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Yair Golan Targeted on Israeli Election Day · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi. Today,
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  Speaker 1: Israelis participated in the 2026 elections, with voter turnout reaching
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  Speaker 1: a 53-year high, according to Mariv. Amidst the voting, a
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  Speaker 1: knife-wielding man was detained near Yar Ir Golan, chairman of
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  Speaker 1: the Democrats, during a campaign tour in Tel Aviv. Security
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  Speaker 1: personnel found a knife in his possession. and Golan attributed
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  Speaker 1: the incident to political incitement. Separately, two people were injured
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  Speaker 1: in a shooting in Tayyib on election day. Police are investigating,
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  Speaker 1: but initial findings do not suggest a link to the elections.
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  Speaker 1: Parties are also reportedly using workarounds to track voter turnout
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  Speaker 1: outside polling stations after apps were banned inside. Additionally, over
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  Speaker 1: a million Arab-Israeli citizens received calls urging them to vote,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting concerns about violence. The Central Elections Committee also issued
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  Speaker 1: an order prohibiting the Yahadat-Hartorah faction from reporting real-time voter numbers.
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  Speaker 1: On the international front, President Donald Trump defended the military
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  Speaker 1: campaign against Iran, asserting that Tehran was two weeks away
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  Speaker 1: from having a nuclear missile, when the US and Israel
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  Speaker 1: launched their operation, aiming to prevent nuclear proliferation. In regional developments,
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  Speaker 1: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagha Galibaf stated that Supreme Leader
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  Speaker 1: Mujtaba Khamenei is completely healthy, calm and determined. However, tensions persist,
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  Speaker 1: with Tehran issuing threats and Jordan reportedly launching an attack
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  Speaker 1: in Syria. In economic news, researchers have found that an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli ad tech company, DiscoverTech, was a significant source of
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  Speaker 1: ads targeting Starlink users, raising concerns that the ads may
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