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Riyadh Airport Attack and Netanyahu Trial Testimony · 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 significant developments in the region. Yemen's Houthi
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  Speaker 1: rebels carried out a deadly attack on Riyadh's King Khalid
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  Speaker 1: International Airport on October 10, killing 12 people and wounding
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  Speaker 1: over 300. The strike caused widespread disruption, leading to the
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  Speaker 1: cancellation of at least 291 flights over a 24-hour period.
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  Speaker 1: and prompting international airlines to suspend services to Saudi airports.
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis, identified as an Iranian-backed group, have reiterated their
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  Speaker 1: warnings to avoid Saudi airports and stated Saudi Arabia bears
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  Speaker 1: responsibility for the incident. Saudi Arabia has vowed a firm response,
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  Speaker 1: with the Saudi-led coalition spokesman calling the attack a terrorist
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  Speaker 1: act and a full-fledged war crime. The attack is part
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  Speaker 1: of an escalating campaign targeting Saudi civilian infrastructure. In previous days,
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  Speaker 1: Houthi strikes on Saudi aviation facilities, including Abha International Airport
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  Speaker 1: and other Riyadh airport sites, had already resulted in casualties.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to domestic affairs, a pivotal moment occurred in Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial. Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit
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  Speaker 1: began testifying on Sunday as a defence witness. Netanyahu himself,
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  Speaker 1: along with Foreign Minister Gideon Sayar, was present for the testimony.
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  Speaker 1: which is expected to focus on whether police investigators exceeded
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  Speaker 1: the scope of approvals Mandelblit granted for investigations into the
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister. Mandelblit previously authorised investigations that led to Netanyahu's
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  Speaker 1: indictment in cases 1000, 2000 and 4000, which involve allegations
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  Speaker 1: of bribery and fraud. In another domestic development, National Security
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  Speaker 1: Minister Itamar Ben-Givia released footage showing a confrontation with terrorists
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  Speaker 1: he claims plotted his assassination, and harm to his family.
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  Speaker 1: In the video, filmed about a month ago, Ben-Givia is
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  Speaker 1: seen threatening the prisoners and vowing to continue making conditions
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  Speaker 1: harsher for security prisoners. Amidst reports that the Attorney General
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  Speaker 1: had previously instructed the Israel Prison Service not to allow
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  Speaker 1: such meetings for election propaganda purposes. On the military front,
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  Speaker 1: a senior officer in the IDF, a Brigadier General serving
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  Speaker 1: in a sensitive role, has been compelled to resign. The
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  Speaker 1: resignation followed an investigation by military police that reportedly found
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  Speaker 1: evidence of misuse of authority. While military prosecution decided against
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  Speaker 1: criminal charges, disciplinary action by the deputy chief of staff
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  Speaker 1: led to the officer's immediate departure from the military. In
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  Speaker 1: the disputed territories, the family of Yaakov Faraj, who was
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  Speaker 1: murdered in 1988, is demanding the Israeli military remove a
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  Speaker 1: monument in the Palestinian village of Burin that honours his killer.
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  Speaker 1: They argue that the memorial, located near the murder site,
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  Speaker 1: glorifies terror and causes further pain. Finally, in Greece, after
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  Speaker 1: a search effort lasting nearly three weeks on Mount Olympus,
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  Speaker 1: a team from the rescue organisation Havrim Mecheltsem located the
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  Speaker 1: body of missing Israeli tourist Ami Yogov, who had been
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  Speaker 1: missing since September 20. The discovery was aided by the
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  Speaker 1: finding of his passport. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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