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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 9, 2026, 02 PM 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: We begin with significant international action concerning Iran's nuclear program.
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  Speaker 1: The Board of Governors at the International Atomic Energy Agency
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  Speaker 1: has voted to refer Iran to the United Nations Security
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  Speaker 1: Council over its nuclear non-compliance, marking the first time in
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  Speaker 1: two decades Iran has faced such a referral. This move
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  Speaker 1: comes amidst ongoing concerns over Iran's nuclear activities, the IAEA's
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  Speaker 1: limited access to facilities and previous strikes on nuclear sites,
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  Speaker 1: with Iran denying military nuclear ambitions. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: reiterated Israel's commitment to confronting Iran, stating from MT Herman,
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  Speaker 1: We will not allow any terrorist army to establish itself
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  Speaker 1: on our border. We are committed to defeating the terrorist
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  Speaker 1: regime in Iran, and we will do so. Adding to
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  Speaker 1: the discourse on confronting Iran, Dvora Sharifian-Barkar, a former Mossad
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  Speaker 1: and Shin Bet official and candidate on Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar
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  Speaker 1: Party list, expressed confidence in Israel's ability to defeat Iran
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  Speaker 1: and its regional proxies, though she stressed significant work remains.
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  Speaker 1: On the international front regarding Israeli settlements, British Foreign Secretary
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  Speaker 1: Ed Miliband announced a ban on imports from settlements in
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank, aiming to protect Palestinians and preserve a
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  Speaker 1: two-state solution. This policy is noted to potentially impact approximately 17,600
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  Speaker 1: West Bank Palestinians employed in those settlements, according to Palestinians'
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  Speaker 1: Central Bureau of Statistics data. Canada has also implemented a
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  Speaker 1: ban on imports from West Bank settlements, following a joint
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  Speaker 1: statement with several European nations citing settlement expansion and settler
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  Speaker 1: violence as threats to peace. In response, pro-Israel advocacy groups
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  Speaker 1: in Canada have condemned the move. On the other hand,
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  Speaker 1: Eight Arab and Muslim-majority nations, including Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia,
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  Speaker 1: welcomed the UK's decision, expressing hope it will spur similar
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  Speaker 1: actions globally. Separately, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar affirmed during a
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  Speaker 1: press conference in Slovenia that Israel has no plans to
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  Speaker 1: expel or deport Palestinians from Gaza, stating his position aligns
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  Speaker 1: with international norms. He added that Israel would not oppose
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians choosing to leave Gaza if another country is prepared
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  Speaker 1: to accept them. Minister Saar also rejected accusations of genocide,
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  Speaker 1: attributing responsibility to Hamas and its stated objective of eliminating Israel.
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  Speaker 1: In developments concerning international aid agencies, a report by the
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  Speaker 1: United States Agency for International Development's Office of Inspector General
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  Speaker 1: has identified major deficiencies. In the UNS August 2024 investigation
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  Speaker 1: into 19 UNRWA staff members accused of involvement in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 attacks. The USAID-OIG report criticises the UN's findings,
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  Speaker 1: noting that evidence provided by Israel was not independently authenticated
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  Speaker 1: and should have been considered collected enemy materials. The report
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  Speaker 1: also points out that the UN probe did not examine
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  Speaker 1: potential Hamas membership among staff, despite UNRWA directives, and raises
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  Speaker 1: concerns that terminated UNRWA employees might find future employment with
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  Speaker 1: other organisations receiving US taxpayer funding. Domestically, recent polling indicates
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  Speaker 1: shifts in political support, with one poll showing the BB
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  Speaker 1: block at 64 seats, while the Winter block continues to
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  Speaker 1: decline and Smotrich and Fagelin are showing strength. Prime Minister's
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  Speaker 1: spokesman David Mensah responded sharply to recent sanctions imposed by
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  Speaker 1: the UK, calling British officials, including Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband
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  Speaker 1: and the Labour Party, irrelevant and a joke. In legal news,
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  Speaker 1: a court ordered a convicted man to pay NIS 200,
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  Speaker 1: and 58,000 in compensation. Noting he cut short the life
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  Speaker 1: of a woman before the eyes of her husband and
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  Speaker 1: nine-year-old daughter, the perpetrator received a 13-year prison sentence. In
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  Speaker 1: economic and technological news, US tech giant Google is expanding
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  Speaker 1: its research and development presence in Israel, establishing a new
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  Speaker 1: engineering group dedicated to building artificial intelligence chips for robots
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  Speaker 1: and autonomous systems. Simultaneously, Israel Aerospace Industries has developed a
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  Speaker 1: robotic system to enable D9 bulldozers to operate remotely or
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  Speaker 1: autonomously for dangerous missions. On demographics, Israel's population has now
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  Speaker 1: surpassed 10.3 million people, showing a continued growth of 1.2% annually,
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  Speaker 1: largely driven by births, with a fertility rate remaining near
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  Speaker 1: three children per woman, a statistic that stands out among
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  Speaker 1: developed nations. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for joining us
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