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Iran Claims Tanker Destruction in Strait of Hormuz · 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 escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, announced today that
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  Speaker 1: four oil tankers were destroyed after striking naval mines, with
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  Speaker 1: two additional vessels reportedly seized. According to the IRGC's statement,
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  Speaker 1: the tankers were in violation of regulations, using an unauthorised
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  Speaker 1: route and attempting to pass covertly, having switched off their
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  Speaker 1: navigation and identification systems. This incident follows reports from Sunday
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  Speaker 1: of two oil tankers hitting Iranian mines, and the United
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  Speaker 1: Kingdom Maritime and Trade Operations Centre also noted an oil
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  Speaker 1: tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the strait. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli defence official has downplayed the threat posed by
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  Speaker 1: Iran's chemical weapons capabilities. The official told the Hebrew-language outlet UNIT,
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  Speaker 1: that at this point, Iran has no chemical capability that
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  Speaker 1: poses a threat to the state of Israel. These remarks
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  Speaker 1: come amid reports that Israeli intelligence had warned the United
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  Speaker 1: States and Gulf allies about potential dangers, though the official
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  Speaker 1: stated Israel is monitoring the situation and prepared to respond
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  Speaker 1: if necessary. Turning to US policy concerning Israel, US President
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  Speaker 1: Donald Trump has claimed he reached a deal with Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end American military aid to Israel.
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  Speaker 1: The Jerusalem Post reports this claim raises the prospect of
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  Speaker 1: a significant catastrophe, the collapse of Israel's most important strategic alliance.
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  Speaker 1: The report attributes responsibility for this potential threat to national
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  Speaker 1: security to Netanyahu, noting that the annual $ 4 billion aid package,
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  Speaker 1: established under the Obama administration, was historically bipartisan and stable. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: the Shin Bet and Israel police arrested senior ballad activist
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  Speaker 1: Abd Abu Shahada in Jaffa on Wednesday, over suspected security offences,
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  Speaker 1: placing a three-day gag order on the investigation. Sami Abu Shehadeh,
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  Speaker 1: chairman of Ballard, condemned the arrest as a grave crime,
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  Speaker 1: alleging it is part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts
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  Speaker 1: to hijack the elections. This action occurs amidst escalating political
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  Speaker 1: disputes over Arab voters' role, with the Joint List accusing
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  Speaker 1: the Prime Minister and the Shin Bet of weaponising law
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  Speaker 1: enforcement against political figures. Separately, the Central Elections Committee has
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  Speaker 1: announced it found no evidence undermining the election results after
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  Speaker 1: reviewing thousands of complaints. On security, Israeli security forces have
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  Speaker 1: disrupted a significant surge in plots by the jihadist terror
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  Speaker 1: group Islamic State, or IS, against Israel. According to data
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  Speaker 1: compiled by Aaron Zellin, more IS-related operations have been thwarted
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  Speaker 1: since October 7, 2023, than in the previous nine and
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  Speaker 1: a half years combined. Experts warn that the group's growing
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  Speaker 1: threat has been largely overlooked, with attention focused elsewhere. Notably,
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  Speaker 1: about two-thirds of these disrupted plots since October 7 involved
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  Speaker 1: Arab citizens of Israel rather than Palestinians from Judea and Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: or Jerusalem. In analysis of international bodies, an opinion piece
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  Speaker 1: from World Israel News argues that the UN Relief and
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  Speaker 1: Works Agency, UNRWA, and the UN Human Rights Council damaged
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  Speaker 1: the UN's reputation, and should be reformed or ended. The
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  Speaker 1: author suggests these issues should be a litmus test for
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  Speaker 1: the next UN Secretary-General. In lighter news, Israeli pop star
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  Speaker 1: Omar Adam invited former hostages Bar Kuperstein and Aaliyah Cohen
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  Speaker 1: on stage during his sold-out concert in Brooklyn, performing for
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  Speaker 1: thousands of local Jews. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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