Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 6, 2026, 06 PM Eastern
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Tensions flared along Israel's northern border Sunday when Hezbollah launched
- 0:16Speaker 1: two explosive drones toward IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon.
- 0:21Speaker 1: The IDF reports that forces fired at and intercepted one
- 0:24Speaker 1: of the drones, with no injuries reported among Israeli troops.
- 0:28Speaker 1: In response, The IDF carried out a wave of strikes
- 0:32Speaker 1: in southern Lebanon, targeting the area of Kfar Raman. Lebanese
- 0:36Speaker 1: media reported that two people were killed and another wounded
- 0:39Speaker 1: in a strike in Nabati, which they attributed to an
- 0:42Speaker 1: unmanned aerial vehicle. The IDF stated its operations are a
- 0:46Speaker 1: forceful response to the Hezbollah terrorist organisation's repeated attempts to
- 0:51Speaker 1: harm Israeli forces. Strikes also occurred over the weekend. with
- 0:55Speaker 1: the IDF hitting Hezbollah infrastructure and terrorists in retaliation for
- 0:59Speaker 1: a drone attempt the previous day. Meanwhile, eight Arab and
- 1:02Speaker 1: Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey,
- 1:08Speaker 1: Pakistan and Indonesia, issued a joint statement on Sunday. They
- 1:13Speaker 1: reaffirmed their support for an independent Palestinian state and strongly
- 1:17Speaker 1: condemned any attempt to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip,
- 1:21Speaker 1: warning against making such ideas government policy. the foreign ministers
- 1:25Speaker 1: stressed that displacing Palestinians violates international law and harms peace prospects,
- 1:30Speaker 1: reiterating their call for an independent Palestinian state along the
- 1:33Speaker 1: June 4, 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Domestically,
- 1:40Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the dismantling of approximately
- 1:44Speaker 1: 100 illegal West Bank outposts, a move confirmed by Finance
- 1:48Speaker 1: Minister Beit Salel Smotrich. According to reports, the order came
- 1:52Speaker 1: in response to pressure from the United States to crack
- 1:55Speaker 1: down on violent settlers. This development coincides with Israel's High
- 1:59Speaker 1: Court of Justice assailing the government, the IDF, and police
- 2:03Speaker 1: for their failure to quell settler attacks. In connection with
- 2:06Speaker 1: such incidents, authorities arrested two West Bank settlers, including an
- 2:11Speaker 1: 18-year-old soldier, on suspicion of involvement in a recent attack
- 2:15Speaker 1: in the Palestinian town of Qusra. On the judicial front,
- 2:19Speaker 1: Israel's High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by
- 2:22Speaker 1: expatriate Israelis seeking to vote in the upcoming October 27 election.
- 2:27Speaker 1: The court cited procedural grounds, stating the petition was filed
- 2:31Speaker 1: too late and that the petitioners had not exhausted the
- 2:34Speaker 1: available statutory appeals process for challenging their exclusion from voter
- 2:38Speaker 1: roles under the Interior Ministries, Code 51, which classifies them
- 2:43Speaker 1: as non-residents. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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