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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 26, 2026, 02 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: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al
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  Speaker 1: Thani has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of sabotaging efforts
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  Speaker 1: to reach a peace agreement in the Gaza Strip, attributing
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  Speaker 1: this to the Israeli Prime Minister's personal gain and that
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  Speaker 1: of his far-right government. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour,
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  Speaker 1: Al Thani stated that Israel has not fulfilled its commitments
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  Speaker 1: under the October 2025 agreement, claiming that instead of withdrawing,
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  Speaker 1: Israel now occupies over 70% of the Strip and continues
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  Speaker 1: its military actions. He also asserted that the daily number
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  Speaker 1: of humanitarian trucks entering Gaza is far below the agreed minimum.
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  Speaker 1: Al Thani further pushed back against allegations of Qatar funnelling
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  Speaker 1: money to Hamas's military wing, emphasising that all Qatari funds
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  Speaker 1: were coordinated with the UN and the Israeli government, and
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  Speaker 1: used exclusively for approved purposes, such as supplying gas, supporting
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  Speaker 1: poverty-stricken families, and paying civil employees. New reports detail warnings
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  Speaker 1: from the UAE and Egypt ahead of the October 7 attacks,
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  Speaker 1: which have drawn a furious denial from Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 1: Gadi-Eisenkot has accused the Prime Minister of betraying the public's
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  Speaker 1: trust in relation to these warnings. In developments concerning Gaza's
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  Speaker 1: immediate future, Egypt has demanded that Israel grant economic concessions
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  Speaker 1: to the Strip, signalling a preference for non-military solutions. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Nikolai Mladenov, the US-backed Board of Peace's High Representative for Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: warned on Thursday that the proposed Palestinian Governance Committee is
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  Speaker 1: not currently in a position to take control of the
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  Speaker 1: Strip due to the severe difficulties they would face. He
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  Speaker 1: indicated that donor confidence for reconstruction hinges on stability and
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  Speaker 1: the decommissioning of Hamas weapons. Internationally, the United Nations Human
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  Speaker 1: Rights Office issued a list on Friday adding 61 more
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  Speaker 1: companies operating in Judea and Samaria settlements, bringing the total
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  Speaker 1: to 214. Israel's diplomatic mission criticised the database, calling it
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  Speaker 1: a distorted mechanism, created by a deeply flawed body with
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  Speaker 1: an automatic majority against Israel, and stated it was established
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  Speaker 1: to persecute the Jewish state. In regional activity, Hezbollah is
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  Speaker 1: inviting the public to a central commemoration ceremony marking two
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  Speaker 1: years since the assassination of leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem
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  Speaker 1: Safi al-Din. The event is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at
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  Speaker 1: Nasrallah's grave in Dahi, Beirut, and IDF drones are expected
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  Speaker 1: to patrol the skies during the ceremony. A new documentary,
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  Speaker 1: titled Paging Hezbollah, is set to reveal the inside story
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  Speaker 1: of the Mossad's legendary pager operation. which struck thousands of
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah terrorists across Lebanon approximately two years ago. The film
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  Speaker 1: is scheduled for release on October 30. On the front
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism, reports cite the Belgian Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis, CUTA,
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  Speaker 1: director Gert Verketeren telling French broadcaster RTBF that Iran directed
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  Speaker 1: two separate terror attacks in Liege and Antwerp earlier this
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  Speaker 1: year against Jewish targets. Verketeren stated the terrorists certainly acted
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  Speaker 1: on instructions from Tehran, contributing to Belgium's current, very serious,
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  Speaker 1: threat level due to the geopolitical context and rising extremism. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's opposition bloc is reportedly internal, with leaders divided over strategy.
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  Speaker 1: Gadi-Eisenkot favours rallying around a single prime ministerial candidate for momentum,
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  Speaker 1: while Avigdor Liberman and Naftali Bennett believe fielding multiple candidates
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  Speaker 1: could broaden voter appeal. The ongoing arguments are seen as destructive.
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  Speaker 1: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir's support for the death penalty
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  Speaker 1: for terrorist law has drawn criticism, with some arguing it
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  Speaker 1: represents power unchecked and betrays core Jewish values. Additionally, a
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  Speaker 1: segment discussed the Ram Party's platform concerning Islamic values and
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  Speaker 1: LGBTQ plus rights, highlighting Yoav Sagalovic's pro-LGBTQ plus stance. Questions
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  Speaker 1: have also arisen regarding whether Gadi Isenkot supported or opposed
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  Speaker 1: a full-scale war with Hezbollah. Meanwhile, Moria Asaf from Channel
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  Speaker 1: 13 has published, with censor approval, documents detailing discussions Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu held on the eve of October 7th concerning
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  Speaker 1: advancing civilian arrangements with Hamas. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: 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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