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Riyadh Missile Attack and Iran's Strait of Hormuz Stance · 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: A significant escalation occurred over the weekend as a missile
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  Speaker 1: attack struck King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killing
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  Speaker 1: 12 people and injuring over 300. The Jerusalem Post reports
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  Speaker 1: this marks Saudi Arabia's most serious attack in a decade
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  Speaker 1: amidst its ongoing battle with the Houthis. The situation also
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  Speaker 1: touches upon international diplomacy, with reports indicating President Donald Trump's
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  Speaker 1: transactional foreign policy approach may influence direct US military intervention,
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  Speaker 1: particularly as Saudi Arabia has resisted joining the Abraham Accords.
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  Speaker 1: In parallel, tensions remain high regarding maritime security. Iran's chief
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  Speaker 1: security official, Mohsen Rezi, stated that the United States' response
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  Speaker 1: to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the strategic Strait of
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  Speaker 1: Hormuz was insufficient. Razi told state media that further negotiations
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  Speaker 1: would not take place until Iran's conditions are met. The
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz is a critical conduit for approximately a
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  Speaker 1: fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to the crucial US-Israel relationship, former National Security Advisor Phil
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  Speaker 1: Gordon issued a stark warning in an interview with the
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem Post. Gordon believes ties have collapsed and may be
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  Speaker 1: irreparably damaged, citing a dramatic decline in American support for
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  Speaker 1: Israel over the past year. He suggested this deterioration could
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  Speaker 1: prove permanent. From Gaza, the Israeli military has released new
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  Speaker 1: intelligence and footage asserting that Hamas continues to use Kamel
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  Speaker 1: Adwan Hospital in Jabalia, northern Gaza, and its surrounding area
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  Speaker 1: for military activities. According to the military, Hamas terrorists are
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  Speaker 1: planning attacks and rebuilding capabilities, exploiting the presence of patients,
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  Speaker 1: medical personnel and civilians as cover. This follows a December
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  Speaker 1: 2024 operation, where Israeli forces reportedly discovered weapons and detained
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  Speaker 1: over 240 terrorists at the facility. Globally, analysis of recent
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  Speaker 1: pro-Palestinian protests suggests they were coordinated in advance by the
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  Speaker 1: London-based Global Alliance for Palestine, or GAFP. This coalition of
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  Speaker 1: around 200 organisations, reportedly prepared campaign slogans, media messaging and
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  Speaker 1: protest tactics, aiming to shut down city squares, encircle government
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  Speaker 1: buildings and blockade corporate hubs, according to documents reviewed by
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post. Meanwhile on social media, a notable trend
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  Speaker 1: has emerged on X, with hundreds of non-Jewish users publicly
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  Speaker 1: declaring themselves Zionist over the past week, following a recognisable template. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that the justice system
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  Speaker 1: prosecute participants in the NAZA documentary. In a letter, Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: cited severe security offences, criminal defamation and damage to Israel's
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic and security interests, stating the film severely damages Israel's standing.
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  Speaker 1: This demand comes as a counter-documentary, NAZA, The Real Story,
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  Speaker 1: was released to rebut the original film's allegations. In other developments,
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  Speaker 1: the investigation into an alleged fly-due-by-terror plot is reportedly widening,
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  Speaker 1: with the arrest of two additional Maldivian copilots. Reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: they knew the principal suspect and had previously flown to Israel. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: a passenger was arrested in a Fula after allegedly assaulting
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  Speaker 1: a bus driver and using racial slurs. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from
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