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Houthi Threats Target US Amid Yemen Conflict · 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 escalating tensions in the region. Houthi political
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  Speaker 1: bureau member Mohammed al-Bukhari has threatened a swift and painful
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  Speaker 1: response against the United States and its regional interests if
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  Speaker 1: Washington joins Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen. This warning
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  Speaker 1: follows recent deadly attacks on Saudi infrastructure, including a strike
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  Speaker 1: on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that killed 13 people.
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump had previously commented on the airport attack,
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  Speaker 1: calling it not acceptable, and indicating the US was considering
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  Speaker 1: joining Saudi strikes. But Haiti also warned employees at Saudi
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  Speaker 1: oil facilities and airports to stay away, stating these sites
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  Speaker 1: have become legitimate targets. The Houthis later claimed responsibility for
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  Speaker 1: a ballistic missile attack on the Riyadh airport, and a
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  Speaker 1: drone strike on an airbase in Khamis Mushait, though Saudi
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  Speaker 1: Arabia reported intercepting the missile. In a tragic incident in
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  Speaker 1: northern Israel, a 14-year-old student, Elazar Yair Wilensky, was killed
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  Speaker 1: and 23 others injured when unexploded ordnance detonated during a
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  Speaker 1: school trip. The incident occurred on the Ramim Ridge area,
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  Speaker 1: close to the Lebanese border. Initial assessments suggest the explosion
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  Speaker 1: was caused by a Hezbollah munition that had landed in
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  Speaker 1: the area previously but failed to detonate. The area had
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  Speaker 1: been subject to heavy fire from Hezbollah during recent fighting.
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  Speaker 1: Security was heightened at Ben Gurion Airport after an anonymous
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  Speaker 1: bomb threat was received concerning a Delta Airlines flight arriving
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  Speaker 1: from New York. The aircraft was directed to a remote
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  Speaker 1: runway and passengers were evacuated for their safety. Security personnel
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  Speaker 1: conducted searches of the plane. Initial assessments suggest the threat
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  Speaker 1: may have been a false alarm. The IDF has clarified
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  Speaker 1: that an unidentified aerial phenomenon detected in northern Israel on
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night was not a drone or a UAV. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: an investigation into an object that penetrated Israeli territory from
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon on Saturday night suggests it was likely a hot
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  Speaker 1: air balloon or similar hovering device, rather than a drone.
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  Speaker 1: The origin and purpose of the object remain undetermined, and
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  Speaker 1: it has not yet been located. In a significant counter-terrorism operation,
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  Speaker 1: IDF troops, guided by Shin Bet Intelligence, arrested four Islamic
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  Speaker 1: Jihad terrorists in the West Bank villages of Kabatia and Araba.
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  Speaker 1: These individuals were reportedly planning a terror attack in the
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  Speaker 1: northern Samaria region. In a separate operation, forces arrested a
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  Speaker 1: wanted individual involved in arms dealing in the Beit Rima area.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities have arrested a 32-year-old Palestinian in Bnei Brak, on
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  Speaker 1: suspicion of filming inside a light rail station. Police state
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  Speaker 1: the suspect was allegedly involved in past terrorist attacks against
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  Speaker 1: Israelis and was staying in Israel illegally, having provided false identification.
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  Speaker 1: He is being held for further questioning. US President Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump has suggested that targeting too many Iranian leaders has
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  Speaker 1: complicated diplomatic efforts, stating it is now unclear who the
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  Speaker 1: hell we're dealing with. Speaking at a rally, he reiterated
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  Speaker 1: Iran would not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons and
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  Speaker 1: claimed US military operations, had severely degraded Iran's naval capabilities.
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  Speaker 1: In the United States, a Jewish preschool in Boca Raton, Florida,
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  Speaker 1: was evacuated following a bomb threat. Students at a nearby
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  Speaker 1: Yeshiva High School were also instructed to shelter in place,
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  Speaker 1: while authorities later determined there was no credible threat. The
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  Speaker 1: incident is part of a concerning pattern of antisemitic threats
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  Speaker 1: targeting Jewish institutions across the US for continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world. Listen to Antisemitism, Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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