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Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport and Israeli Corruption Probe · 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, where a
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  Speaker 1: Houthi terrorist attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh,
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  Speaker 1: has resulted in casualties and disrupted air travel. According to
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  Speaker 1: Saudi civil aviation authorities, the strike killed 12 people and
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  Speaker 1: wounded over 300. The Houthis have since warned airlines and
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  Speaker 1: passengers to avoid Saudi airports and airspace. Riyadh's airport remained
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  Speaker 1: closed for a period, with flights cancelled or suspended. This attack,
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  Speaker 1: the third on the airport that week, is seen as
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  Speaker 1: testing Saudi Arabia's ability to protect itself and its new
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  Speaker 1: defence pacts with Turkey and Pakistan. Yemen expert Inbal Nissim
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  Speaker 1: Lufton told 103FM that the Houthis pose a significant regional threat.
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  Speaker 1: possessing state-like apparatus and controlling territory with over half of
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  Speaker 1: Yemen's population, making them a major concern for Saudi Arabia,
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  Speaker 1: the UAE and Israel. The Houthis have also threatened Saudi
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  Speaker 1: energy facilities, pulling Riyadh back into a conflict it sought
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  Speaker 1: to contain. While forces backed by Saudi Arabia claim to
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  Speaker 1: have retaken strategic positions near the vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait,
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  Speaker 1: the extent of these gains remains disputed by the Houthis. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: a significant corruption probe has led to the arrest of
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  Speaker 1: a mayor in central Israel, his wife and a city official,
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  Speaker 1: along with 16 other individuals. They are suspected of accepting
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  Speaker 1: cash payments from business people, including those with criminal ties,
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  Speaker 1: in exchange for rigging public tenders. Authorities reportedly found hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of thousands of shekels in cash at the mayor and
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  Speaker 1: his wife's home, with tens of thousands confiscated from the
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  Speaker 1: wife at Ben Gurion Airport. Police suspect these bribery funds
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  Speaker 1: financed a lavish lifestyle, including luxury cars, jewellery and international travel.
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  Speaker 1: The investigation began covertly in May 2025. In Europe, a
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  Speaker 1: pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium, has drawn attention. Reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: the protest, which chanted calls for intifada in Arabic, passed
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  Speaker 1: through the Okhla neighbourhood, a known area for a large
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  Speaker 1: Jewish community, before heading towards the Israeli embassy. The routing
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  Speaker 1: is described as deliberate, raising concerns about the demonstration's intent
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  Speaker 1: and its impact on the local Jewish population. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: historical finds, archaeologists have unearthed a 300-metre section of Jerusalem's
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  Speaker 1: Lower Aqueduct, an ancient engineering marvel dating back to the
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  Speaker 1: Hasmonean period. This aqueduct, discovered south of Ramart Rachel, once
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  Speaker 1: supplied water to the Temple Mount from the Bethlehem area
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  Speaker 1: and remained in intermittent use for approximately 2,000 years. The
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  Speaker 1: newly uncovered section will be preserved and made accessible to
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  Speaker 1: the public as part of a future residential neighbourhood. Also
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  Speaker 1: noted are reports of an alleged demand by the High
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  Speaker 1: Court of Justice for the IDF to update terrorists on
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  Speaker 1: when operations are expected to end, described by one source
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  Speaker 1: as delusional. Separately, a stun grenade was suspected to have
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  Speaker 1: been thrown early this morning in Holon, causing property damage.
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  Speaker 1: Police are investigating with a suspected criminal background. Documentation from
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  Speaker 1: Iran also shows civilian arms training, with a young girl
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  Speaker 1: disassembling and reassembling a Kalashnikov rifle. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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