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Germany Summons Iran Ambassador Over Assassination Plots · 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: Germany has summoned Iran's ambassador in response to alleged involvement
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  Speaker 1: in assassination attempts against Jewish community leaders Joseph Shuster and
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  Speaker 1: Volker Beck. The German Foreign Ministry stated they would not
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  Speaker 1: tolerate attacks on Jewish life and that the attempted attacks
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  Speaker 1: would have legal consequences. adding they had previously advocated for
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  Speaker 1: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps to be added to the European
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  Speaker 1: Union's terrorist list. This diplomatic action follows a German court
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  Speaker 1: sentencing two individuals for plotting to kill Shuster and Beck,
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  Speaker 1: with one reportedly steered by Iran's intelligence service. In the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank, politician Fleur Hassanahoum was reportedly attacked when a
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  Speaker 1: stone was thrown through her car window while she was
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  Speaker 1: touring the area. A legal expert, Professor Yuval Cheney, warns
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  Speaker 1: that unchecked settler violence risks undermining Israel's rule of law
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  Speaker 1: and international standing. Citing IDF and Shin Bet data, he
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  Speaker 1: notes a 27% rise in settler attacks against Palestinians and
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  Speaker 1: Israeli security forces in 2025, alongside a more than 50%
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  Speaker 1: increase in severe nationalist crime. Data from the Israeli Human
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  Speaker 1: Rights Organization, YesDin, indicates a 93.8% closure rate, for police
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  Speaker 1: investigation files concerning such incidents. The IDF has revealed a
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  Speaker 1: Hamas document detailing plans to detonate improvised explosive devices around
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  Speaker 1: Gaza refugee camps to create panic and smoke screens, aimed
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  Speaker 1: at facilitating operative escapes and exploiting Palestinian civilians for tactical advantage.
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  Speaker 1: Regarding access, the state has informed the High Court of
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  Speaker 1: Justice that journalists will continue to be barred from entering
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  Speaker 1: Gaza without a military escort. citing ongoing security risks. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: British Foreign Minister Ed Miliband urged companies and individuals not
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  Speaker 1: to bid on tenders for the E1 West Bank settlement project,
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  Speaker 1: warning of legal and reputational consequences, including potential sanctions, due
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  Speaker 1: to concerns the project could undermine a future peace deal.
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  Speaker 1: Reports also highlight violence and a lack of accountability for
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  Speaker 1: attacks against New Orleans residents and their families in the
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  Speaker 1: occupied West Bank, with instances of killings, by Israeli settlers
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  Speaker 1: or soldiers. Heightened military alert is in place in the
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  Speaker 1: West Bank due to unrest during the current olive harvest,
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  Speaker 1: which has included the rare arrest of 10 extremist settlers.
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  Speaker 1: With Israeli elections approaching on October 27, IDF Chief of
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  Speaker 1: Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has ordered a significant increase
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  Speaker 1: in military readiness. Measures include a freeze on troop leave
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  Speaker 1: starting Thursday and reinforcements in Judea and Samaria. Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu has also warned Israel's enemies against testing the
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  Speaker 1: nation's preparedness. In domestic discourse, a pro-Netanyahu pundit reportedly used
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  Speaker 1: an anti-Mizrahi slur against Gadi Eisenkot. In the United States,
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  Speaker 1: a democratic politician has drawn criticism for remarks proposing to
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  Speaker 1: rename Jewish people the Beigel people and suggesting Israelis be
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  Speaker 1: relocated to a remote Pacific island. Israel is set to
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  Speaker 1: supply Greece with new weaponry, including systems capable of precision,
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  Speaker 1: strikes up to 80 kilometres away. Separately, a major US-Israeli
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  Speaker 1: initiative is underway, marked by the arrival of approximately 250 entrepreneurs,
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  Speaker 1: investors and senior figures in Israel. In Jeddah, 10 kindergartens
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  Speaker 1: have been named in honour of fallen soldiers from the
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  Speaker 1: Swords of Iron War. This initiative aims to embed the
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  Speaker 1: memory and values of those lost into the daily lives
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  Speaker 1: of the children. Finally, concerns are being raised in Turkey
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  Speaker 1: regarding a new arms deal, which some describe as potentially
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  Speaker 1: more dangerous than the Russian S-300 missile defence system. For
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