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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 17, 2026, 09 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: China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis,
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  Speaker 1: according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter. This
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  Speaker 1: appeal follows a request from Saudi Arabia, which is concerned
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  Speaker 1: about Houthi advances along the Red Sea coast and around
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  Speaker 1: the Bab el-Mandib Strait. These moves threaten Saudi oil exports
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  Speaker 1: and global energy routes. Beijing wants Iran to use its
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  Speaker 1: influence to prevent the conflict from spreading further across these
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  Speaker 1: vital energy routes. The sources indicated Tehran's response was that
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  Speaker 1: regional stability depends on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran.
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  Speaker 1: A senior Western diplomat noted that Beijing is one of
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  Speaker 1: the few capitals that can still press Iran to rein
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  Speaker 1: in the Houthis. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that escalating
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  Speaker 1: regional instability is not in any party's interest and called
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  Speaker 1: for issues to be resolved through dialogue. In Lebanon, the
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  Speaker 1: parliament renewed confidence in Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's government on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: with 68 lawmakers voting in favour. However, Hezbollah lawmakers withdrew
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  Speaker 1: from the session, a move interpreted by Lebanese journalist Yousef
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  Speaker 1: Diab as an attempt to save face, due to the
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  Speaker 1: group's diminished influence. MPs from the Amal movement voted in favour,
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  Speaker 1: some with regret. Independent MP Michael Mowad criticised Hezbollah, saying
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  Speaker 1: the group's losing of wars brings Israeli occupation. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: approaching end of UNIFIL's nearly five-decade peacekeeping mission in southern
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon raises questions about who will monitor the border, support
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  Speaker 1: the Lebanese army, and help prevent another war with Hezbollah.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to the West Bank, Palestinians are watching the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: Israeli elections with keen anticipation, with some describing the Israeli
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  Speaker 1: vote as more decisive for their future than their own
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  Speaker 1: scheduled elections. Many Palestinian laborers hope a new Israeli government
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  Speaker 1: will reverse the ban on their entry into Israel for work,
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  Speaker 1: a measure enacted since the October 7 attack, impacting their
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  Speaker 1: livelihoods and causing hardship. Some believe their fate will be
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  Speaker 1: decided in Jerusalem, not Ramallah. Meanwhile, Israeli undercover forces, part
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  Speaker 1: of the Gideonim unit, apprehended a Tanzim operative in the
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  Speaker 1: Balata refugee camp. The operative was shot in the leg
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  Speaker 1: while attempting to escape and has been transferred for Shin
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  Speaker 1: Bet investigation. In Milan, a 60-year-old rabbi from the city's
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  Speaker 1: Jewish community was assaulted by three young men who identified
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  Speaker 1: him as Jewish by his clothing. The Jewish community reported
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  Speaker 1: that the assailants surrounded him, cursed him, kicked and punched him.
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  Speaker 1: One 20-year-old Tunisian man was arrested on suspicion of religiously
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  Speaker 1: motivated violence. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack
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  Speaker 1: as cowardly and unacceptable, stating that anti-Semitic hatred cannot be tolerated.
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli embassy in Rome commented that antisemitism in Italy
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  Speaker 1: and Europe is growing, becoming normalised, and increasingly violent. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli man has been charged with preparing a terrorist
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  Speaker 1: attack on a data centre belonging to technology company Amdox
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  Speaker 1: in Ranaana. Prosecutors allege that Mustafa Isar, from Kaffa Qasim,
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  Speaker 1: used his volunteer work with the Fire and Rescue Authority
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  Speaker 1: to scout the facility, planning to use explosives or a drone.
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  Speaker 1: The indictment details his alleged planning between January and August
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  Speaker 1: of this year, including downloading information on weapons and explosives
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  Speaker 1: and experimenting with materials. He is charged with terrorism offences
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  Speaker 1: and prosecutors are seeking his detention until the proceedings conclude.
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  Speaker 1: In separate news concerning Iran, Amnesty International released an extensive
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  Speaker 1: report documenting Iranian authorities committing crimes against humanity, including murder
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  Speaker 1: and torture, to suppress the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom protests.
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  Speaker 1: The organization calls for international justice against 87 identified officials.
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  Speaker 1: On the policy front, the Texas State Board of Education
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  Speaker 1: has accepted curriculum recommendations that include teaching Israel was founded
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  Speaker 1: in 1948 in the ancestral homeland of the Jews, and
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  Speaker 1: emphasizing Christianity's influence on American history. These changes are scheduled
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  Speaker 1: for implementation in 2030. Finally, Gadi Ezenkot stated in an
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  Speaker 1: interview that a government headed by a leader with only
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  Speaker 1: eight mandates would constitute a democratic violation that must not
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  Speaker 1: be accepted in Israeli public life. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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