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IDF Neutralizes Hamas Commander in Gaza · 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 Gaza, the IDF announced Thursday evening the successful neutralisation
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  Speaker 1: of Mohamed Moussa Nima Yazji, a commander within Hamas's Shati battalion.
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  Speaker 1: The military stated Yazji was responsible for holding several former hostages,
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  Speaker 1: including Emily Damry, Romy Gonan and Matan Angrest. This operation
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  Speaker 1: took place during strikes in Gaza City on Monday. The
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  Speaker 1: IDF also reported killing another terrorist, Mohamed Fawzi Mohamed Awad Gamal,
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  Speaker 1: from Hamas's Daraj Tuffer battalion, in separate strikes on Tuesday. Tragically,
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  Speaker 1: an operational incident in southern Lebanon has resulted in a fatality.
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  Speaker 1: Captain Eliav Haim T. Zeflamos, a 21-year-old combat engineering officer
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  Speaker 1: from Haifa serving with the 603rd Battalion, was killed when
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  Speaker 1: a Humvee flipped during operational activity, near the Litani River.
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  Speaker 1: Three other IDF soldiers sustained light injuries and are receiving
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  Speaker 1: medical treatment. Turning to regional threats, the Jerusalem Post has
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  Speaker 1: learned that Israel assassinated Iran's navy chief, al-Azhar Tangsiri, on
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  Speaker 1: March 26. Top Israeli officials reportedly viewed Tangsiri as a
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  Speaker 1: highly creative commander and feared he could become a more
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  Speaker 1: formidable chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps than his predecessor.
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  Speaker 1: These revelations follow reports that a US official, Cooper, made
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  Speaker 1: a secret call to IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General
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  Speaker 1: Eyal Zamir, requesting Israel eliminate Tangsiri as a potential threat.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile in Yemen, a journalist who formerly worked in Houthi-controlled
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  Speaker 1: territory told the Jerusalem Post that the Houthis are forcibly
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  Speaker 1: recruiting children and indoctrinating them against Jews and Zionists, using
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  Speaker 1: the Israel-Hamas war as an excuse to recruit. On the
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic front, Yisrael Bey Teh new chairman Avigdor Liberman stated
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  Speaker 1: this week that the United States is expected to recognise
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  Speaker 1: a Palestinian state within approximately two years. Liberman claimed that
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  Speaker 1: US State Department and National Security Council officials across the
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  Speaker 1: board support Palestinian state recognition and that the US will
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  Speaker 1: lead a UN Security Council resolution for this purpose. He
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  Speaker 1: claimed that Prime Minister Netanyahu is aware of this move
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  Speaker 1: and working to advance it. In response to international pressure,
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Minister Gideon Saar declared that Israel will retaliate against
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  Speaker 1: countries acting hostily. Speaking at the Jerusalem Post's diplomatic conference,
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  Speaker 1: Saar defended the closure of the British consulate in Jerusalem, stating,
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  Speaker 1: Every state that works and acts against the State of
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  Speaker 1: Israel must understand that we will take our revenge. This
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  Speaker 1: follows British sanctions and has led to several retaliatory measures,
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  Speaker 1: including barring British officials and terminating training activities. Domestically, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Beitzal El-Smotrich held a
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  Speaker 1: joint conference titled Saving the Right in Jerusalem, aiming to
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  Speaker 1: mobilize right-wing voters ahead of the October 27 elections. The
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  Speaker 1: conference followed a surplus vote-sharing agreement between Netanyahu's Likud party
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  Speaker 1: and Smotrich's Religious Zionist party, with Itamar Ben-Gevir's Yehudit Yehudit
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  Speaker 1: party notably excluded from both the agreement and the conference.
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  Speaker 1: From a security perspective, the Shin Bet has detailed an
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  Speaker 1: alleged plot to form a terror battalion in southern Israel.
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  Speaker 1: According to the agency's report, 72 residents of the south
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  Speaker 1: have been arrested on security charges this year, with approximately
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  Speaker 1: 50 indicted. On a more hopeful note, a recent poll
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  Speaker 1: by the Jewish Federations of North America found that 38%
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  Speaker 1: of US Jews have increased their communal engagement since the
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  Speaker 1: Hamas-led attack on October 7, signalling a continued surge in
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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