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Hamas Sees Victory, Israeli Politics Tied in New Poll · 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: Hamas leadership views its three-year survival against the IDF as
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  Speaker 1: a victory, believing Israel's territorial control is temporary and a
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  Speaker 1: continuation of historical goals. This perception is reportedly influenced by
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  Speaker 1: external plans like Jad Kushner's economic development proposals for Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: which they see as aligning with the vision of Hamas
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  Speaker 1: founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. According to intelligence presented to senior
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  Speaker 1: Israeli officials, Hamas members feel they have not been defeated
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  Speaker 1: by the Israeli army, attributing this to their resistance. Consequently,
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  Speaker 1: Hamas is actively preparing for an anticipated IDF offensive by
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  Speaker 1: recruiting operatives, distributing weapons, digging defensive tunnels, and manufacturing explosives.
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  Speaker 1: In response, Israeli defense forces, including the IDF Southern Command
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  Speaker 1: and Shin Bet, are intensifying targeted killings of Hamas operatives
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  Speaker 1: involved in past attacks or planning future ones. The IDF
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  Speaker 1: is preparing for a potential ground manoeuvre into Gaza City
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  Speaker 1: to dismantle terrorist infrastructure, as Hamas leadership has refused to
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  Speaker 1: disarm or cede control. A decision on such an operation
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  Speaker 1: is expected after Israeli elections. Adding context to the broader
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  Speaker 1: regional security picture, The United States has issued a warning
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  Speaker 1: to its citizens in the Middle East, alerting them to
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  Speaker 1: a possible change in the security situation that could indicate
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  Speaker 1: potential escalation. Meanwhile, looking back at the lead-up to past events,
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  Speaker 1: reports indicate that warnings of potential trouble were present before
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  Speaker 1: October 7. Elkanah Federman, former security chief for the Nova
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  Speaker 1: Music Festival, revealed he received a recorded message about a
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  Speaker 1: week before the attack from an IDF soldier serving in
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  Speaker 1: the Gaza division. the soldier mentioned hearing from a chief
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  Speaker 1: warrant officer hinting at trouble during Sukkot. Federman relayed this
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  Speaker 1: information up the chain of command and was reportedly told
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  Speaker 1: that everything was fine. Federman expressed his view that Hamas
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  Speaker 1: was never fully deterred, criticising the pre-attack assumption that Gaza
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  Speaker 1: could be managed like Gaza Disneyland. He stated the message
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  Speaker 1: reflected the general sentiment among soldiers on the ground who
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  Speaker 1: observed unusual Hamas activity and training. Turning to the domestic
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  Speaker 1: scene in Israel, A recent Mariv poll conducted on October
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  Speaker 1: 7th and 8th reveals a closely divided political landscape. The
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  Speaker 1: poll shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition and the opposition
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  Speaker 1: bloc tied at 52 seats each. The Likud party gained
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  Speaker 1: one seat, while Yair Golan's Democrats lost one. Within the coalition,
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  Speaker 1: Itamar Ben-Gevir's Yehudit-Yehudit party saw a decrease, while the religious
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  Speaker 1: Zionist party gained. The poll indicates Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party
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  Speaker 1: leading with 21 seats, followed by Likud with 20. In
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  Speaker 1: head-to-head match-ups for Prime Minister, Gadi Eisenkot holds a lead
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  Speaker 1: over Netanyahu, while Netanyahu is narrowly behind former Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Naftali Bennett. The survey also highlights public opinion on coalition composition,
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  Speaker 1: with a majority opposing an Arab party's inclusion but supporting
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  Speaker 1: a Haredi party. In terms of specific security incidents, Israeli
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  Speaker 1: police arrested six suspects, five of them minors, Following an
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  Speaker 1: attack and robbery of a 29-year-old man on the Jaffa
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  Speaker 1: Gate Promenade in Jerusalem, the stolen mobile phone was recovered.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate incident highlighting concerns over military assets, a
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian from Judea and Samaria was apprehended with a Matador missile,
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  Speaker 1: believed to have been stolen from the IDF. In other news,
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  Speaker 1: the remains of Elitza Hajbai, the final victim from the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre at Moshav Yakini, have been recovered by ZAKA,
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  Speaker 1: providing a measure of closure. Separately, a Green Party congressional
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  Speaker 1: candidate in Wisconsin, Matthew Arndt, was arrested on suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: a hate crime after allegedly directing anti-Semitic insults at an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli father and his son. We also note the passing
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  Speaker 1: of Mrs Shoshana Cohen, mother of Rabbis Zamia and Zevadia Cohen.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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