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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 30, 2026, 11 PM 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 developments surrounding an incident aboard a fly-you-buy
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  Speaker 1: flight approaching Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel
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  Speaker 1: will join an investigation, led by the UAE, into the
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  Speaker 1: copilot who attacked the flight captain. The probe, involving interrogations
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  Speaker 1: in Saudi Arabia and expected handover to the UAE, aims
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  Speaker 1: to determine any potential connection to Iran. Mr Netanyahu stated
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  Speaker 1: the copilot is an Omani national and that he does
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  Speaker 1: not yet have information to attribute the incident to Tehran.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli investigators are reportedly examining suspicions that the copilot may
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  Speaker 1: have intended to crash the plane inside Israel. This incident
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  Speaker 1: has heightened scrutiny on security arrangements for foreign flights serving
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  Speaker 1: the country, a concern previously raised by Shin Bet, which
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  Speaker 1: had warned about insufficient security for flights from the UAE.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu clarified that while Israel had intelligence regarding
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  Speaker 1: potential attacks by Iran's proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas against
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  Speaker 1: Israeli civilians abroad, there was no specific warning about this
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  Speaker 1: particular event. He also highlighted the significant heroism displayed by
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  Speaker 1: the Indian pilot, Israeli passengers and crew members who intervened
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  Speaker 1: to prevent what he described as a potential 9-11 disaster.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to antisemitism, Incidents of hate graffiti have been reported
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  Speaker 1: in the United States. In Deerfield, Illinois, the village hall
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  Speaker 1: was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, prompting a police investigation and
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  Speaker 1: increased monitoring of public buildings. A similar incident occurred in
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  Speaker 1: nearby Highland Park, where a swastika was spray-painted on a
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  Speaker 1: playground slide. Meanwhile, the Anti-Defamation League has sharply criticised New
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  Speaker 1: York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's plan to combat anti-Semitism. The
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  Speaker 1: ADL stated that the plan confirms their view that the
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  Speaker 1: mayor does not treat the issue as an emergency, refuses
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  Speaker 1: to recognise its different forms, and has allegedly ignored anti-Semitic
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  Speaker 1: incidents related to Israel. The organisation also criticised the mayor
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  Speaker 1: for discarding the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism and for allegedly
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  Speaker 1: prioritising his anti-Israel agenda over promises made to Jewish New Yorkers.
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  Speaker 1: In Gaza, the Ministry of Health has released mortality figures
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  Speaker 1: for 2025. The data indicates a total of 24,650 deaths,
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  Speaker 1: with 18,870 classified as violent. Critically, the report states that
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  Speaker 1: the 5,780 non-violent deaths recorded in 2025 were comparable to
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  Speaker 1: pre-war levels, suggesting minimal indirect war-related fatalities in the territory
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  Speaker 1: that year. The ministry also reported a population growth of 25,000,
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  Speaker 1: 577 individuals in 2025, representing a 1.2% increase. Finally, a
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  Speaker 1: rescue operation has successfully brought 45 Israeli tourists out of
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  Speaker 1: Ethiopia's Tigray region. Amidst renewed fighting between Ethiopian military forces
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  Speaker 1: and Tigrayan factions, which has disrupted transportation and communications, the
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  Speaker 1: group was evacuated via military helicopters and overland escorts. The
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  Speaker 1: operation was coordinated by Israel's Foreign Ministry, and its embassy
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  Speaker 1: in Addis Ababa. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism, Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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