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Hamas Commanders' Tunnel Meetings Revealed · 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 new revelations concerning Hamas's planning for the
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  Speaker 1: October 7th attack. Al Jazeera has broadcast rare footage purportedly
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  Speaker 1: showing senior Hamas commanders, including the head of its military wing,
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed Daif, meeting in tunnels before the massacre. The programme
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  Speaker 1: What is Hidden is Greater, also presented documents claimed to
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  Speaker 1: detail preparations for the attack. According to the report, one
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  Speaker 1: document dated October 5, 2023, signed by Daif, specified the
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  Speaker 1: attack would begin at 6.30am. Another document, reportedly from a
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  Speaker 1: February 2023 meeting of Hamas's military command, allegedly recorded the
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  Speaker 1: decision to begin preparations. The broadcast included footage of Daif
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  Speaker 1: walking through a tunnel during the current war, and also
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  Speaker 1: showed him alongside former Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, and Ismail Haniyeh,
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  Speaker 1: in a rocket manufacturing workshop. Other senior military officials identified
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  Speaker 1: in the footage include Marwan Isar, Mohamed Sinwar, Izz al-Din al-Hardad,
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  Speaker 1: Ra'ad Saad, Ahmed Randa, and Rafa Salameh. Al-Jazeera also aired
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  Speaker 1: footage of Daif in Hamas's operations room examining models of
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  Speaker 1: Israeli tanks and discussing battle plans with brigade commanders. Turning
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  Speaker 1: now to combating antisemitism, American Jewish teachers are reportedly pushing
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  Speaker 1: back against hostile conditions, and antisemitism within the National Education Association,
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  Speaker 1: or NEA. The NEA's Jewish Affairs Caucus achieved a significant
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  Speaker 1: victory in July 2026 by working to address these issues,
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  Speaker 1: according to a report by jpost.com. Karen Bloom, a mathematics
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  Speaker 1: teacher and leader within the NEA's Jewish Affairs Caucus, was
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  Speaker 1: instrumental in this effort. The context includes incidents of antisemitic violence.
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  Speaker 1: The report recalls the death of Hadassah member Karen Diamond
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  Speaker 1: in June 2025, who was killed from injuries sustained in
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  Speaker 1: what is described as an anti-Semitic attack on demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado,
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  Speaker 1: advocating for the release of Israeli hostages. The report notes
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  Speaker 1: that Jewish educators at the NEA have faced intimidation and
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  Speaker 1: jeers when attempting to acknowledge such anti-Semitic events, with NEA
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  Speaker 1: officials reportedly not reacting. Blum is also president of Hadassah's
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  Speaker 1: Central Pacific Coast region and co-founder of Hadassah's National Educators' Council.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, opposition parties are reportedly holding talks
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  Speaker 1: to move quickly on replacing Knesset Speaker Ohana. Reports suggest
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  Speaker 1: potential challenges may arise regarding alliances with Arab members of Knesset,
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  Speaker 1: with former Defense Minister Yalen calling for cooperation with the
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  Speaker 1: Ra'am party. This information comes from the Times of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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