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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 22, 2026, 01 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: In Argentina, a court has formally charged seven Iranians and
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  Speaker 1: one Lebanese national in connection with the 1994 bombing of
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  Speaker 1: the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. The attack,
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  Speaker 1: which killed 85, is described by the court as a
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  Speaker 1: crime against humanity, ordered by Iran's regime and carried out
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  Speaker 1: by Hezbollah. Iran has refused extradition, and Argentina will pursue
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  Speaker 1: a trial in absentia. A United Nations probe has concluded
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  Speaker 1: that Iran is responsible for gross human rights violations, including
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  Speaker 1: crimes against humanity, during its January crackdown on protests. A
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  Speaker 1: UN mission reported Iran failed to cooperate and highlighted an
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  Speaker 1: escalation in lethal force and mass arrests, with internet shutdowns
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  Speaker 1: hindering information access. The repression resulted in significantly higher casualty rates. Regionally,
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministers from Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan issued
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  Speaker 1: a joint statement affirming Saudi Arabia's right to self-defence against
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  Speaker 1: escalating Houthi attacks. They stressed maintaining safety of navigation and
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  Speaker 1: called for dialogue to resolve conflicts. At the UN, Secretary-General
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  Speaker 1: Antonio Guterres condemned the October 7 Hamas attack but called
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  Speaker 1: Israel's response in Gaza unlike anything I have ever seen,
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  Speaker 1: citing unprecedented death and destruction. He urged adherence to international
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  Speaker 1: law and ICJ orders, while also warning that West Bank
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  Speaker 1: violence and settlement expansion threaten the two-state solution. Former US
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly, stating he
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  Speaker 1: faces a choice regarding Iran. Pursue a deal after the
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  Speaker 1: midterms or annihilate the Islamic Republic, vowing Tehran will never
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  Speaker 1: obtain nuclear weapons. Trump also asserted that US munitions production
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  Speaker 1: is expanding rapidly. In US policy news, Spain's national court
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  Speaker 1: is advancing a US extradition request for millionaire James, Fergie, Chambers,
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  Speaker 1: accused of funnelling $ 7. 5 million to Hamas. Chambers claims the
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  Speaker 1: case criminalises his pro-Palestinian activism. Ukraine's Centre for Countering Disinformation,
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  Speaker 1: reports Russia, is using AI-generated videos in a disinformation campaign.
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  Speaker 1: Fabricated claims suggest Jewish pilgrims in Yemen are being paid
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  Speaker 1: by Ukraine for permanent settlement. aiming to provoke antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: destabilise Ukrainian society. In Israel, prosecutors charged a 19-year-old with
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  Speaker 1: dozens of terrorism-related speech offences over TikTok reposts, allegedly praising
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  Speaker 1: Hamas and inciting violence. Prosecutors are seeking to detain the
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  Speaker 1: individual until trial. Finally, a disturbing incident occurred on Yom
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  Speaker 1: Kippur at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn, where an unidentified individual
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  Speaker 1: publicly ate a pig's head. Reports suggest the individual may
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  Speaker 1: have been Jewish. Security forces intervened. 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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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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