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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 17, 2026, 08 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 developments in the conflict with Iran and
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  Speaker 1: its proxies. The United States Treasury Department has announced new
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  Speaker 1: sanctions targeting Iran's financial networks, sanctioning the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange
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  Speaker 1: Bitbank and its owner, Babak Zanjani. According to the Treasury,
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  Speaker 1: the Bitbank is accused of processing payments that allowed ships
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  Speaker 1: to safely transit the Strait of Hormuz and of routing
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of millions of dollars to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps,
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  Speaker 1: the IRGC. Jpost.com reports this action is part of the
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  Speaker 1: US Treasury's initiative, Operation Economic Outcast, which aims to economically
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  Speaker 1: isolate Iran and disrupt its financial, commercial and logistical networks.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to the West Bank, the NGO Beatsalem has released
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  Speaker 1: a report titled The Elimination Project. Jpost.com reports Beetzellem claims
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  Speaker 1: Israel is systematically dismantling Palestinian collective life in the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: describing it as a comprehensive mechanism of elimination, and accusing
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  Speaker 1: Israel of genocide, ethnic cleansing, settler colonialism and apartheid. The
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  Speaker 1: report is said to draw on over 2,000 testimonies. In response,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF stated to the Jerusalem Post that any claim
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  Speaker 1: Israel is advancing a course of action aimed at eliminating
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians as a people is false. baseless, and disconnected from reality,
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  Speaker 1: adding that the IDF's mission is to thwart terrorism and
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  Speaker 1: protect all residents. Meanwhile, the Times of Israel reports that
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  Speaker 1: dozens of countries, alongside representatives from the European Union and
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  Speaker 1: UN agencies, are preparing to convene on the sidelines of
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  Speaker 1: the UN General Assembly. Their discussions will focus on collaborative
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  Speaker 1: efforts for the rebuilding of Gaza. On the diplomatic front,
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  Speaker 1: the United Nations General Assembly voted to allow Palestinian President
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  Speaker 1: Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials to participate in
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  Speaker 1: UN meetings via video conference. This resolution passed after the
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  Speaker 1: United States denied visas for them to travel to New York.
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  Speaker 1: The US stated that the Palestinian Authority must cease subsidising
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  Speaker 1: terror and engage in serious governance rather than diplomatic theatre. Jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: notes that Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon,
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  Speaker 1: commented that Abbas cannot expect the international community to ignore
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  Speaker 1: his policy of making payments to terrorists. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a Likud party rally, framing
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming Knesset elections as a direct struggle between the
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  Speaker 1: right and the left. He sharply criticised Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar party,
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  Speaker 1: labelling it a bluff. According to jpost.com, Netanyahu also announced
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  Speaker 1: plans to advance a government bill aimed at financially harming
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  Speaker 1: individuals who defame the IDF globally and spoke about the
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  Speaker 1: importance of statesmanship in international relations, particularly with the United States. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: a story of remembrance and resilience. Jpost.com reports that former
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  Speaker 1: Gaza hostage Bar Kupishtin led a slitch-hot prayer service, marking
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  Speaker 1: one year since his release from Hamas captivity. Kupishtin, a
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  Speaker 1: paramedic who was kidnapped from the Nova Music Festival, spoke
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  Speaker 1: about the profound impact of faith and the crucial support
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  Speaker 1: from the Israeli public during his time in captivity, urging
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  Speaker 1: continued remembrance for hostages who have not yet returned. Former
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  Speaker 1: hostage Rom Braslavsky also expressed his gratitude for the Israeli
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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