of Shani Lauch. On the international political front,
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  Speaker 1: US Vice President J.D. Vance stated he would not endorse
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  Speaker 1: foreign leaders. Reaffirming his refusal to support Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's re-election bid, World Israel News reported. Vance indicated his
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  Speaker 1: focus is on US midterms. This stance contrasts with President
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  Speaker 1: Trump's complete and total endorsement of Netanyahu. Domestically, Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz stated that future attacks on Israel would be
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  Speaker 1: blamed on opposition leaders who questioned the government's security warnings.
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  Speaker 1: Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticised the statement, calling it
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  Speaker 1: a gift to Israel's enemies and an admission of failure,
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  Speaker 1: according to jpost.com. For the upcoming elections, Updated estimates from
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  Speaker 1: the Taub Center suggest that approximately 166,000 votes will be
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  Speaker 1: needed to cross Israel's electoral threshold of 3.25%, assuming a
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  Speaker 1: 70% voter turnout. Separately, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers
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  Speaker 1: claimed during a debate that some Jewish Democrats are literally
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  Speaker 1: afraid of his opponent, Abdel El-Sayed, citing concerns over his rhetoric,
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  Speaker 1: as detailed by jpost.com. Meanwhile, actress Virginie Carlefer-Hagg, raised in Paris,
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  Speaker 1: expressed that Paris is burning, Jews are afraid, and France
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  Speaker 1: no longer feels safe following recent events, UNIT reported. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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