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Iran's Missile Capacity Assessed Amidst Shipping Attacks · 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: Western intelligence assessments suggest that Iran has preserved key weapons
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  Speaker 1: factories and retains the ability to replenish its ballistic missile
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  Speaker 1: and drone stockpiles, despite eight months of US and Israeli airstrikes.
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  Speaker 1: These findings contradict claims made by US administration officials that
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  Speaker 1: who had asserted that Iran's military-industrial capacity was dismantled. Reports
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  Speaker 1: also indicate that Russia has been supplying Iran with missiles.
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  Speaker 1: This situation unfolds as Iran has intensified attacks on vessels
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  Speaker 1: operating near the Strait of Hormuz, with at least 10
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  Speaker 1: ships struck in the past week, raising significant concerns about
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  Speaker 1: global energy supplies. In parallel, reports indicate that the United
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  Speaker 1: States had pressed Israel to conduct a solo strike operation
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  Speaker 1: against Iran during discussions in recent weeks, seeking for Israel
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  Speaker 1: to assume the political risks ahead of the US midterm elections. However,
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  Speaker 1: the US has since reportedly backed down from this demand.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position on such operations remains unclear.
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  Speaker 1: Western assessments suggest that a pause in striking Iran, like
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  Speaker 1: the one announced by President Trump ahead of the midterms,
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  Speaker 1: could provide Tehran additional time to restore production and replenish
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  Speaker 1: its arsenals. In the Palestinian territories, President Mahmoud Abbas has
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  Speaker 1: issued a decree cancelling legislative elections that were scheduled for
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  Speaker 1: November 28, 2026. New presidential and legislative elections are now
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  Speaker 1: set for September 11, 2027. According to the official Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: news agency WAFA, the decision by the Executive Committee of
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  Speaker 1: the Palestine Liberation Organization was made due to Israeli measures,
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  Speaker 1: including military attacks, settlement expansion. settler violence, restrictions on freedom
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  Speaker 1: of movement, and the withholding of Palestinian revenues, which were
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  Speaker 1: seen as obstacles to holding free and fair elections. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: former head of the Shin Bet Research Headquarters Naomi Newman
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  Speaker 1: told KAN News that Hamas still controls the Gaza Strip,
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  Speaker 1: generating an estimated US $ 2- 5 million daily through heavy taxes
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  Speaker 1: on goods and by selling humanitarian aid on the black market.
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  Speaker 1: Newman suggested that measures are needed to undermine Hamas's power,
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  Speaker 1: including drying up its income sources. Domestically, an opinion piece
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  Speaker 1: highlights the difficult choice facing Israeli centre-right voters, emphasising the
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  Speaker 1: need for governmental accountability and systemic change rather than merely
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  Speaker 1: a change of personnel. Reports also suggest a potential shift
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  Speaker 1: in the Likud party's election campaign strategy, with a move
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  Speaker 1: away from visible Mizrahi representatives to appeal more to the
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  Speaker 1: political centre. The complex impact of Israel's electoral threshold on representation,
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  Speaker 1: is also noted, particularly how parties like Meretz and Ballad
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  Speaker 1: fell short of entering the Knesset in 2022, despite winning
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  Speaker 1: a significant number of votes. In other news, police have
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  Speaker 1: exposed a suspected child-begging ring. Authorities say mothers from Jenin
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  Speaker 1: and Nablus held infants at intersections in extreme heat to
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  Speaker 1: gain sympathy, while children as young as four begged for money.
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  Speaker 1: More than 40 people were detained in raids near Nazareth.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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