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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 19, 2026, 09 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: In the southern Red Sea, Houthi forces have seized control
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  Speaker 1: of the greater and lesser Hanish Islands and the strategically
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  Speaker 1: important Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This advance follows their capture of
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  Speaker 1: the port city of Mokka and Perim Island, placing them
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  Speaker 1: at the narrowest point of the strait. According to jpost.com,
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  Speaker 1: the Iran-supported militia men's actions afford them, and the Iran-led
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  Speaker 1: regional alliance, effective control over maritime traffic moving between the
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  Speaker 1: Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. The Houthis have
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  Speaker 1: stated their intention to target Saudi shipping. This Houthi push
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  Speaker 1: was accompanied by an Iraqi Shait militia drone attack on
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline on September 10. Jpost.com reports
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  Speaker 1: the pipeline, used to transport oil to the Red Sea
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  Speaker 1: and bypass the Strait of Hormuz, is expected to be
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  Speaker 1: out of service for three to five weeks. This coordinated
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  Speaker 1: action between Iraqi militias and the Houthis is seen as
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  Speaker 1: an effort to extend the Iran-led alliance's ability to influence
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  Speaker 1: maritime traffic from Hormuz to the Red Sea. The report
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  Speaker 1: notes that focusing on Saudi Arabia helps avoid direct US retaliation.
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  Speaker 1: While the Houthis are not considered direct IRGC proxies, Jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: highlights that much of their military capacity derives directly from
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  Speaker 1: their relationship with Tehran. demonstrating a coordinated regional bloc acting
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  Speaker 1: for shared objectives. On the northern front, two Israeli soldiers
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  Speaker 1: were lightly wounded earlier today when an IDF engineering vehicle
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  Speaker 1: struck a Hezbollah explosive device in southern Lebanon. UNIT reports
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  Speaker 1: that the soldiers were evacuated for medical treatment and their
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  Speaker 1: families were notified. In response, the IDF stated it struck
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah terror infrastructure. In diplomatic news, European diplomats from 12
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  Speaker 1: nations revealed that Australia unexpectedly withdrew at the last minute
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  Speaker 1: from a UK-led coalition aimed at imposing sanctions on Israeli
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  Speaker 1: West Bank settlements. According to jpost.com, Australia had reportedly been
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  Speaker 1: open to taking more aggressive action against the settlements, which
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  Speaker 1: are viewed by some as illegal under international law. While
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  Speaker 1: Canada was the only non-European country to join the statement,
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  Speaker 1: the report cites sources who suggest domestic politics and criticism
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  Speaker 1: from Australian Jewish groups. potentially amplified by concerns over increased
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism following recent terror attacks, may have influenced Australia's decision.
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  Speaker 1: In the United States, a man in Maine has been
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  Speaker 1: sentenced to three years of supervised release after being convicted
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  Speaker 1: of making online threats. Jpost.com reports Thaddeus Wind was found
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  Speaker 1: guilty of multiple counts, including transmitting interstate threatening communications and
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  Speaker 1: threatening a US vice president. Evidence presented during his trial
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  Speaker 1: showed Wind posted threats on X, formerly Twitter, targeting Jewish people,
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  Speaker 1: Vice President Kamala Harris, law enforcement and Elon Musk. Officials
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  Speaker 1: stated that such threats against Jewish people and law enforcement
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  Speaker 1: are federal crimes and not protected speech. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from
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  Speaker 1: Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi,
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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