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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 22, 2026, 05 AM Eastern · 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: Defense Minister Israel Katz has issued a stark warning regarding Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: stating that Israel would destroy all that remains of Gaza
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  Speaker 1: City and force the evacuation of approximately one million residents
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  Speaker 1: if Hamas takes a single Israeli hostage. Katz also vowed
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  Speaker 1: that the IDF would not retreat from its current positions
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza and would until Hamas is fully dismantled and
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  Speaker 1: the territory demilitarised. Meanwhile, tensions in the West Bank have
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  Speaker 1: been widely anticipated to rise ahead of the recent holidays.
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  Speaker 1: This period saw a deadly shooting attack in Baini Amin,
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  Speaker 1: near Neve Tizaf, where Netanel C.H. Crown was killed. His son, Yoav,
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  Speaker 1: recounted how his father's warning cry saved his life by
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  Speaker 1: alerting him to the terrorists' presence. Experts note that the
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  Speaker 1: Tishrei holidays, combined with Israeli election dynamics and Palestinian actions,
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  Speaker 1: contribute to this heightened tension. The terrorist involved in the
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  Speaker 1: Binyamin attack was apprehended in Ramallah. In a separate incident,
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  Speaker 1: shepherds in the West Bank discovered a booby-trapped flag on
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  Speaker 1: their pasture, which was later confirmed by bomb disposal experts
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  Speaker 1: to be a dummy charge. Turning to concerns about antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: German Chancellor Friedrich Mörs has claimed that Jewish people are
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  Speaker 1: no longer safe in Germany, describing it as the most
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  Speaker 1: serious burden of recent years. This statement comes in the
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  Speaker 1: wake of his party's electoral defeat in Berlin. In Canada,
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  Speaker 1: police are investigating a shooting incident outside Congregation Beit Jacob
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  Speaker 1: in Belleville that occurred during Yom Kippur prayers. Israel's ambassador
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  Speaker 1: to Canada, Ido Moed, described the event as a terror attack.
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  Speaker 1: In the context of Iran's alleged activities, an Israeli citizen,
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  Speaker 1: Fez Abu al-Hijjah, has been sentenced to 55 months in
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  Speaker 1: prison for spying for Iran. His espionage activities reportedly included
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  Speaker 1: photographing the home of former defence minister Yoav Garland. Iranian
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Minister Arbus Arachi, speaking ahead of the United Nations
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  Speaker 1: General Assembly, accused Israel of having a grip on United
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  Speaker 1: States policy. Arachi stated that Iran's primary objective at the
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  Speaker 1: UNGA is to defend the legitimacy, rights and interests of
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian people. In Israeli defence news, The defence establishment
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  Speaker 1: has recommended expanding the Navy's submarine fleet to eight vessels,
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  Speaker 1: a move prompted by Turkey's ongoing naval build-up. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism, watch
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  Speaker 1: from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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  Speaker 1: war report. Stay vigilant and informed. Follow Israel Today, ongoing
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