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Iran's Janfada Campaign Mobilizes Women for Wartime Training · 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: In Iran, World Israel News reports the government is expanding
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  Speaker 1: its Janfada volunteer campaign to include women in military training.
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  Speaker 1: This initiative, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, involves
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  Speaker 1: instruction in firearms and military systems as part of broader
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  Speaker 1: civilian mobilization efforts. The recruitment of women highlights a striking
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  Speaker 1: contradiction within a system that has historically restricted women's freedoms.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to security concerns, Mariv News Flash reports that an
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  Speaker 1: unarmed Egyptian national was apprehended by IDF forces after crossing
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  Speaker 1: the border into the Nizana sector. During Shin Bet interrogation,
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  Speaker 1: the 30-year-old claimed his intent was to kill Jews. He
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  Speaker 1: was found with only a water bottle, and an investigation
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  Speaker 1: is underway to determine if he has ties to ISIS-Sinai.
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  Speaker 1: Also on antisemitism, World Israel News reports that the campaign
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  Speaker 1: of Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is facing criticism.
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  Speaker 1: Jewish organizations and political figures, including Democratic Representative Dan Goldman,
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  Speaker 1: are calling on El-Sayed to explicitly condemn an advertisement from
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  Speaker 1: the progressive group Rebellion Pack. This ad blames Israel for
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  Speaker 1: high grocery prices and uses rhetoric criticized as antisemitic. El-Sayed's
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  Speaker 1: campaign stated the ad is not affiliated with them, but
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  Speaker 1: has not directly condemned its content. In the disputed territories,
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  Speaker 1: a 20-year-old woman sustained a light facial injury from stone-throwing
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  Speaker 1: on Highway 60 near Rahalim, according to Mariv News Flash.
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  Speaker 1: Medics treated and evacuated her. The incident occurred amid concerns
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  Speaker 1: of potential escalation ahead of elections. Domestically, Israel is heading
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  Speaker 1: towards elections. Jpost.com and Mariv News Flash report on several developments.
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  Speaker 1: Police arrested three residents on suspicion of bribing citizens to
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  Speaker 1: vote for the Arab Ra'am party on election day eve,
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  Speaker 1: seizing tens of thousands of shekels. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: condemned the incident. Voter turnout in the IDF by 10am
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  Speaker 1: reached 30%, surpassing the figure from the previous election. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: a Channel 14 correspondent was verbally assaulted and harassed while
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  Speaker 1: covering voting in Haifa. Meanwhile, A group identified with protest
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  Speaker 1: movements has advised Israelis flying in to vote to save
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  Speaker 1: emergency hotline numbers in their passports, anticipating potential police detentions
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  Speaker 1: at Ben-Gurion Airport. Reports also detail voter turnout figures across
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  Speaker 1: various cities, and Police Commissioner Danny Levi was seen casting
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  Speaker 1: his vote. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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