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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 1, 2026, 02 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 a significant announcement from the IDF. The
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  Speaker 1: military revealed on Thursday that 170 individuals presented as civilian
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  Speaker 1: journalists killed in Gaza were actually affiliated with Hamas and
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian Islamic Jihad. According to the IDF, Their identities and
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  Speaker 1: terrorist affiliations were verified using documentation released by the organisations themselves,
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  Speaker 1: along with materials recovered by Israeli troops. The IDF has
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  Speaker 1: launched a website dedicated to compiling this information and combating
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  Speaker 1: accusations that they deliberately target media workers. The military stated
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  Speaker 1: some of these individuals operated as snipers, commanders, trainers and
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  Speaker 1: propaganda agents for terror groups. Notably, the IDF reports that
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  Speaker 1: some allegedly infiltrated Israel and participated in the October 7 massacre.
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  Speaker 1: These alleged civilian journalists' deaths had previously been cited in
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  Speaker 1: complaints and condemnations against Israel, with groups like Reporters, Without
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  Speaker 1: Borders and UNESCO having referenced individuals later identified by the
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  Speaker 1: IDF as terror operatives, turning now to a disturbing incident
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  Speaker 1: involving a FlyJuby flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Passengers
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  Speaker 1: aboard the plane heroically restrained an Omani national, who attacked
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  Speaker 1: and stabbed the Copal at mid-flight. Passengers recounted tying the
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  Speaker 1: attacker with a headphone cable, after which he reportedly said,
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  Speaker 1: kill me, indicating his mission had failed. While Israeli officials
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  Speaker 1: maintain the working assumption that the hijacker acted as a
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  Speaker 1: lone wolf, President Donald Trump has suggested it's possible there
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  Speaker 1: was a link to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The
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  Speaker 1: US is also significantly increasing its military presence in the region.
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  Speaker 1: deploying the USS Theodore Roosevelt and a 2nd Marine Division
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  Speaker 1: to the Middle East, which officials say broadens potential options
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  Speaker 1: concerning Iran. Meanwhile, the incident has sparked rapid antisemitic reactions online.
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  Speaker 1: A study by the Combat Antisemitism Movement found that within
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  Speaker 1: 67 minutes of the initial distress signal, antisemitic conspiracy theories
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  Speaker 1: blaming Israel, Zionists or Jews began circulating on social media
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  Speaker 1: platforms like X. the Omani Copilot himself reportedly had social
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  Speaker 1: media posts discussing killing Jews. In a humanitarian note, after
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  Speaker 1: the flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Saudi
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  Speaker 1: medical teams were seen treating the traumatised and wounded Israeli passengers.
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  Speaker 1: In shifting geopolitical alliances, India has undergone a dramatic transformation
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  Speaker 1: in its foreign relations with Israel. Once a prominent defender
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  Speaker 1: of the Palestinian narrative on the international stage, India has
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  Speaker 1: now become a key strategic ally for Israel, particularly in
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  Speaker 1: fields like technology, critical infrastructure and defence. Domestically, Lahav 433,
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  Speaker 1: the National Crime Unit, detained a senior official at a
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  Speaker 1: government company for questioning on suspicion of fraud and breach
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  Speaker 1: of trust. Separately, the political landscape sees the Democrats' party,
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  Speaker 1: formed by the merger of the Labour and Meretz parties,
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  Speaker 1: and led by Yair Golan. positioning itself as a significant
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  Speaker 1: contender in upcoming elections, advocating for fundamental change in Israel's
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  Speaker 1: political system. On a more uplifting note, United Hatzalah celebrated
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  Speaker 1: its 20th anniversary with a sold-out Sukkot concert in Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 1: The event drew 6,400 attendees and featured major Jewish music stars.
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  Speaker 1: The Volunteer Emergency Medical Organization, which boasts 10,000 volunteers handling
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  Speaker 1: millions of emergencies, used the occasion to launch an appeal
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  Speaker 1: for defibrillators, with a poignant moment involving former Hamas hostage
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  Speaker 1: Bar Kuperstein. 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 joining us
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