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Trump Hints at New 'Epic Fury' Strikes on Iran · 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: President Trump indicated Friday that Washington may conduct another military
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  Speaker 1: operation against Iran, suggesting a possible, another little epic fury.
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  Speaker 1: The New York Times reported, citing US officials and individuals
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  Speaker 1: briefed on the matter, that the US and Israeli militaries
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  Speaker 1: have both prepared plans for renewed, short, and intense strikes
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  Speaker 1: targeting Iranian energy, nuclear and weapons infrastructure. Set to begin
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  Speaker 1: after the upcoming US midterm elections, Trump also accused Iran
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  Speaker 1: on Truth Social of fabricating reports of attacks on oil
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  Speaker 1: tankers and naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz to
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  Speaker 1: drive up oil prices. The report added that US and
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  Speaker 1: Israeli officials had come close to ordering new strikes earlier
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  Speaker 1: this month, but Trump reportedly decided against it at the
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  Speaker 1: last minute. Earlier, Trump confirmed in an interview that Washington
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  Speaker 1: is weighing strikes on Iran's pickaxe mountain nuclear site if
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  Speaker 1: military operations are renewed. In the West Bank, IDF troops,
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  Speaker 1: the Shin Bet, border police and the Judea Regional Brigade
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  Speaker 1: have launched a multi-day counter-terrorism operation in the Hebron area.
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  Speaker 1: This follows a deadly Hamas terrorist attack Friday morning, which
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  Speaker 1: killed two soldiers and wounded three. Security forces are conducting
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  Speaker 1: systematic searches for terrorist infrastructure and weapons, and questioning dozens
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  Speaker 1: of suspects. The operation is expected to last several days
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  Speaker 1: and is focused on the area from which the terrorists operated.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered security forces to immediately impose
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  Speaker 1: a closure on the city of Hebron and prepare for
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  Speaker 1: a full lockdown across all of Judea and Samaria, stating,
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  Speaker 1: We will pursue Hamas terrorists and those who send them.
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  Speaker 1: The attack occurred at Judea Junction, where two terrorists opened
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  Speaker 1: fire on soldiers. Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Reutman and Sergeant
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  Speaker 1: Yuval Shai Esvilam were killed in the confrontation. Amid concerns
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  Speaker 1: over potential regional escalation and renewed strikes on Iran, the
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  Speaker 1: United States is accelerating the evacuation of diplomats and their
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  Speaker 1: families from its missions across the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar,
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  Speaker 1: the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. CNN reported early Saturday
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  Speaker 1: that the US State Department ordered non-essential personnel and their
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  Speaker 1: families to leave Saudi Arabia, while quietly reducing staffing levels
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  Speaker 1: at US embassies in other regional nations. American diplomats described
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  Speaker 1: the evacuation process to CNN as chaotic and frustrating, with
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  Speaker 1: many staff members and their families reportedly hearing about the
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  Speaker 1: departures through the news rather than their leadership. On the
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  Speaker 1: domestic front, Prime Minister Netanyahu is reportedly pressing smaller factions
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  Speaker 1: to withdraw from the upcoming election race. In a move
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  Speaker 1: noted by reports, he publicly thanked a rabbi associated with
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  Speaker 1: one party, despite allegations of sex offences against the rabbi. Simultaneously,
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  Speaker 1: Likud is reportedly preparing to challenge results from Arab polling stations.
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