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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 3, 2026, 08 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: The IDF on Saturday morning conducted an operation targeting Ali Alamoudi,
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  Speaker 1: identified by security sources as Yahya Sinwar's successor as Hamas's
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  Speaker 1: leader in the Gaza Strip. Reports indicate the operation involved
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  Speaker 1: attack helicopters and tanks, and that Alamoudi was in the
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  Speaker 1: targeted apartment complex, with his chances of survival assessed as
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  Speaker 1: very small. Alamoudi, who was released in the 2011 Gilad
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  Speaker 1: Shalit prisoner exchange, became Hamas's de facto leader in July
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  Speaker 1: after Sinwar's death and had led the group's propaganda efforts
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  Speaker 1: during the war. In London, two Iranian nationals appeared in
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  Speaker 1: court on Saturday charged with plotting acts of terrorism against
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish community in Manchester. Prosecutors allege Rahman Salehi and
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  Speaker 1: Salam Ahmadian, arrested on September 20, carried out hostile surveillance
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  Speaker 1: on potential targets like the Manchester Jewish Museum and a synagogue,
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  Speaker 1: and were directed by a figure believed to be in Iran,
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  Speaker 1: planning to use a homemade explosive device. Iran has rejected
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  Speaker 1: accusations of involvement in such plots. Top US national security
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  Speaker 1: officials convened at Camp David on Friday for extensive discussions
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  Speaker 1: on next steps regarding Iran and the conflict in Yemen.
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  Speaker 1: According to reports, The meeting included discussions on potentially resuming
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  Speaker 1: major US combat operations against Iran. President Trump stated Thursday
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  Speaker 1: that either Iran signs the deal, or it won't exist
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  Speaker 1: any longer, and told reporters Friday that Iran is not
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  Speaker 1: doing well. The officials also considered whether the US will
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  Speaker 1: join a planned Saudi offensive against the Houthis in Yemen.
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  Speaker 1: In the West Bank, multiple violent clashes between settlers and
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians were reported during the Sukkot holiday week. On Thursday,
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian officials stated that Israeli settlers shot and killed 51-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Masha Yassin in the village of Yassaf during an attack
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  Speaker 1: on his home. The IDF is investigating the incident. Additional
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  Speaker 1: clashes were reported near Nablus, where Palestinians said at least
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  Speaker 1: one person was wounded after settlers threw stones. The IDF
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  Speaker 1: also intervened in clashes near Beita. Separately, Palestinian media documented
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  Speaker 1: settlers vandalising vehicles in the village of Usarin. Meanwhile, During
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  Speaker 1: operational activity by the IDF in the Binyamin Brigade area,
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  Speaker 1: a terrorist attempted to seize a fighter's weapon, prompting the
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  Speaker 1: fighter to fire back, resulting in a hit. An Israeli
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  Speaker 1: airstrike in Gaza City on Saturday morning killed at least
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  Speaker 1: five Palestinians, including four women and a Christian mother and daughter,
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  Speaker 1: according to health and civil defence officials. The strike destroyed
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  Speaker 1: an apartment building, with eyewitnesses describing retrieving bodies from the rubble.
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  Speaker 1: A plan described as akin to sanctions on Iran and Russia,
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  Speaker 1: designed to cripple the Israeli economy, has reportedly been put
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  Speaker 1: into action. A political analysis highlights an electoral trap that
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  Speaker 1: could lead to 420,000 votes being wasted, a situation described
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  Speaker 1: as potentially decisive for election results. In an unusual move,
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  Speaker 1: Thailand has revoked the citizenship of Israeli-born Ariel Bluchstein, who
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  Speaker 1: became a Thai citizen in 2019. The revocation was reportedly
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  Speaker 1: based on allegations of using a foreign passport shortly after
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  Speaker 1: naturalisation and concealing other citizenship. Suspected arson at a purification
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  Speaker 1: facility in southern Israel has led to wastewater contaminating three
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