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Italy Probes Israeli Defense Minister Katz · 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 significant developments in Italy, where Rome prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: have placed Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and 12 other
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  Speaker 1: senior Israeli officials under investigation. This probe concerns allegations of torture, kidnapping,
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  Speaker 1: and degrading treatment of Gaza flotilla activists. The investigation, which
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  Speaker 1: reportedly began after complaints from 50 Italian citizens detained during
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  Speaker 1: flotilla missions in 2025 and 2026, reportedly includes accounts of beatings,
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  Speaker 1: death threats, and the use of tasers. The probe is
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  Speaker 1: said to have expanded from an earlier investigation involving National
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  Speaker 1: Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia, and also names military chief Eyal
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  Speaker 1: Zamia among the suspects. In Gaza, the IDF announced it
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  Speaker 1: eliminated Mahawalid Omar al-Husseini, identified as a Hamas-Nakba commander, in
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  Speaker 1: a southern Gaza air strike earlier this week. Military statements
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  Speaker 1: indicate al-Husseini had infiltrated the Raim base during the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 massacre and was allegedly responsible for planning new attacks
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  Speaker 1: and rebuilding Hamas's offensive capabilities, which they describe as a
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  Speaker 1: systematic violation of the ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this
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  Speaker 1: week addressed comments made by former US President Barack Obama.
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  Speaker 1: who had accused Israel of taking Palestinian land and being excessive.
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu called Obama's remarks regrettable, asserting that the Jewish people
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  Speaker 1: are not foreign occupiers in their ancestral homeland, emphasising it
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  Speaker 1: is our homeland, not stolen land. The Prime Minister further
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  Speaker 1: stated that the primary obstacle to peace lies with regional enemies,
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  Speaker 1: who refuse to recognise the Jewish people's right to a state.
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  Speaker 1: On Israel's northern border, An IDF drone strike targeted a
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  Speaker 1: structure in the village of Maidaloun in southern Lebanon. Reports
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  Speaker 1: indicate that one of the two bombs dropped did not detonate,
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  Speaker 1: prompting the Lebanese army to work on neutralising the unexploded ordnance. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: analysis from United Against Nuclear Iran suggests Iran has managed
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  Speaker 1: to export some liquefied petroleum gas and jet fuel since July,
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  Speaker 1: despite a US naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman.
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  Speaker 1: Ship-tracking data points to at least eight gas tankers and
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  Speaker 1: one jet fuel tanker involved in ship-to-ship transfers. US Central
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  Speaker 1: Command maintains its naval blockade remains ironclad. Internationally, Colombia has
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  Speaker 1: announced its withdrawal from a diplomatic group known as the
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  Speaker 1: Hague Group. Foreign Minister Omar Bula stated the country rejects
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  Speaker 1: the group as being created to isolate and attack Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Reports indicate Bolivia and Honduras have also withdrawn from the bloc.
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