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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 14, 2026, 06 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: We begin with the passing of Yehuda Aharon Wydorski, identified
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  Speaker 1: as Israel's oldest Holocaust survivor, who died at the age
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  Speaker 1: of 107. Wydorski endured the Lodz ghetto and Auschwitz-Birkenau, where
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  Speaker 1: he lost his parents and siblings. After immigrating to Israel
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  Speaker 1: in 1950, He dedicated decades to locating and restoring neglected
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  Speaker 1: and desecrated Jewish cemeteries and masgrave in Poland, preserving historical memory.
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  Speaker 1: He was recognised for his work, including lighting a torch
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  Speaker 1: at the state Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at Yad Vashem.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli President Isaac Herzog paid tribute, stating that Wydorski's life
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  Speaker 1: was a testament to the victory of life, memory and revival.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, a sharp clash is underway over
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  Speaker 1: the Gaza War documentary, NAZA. Israeli politicians and public figures
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  Speaker 1: have intensely denounced the film by Israeli filmmakers, accusing them
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  Speaker 1: of being Israel haters and committing treason. Culture and sports
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  Speaker 1: minister Miki Zohar said he would seek to revoke the
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  Speaker 1: filmmakers' Israeli citizenship. The IDF has publicly rejected the documentary's
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  Speaker 1: central allegations, stating it relies on anonymous testimonies whose identities
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  Speaker 1: and involvement could not be independently verified, turning to a
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  Speaker 1: serious incident in Ukraine. The remains of a British Jewish man,
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  Speaker 1: about 45 years old and a father of seven, were
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  Speaker 1: found in a forest near Yumen on Sunday bearing signs
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  Speaker 1: of violence. While members of the local Jewish community suspect murder,
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  Speaker 1: Ukrainian police are investigating the case and have not officially
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  Speaker 1: determined that a criminal act took place. ZAKA's international division
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  Speaker 1: is handling the release of the body. In Gaza, Gazan
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  Speaker 1: journalists report an Israeli drone strike on a tent near
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  Speaker 1: the Dream Palace, in the Mawassi area of Khan Yunis,
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  Speaker 1: southern Gaza, resulting in seriously injured individuals. Regionally, Oman has
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  Speaker 1: postponed a planned meeting in Salalah between Iran and Gulf
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  Speaker 1: states over security and navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Buseddi cited the need for more
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  Speaker 1: time to build consensus. The delay followed Saudi objections to
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  Speaker 1: an Omani-Iranian proposal, with concerns raised that the draft could
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  Speaker 1: entrench an unacceptable new status quo in the Strait. On
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  Speaker 1: the economic front, Western nations continue to rely heavily on
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  Speaker 1: Israeli defence technology, even from countries that have taken a
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  Speaker 1: harder line against Israel. For instance, the UK's SkySaber air
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  Speaker 1: defence system uses Rafael's MIC-4AD software, similar to Iron Dome.
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  Speaker 1: Experts warn that British troops would have suffered heavier casualties
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  Speaker 1: without such Israeli technology. Spain and Finland also continue military
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  Speaker 1: imports or negotiations with Israel despite political stances. Finally, a
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  Speaker 1: global coalition of over 150 cybersecurity companies has warned that
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  Speaker 1: artificial intelligence is rapidly increasing the speed and scale of cyberattacks. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella pledged during a Roche-Hachana
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  Speaker 1: visit to Barranquilla's Jewish community to always defend Israel, calling
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  Speaker 1: the Jewish people God's chosen people. Israel also fast-tracked its
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  Speaker 1: first embassy in Ljubljana, Slovenia, after the new government reversed
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  Speaker 1: anti-Israel measures, an action seen as important for seeking EU allies.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for joining us on Israel
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