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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 4, 2026, 02 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: New figures released ahead of the third anniversary of the
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  Speaker 1: Hamas invasion show the profound human toll of the conflict.
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  Speaker 1: Since October 7, 2023, a total of 2,347 Israelis and
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  Speaker 1: foreign residents have been killed, including 1,318 members of Israel's
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  Speaker 1: security forces, and 1,029 civilians, according to World Israel News.
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  Speaker 1: The Defense Ministry also notes that over 7,150 relatives have
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  Speaker 1: joined the community of bereaved military and security families. In
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  Speaker 1: terms of military capabilities, the IDF is integrating the Iron
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  Speaker 1: Fist active protection system into its heavy combat engineering equipment,
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  Speaker 1: following significant losses. Data obtained by Waller indicates 32 heavy
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  Speaker 1: engineering vehicles have been destroyed since October 7, facing threats
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  Speaker 1: from explosive devices, anti-tank missiles and drones. Turning to regional developments,
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  Speaker 1: Iran is reportedly delaying renewed financial support to Hamas. KAN
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  Speaker 1: News reports this delay stems from Iran's disappointment over Hamas's
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  Speaker 1: inability to undermine overall security stability in the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: A senior Hamas delegation met with senior Iranian officials, including
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Minister Arbas Arachi and Parliament Speaker Mohamed Bagha Galibaf,
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  Speaker 1: in early September to request funding renewal. But Iran made
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  Speaker 1: no commitment, according to a Palestinian source cited by KAN. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: a quote attributed to former US President Donald Trump, stating,
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  Speaker 1: Iran will never have a nuclear missile, gained significant popularity
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  Speaker 1: on Iranian Shiite Axis channels overnight. Domestically, a recent incident
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  Speaker 1: aboard a FlyJubai flight to Tel Aviv is drawing parallels
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  Speaker 1: to Israel's political landscape. The alleged attempt by an Omani
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  Speaker 1: copilot to crash the aircraft, thwarted by resourceful passengers, is
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  Speaker 1: being used by some as a metaphor for Israeli voters
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  Speaker 1: needing to choose competent leadership in the upcoming October 27 election.
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  Speaker 1: The incident highlights missed warning signs, a concern also being
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  Speaker 1: debated regarding the lead-up to the October 7 massacre. Most
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  Speaker 1: opposition parties are calling for a state commission to investigate
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  Speaker 1: failures preceding that attack, while key coalition partners have not
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  Speaker 1: disclosed their preferred investigative model. Separately, Israeli authorities are examining
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  Speaker 1: potential security risks. They are looking into whether pilots with
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  Speaker 1: dual citizenship, including from Iran, Syria or Iraq, have landed
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  Speaker 1: at Ben Gurion Airport, particularly as the pilot involved in
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  Speaker 1: the fly-Jubai incident had visited Israel recently. The Transportation Ministry, however,
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  Speaker 1: stated it is not an intelligence agency and does not
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  Speaker 1: conduct intelligence background checks on foreign pilots. In international sports,
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  Speaker 1: a press conference ahead of a soccer match between Israel
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  Speaker 1: and the Republic of Ireland was cut short. An intense
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  Speaker 1: exchange occurred after Israeli journalists asked the Irish head coach
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  Speaker 1: about alleged racist comments by Irish players towards Israeli players
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  Speaker 1: and the coach refused to respond. This follows previous controversy
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  Speaker 1: where the Irish team wore black armbands, bowed during the anthem,
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  Speaker 1: and a player boycotted the match. actions attributed to public
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  Speaker 1: opinion in Ireland regarding Israel's policies during the Gaza War.
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  Speaker 1: On a more positive note, in El Arish, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula,
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  Speaker 1: a Gazan refugee has established a school providing free education
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  Speaker 1: to nearly 400 displaced Palestinian students. The school aims to
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  Speaker 1: offer a Palestinian curriculum and a sense of normalcy for
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  Speaker 1: the children. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi. Thanks for listening to Israel
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