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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 5, 2026, 12 AM 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: US officials are expressing serious concern over potential Iranian escalation
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  Speaker 1: in the ongoing conflict. Recent intelligence assessments, reported by the
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  Speaker 1: New York Times and corroborated by UNIT, suggest Iran feels
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  Speaker 1: increasingly confident in its military capabilities. This newfound confidence, coupled
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  Speaker 1: with a clearer understanding of its leverage, particularly concerning the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz, has led to a reluctance among Iranian
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  Speaker 1: leaders to seek an end to the war. The fear
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  Speaker 1: is that Iran may significantly intensify attacks. This could involve
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  Speaker 1: targeting more ships in the Strait of Hormuz and US
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure across the Middle East. Simultaneously, US officials warn of
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  Speaker 1: a growing threat in the cybersphere, with Iran-linked hackers potentially
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  Speaker 1: targeting essential US domestic systems. Reports indicate that in July,
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  Speaker 1: Such attacks disrupted over 100 water systems across the US,
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  Speaker 1: requiring manual overrides and precautionary measures, though none made water unsafe.
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  Speaker 1: Experts suggest these cyber operations could aim to exhaust domestic patients,
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  Speaker 1: with the current administration's handling of the conflict. Iran also
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  Speaker 1: believes that dwindling US munition stockpiles may limit the American
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  Speaker 1: response to new strikes. This strategic assessment, according to Representative
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  Speaker 1: Josh Gotthamer, leads Iranian leaders to believe they have maximum leverage,
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  Speaker 1: potentially motivating them to prolong the conflict, especially with upcoming
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  Speaker 1: US midterms in mind. In parallel, signs have emerged of
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  Speaker 1: Iran spreading propaganda, with networks originating in Iran focusing on
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  Speaker 1: US politics and anti-Republican views, alongside extensive domestic media coverage
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  Speaker 1: of US political figures and elections. In other news, Actor
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  Speaker 1: Mark Ruffalo is facing accusations of antisemitism for comments made
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  Speaker 1: about Paramount's guidance CEO David Ellison, linking him to an
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  Speaker 1: apartheid system of oppression in Gaza. Paramount itself, along with
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  Speaker 1: several leading Jewish groups, has stated Ruffalo's remarks invoked antisemitic
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  Speaker 1: tropes concerning Jewish wealth and power. However, the actor has
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  Speaker 1: also garnered significant support. Approximately 170 notable Jewish personalities, including entertainers,
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  Speaker 1: rabbis and physicians, have released an open letter defending Ruffalo,
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  Speaker 1: calling the attacks against him a false and dangerous weaponisation
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  Speaker 1: of charges of antisemitism. George Clooney has also voiced his support.
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  Speaker 1: The controversy stems from Ruffalo's social media posts, which connected
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  Speaker 1: David Ellison and his father, Larry Ellison, both Jewish and
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  Speaker 1: prominent supporters of Israel, to tech giant Oracle, a company
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  Speaker 1: with links to Israel that has been a target for progressives.
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  Speaker 1: Ruffalo had described Larry Ellison as a classic oligarch. Paramount
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  Speaker 1: has suggested that criticism of their pending merger, which is
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  Speaker 1: facing antitrust challenges, is being framed with anti-Semitic elements, and
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  Speaker 1: that Ruffalo's comments expose the true motivations of some opponents.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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  Speaker 1: a comprehensive view.