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Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport and IDF Iran Readiness · 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 developments from Saudi Arabia, where Houthi
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  Speaker 1: terrorists launched an attack on the international airport in the capital, Riyadh.
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  Speaker 1: According to Saudi civil aviation authorities, the strike killed 12
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  Speaker 1: people and wounded over 300. The Houthis have since issued
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  Speaker 1: warnings to airlines and passengers to avoid Saudi airports and airspace,
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  Speaker 1: leading to flight cancellations and airport closures. This incident, which
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  Speaker 1: follows earlier strikes on the airport, escalates threats against Saudi
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  Speaker 1: energy facilities, pulling the kingdom back into a conflict it
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  Speaker 1: had sought to contain. The situation is testing new and
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  Speaker 1: existing defence pacts between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to regional military readiness, a military source indicates that the
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  Speaker 1: IDF is preparing for the possibility of conflict with Iran.
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  Speaker 1: If Iran were to initiate an attack, the IDF reportedly
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  Speaker 1: aims to launch a campaign in coordination with the United States.
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  Speaker 1: This operational planning is understood to be influenced by the
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  Speaker 1: US election cycle, with potential operations potentially delayed for a
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  Speaker 1: month to a month and a half after the elections.
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  Speaker 1: Preparations for any such large-scale operation would also consider crucial
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  Speaker 1: weather conditions over Iran. In Israeli domestic politics, a New
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  Speaker 1: Can 11 news poll shows a closely contested election race.
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Aizenkot's Yashar party is projected to win 22 seats,
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  Speaker 1: slightly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party at
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  Speaker 1: 20 seats. However, the poll suggests Netanyahu's governing coalition bloc
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  Speaker 1: is predicted to secure 53 seats, holding a narrow advantage
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  Speaker 1: over Aizenkot's bloc, which is projected at 50 seats. The
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  Speaker 1: poll also revealed that over half of respondents supported a
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  Speaker 1: televised debate between Netanyahu and Aizenkot. Meanwhile, Sources describe mutual
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  Speaker 1: suspicion emerging between members of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid's
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  Speaker 1: parties regarding their post-election conduct. There's an assessment within YES,
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  Speaker 1: outed that Bennett might seek to split from their joint
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  Speaker 1: electoral list after results are published to gain political manoeuvrability.
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  Speaker 1: In legal news, former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit testified yesterday
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  Speaker 1: in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial. This testimony, unusually approved
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  Speaker 1: by the judges, is considered central to determining whether the
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister committed criminal offences. Additionally, the Likud and Religious
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  Speaker 1: Zionism parties are cooperating with a joint field headquarters and
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  Speaker 1: campaign to save the right-wing bloc, a move that appears
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  Speaker 1: to exclude Itamar Ben-Givia and his defence minister aspirations. On
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  Speaker 1: the economic front, the Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon
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  Speaker 1: is in discussions to acquire the Israeli artificial intelligence start-up Descartes,
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  Speaker 1: in a deal potentially valued at around $ 7 billion. and
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  Speaker 1: in uplifting news, US Special Envoy Rabbi Yehuda Kaplan has
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  Speaker 1: reportedly honoured Israeli plumber Yaniv Hayon as a real-life hero.
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  Speaker 1: Hayon was recognised for his bravery during a FlyJubai terror attack,
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  Speaker 1: where he reportedly helped overpower the terrorist Copilot and took
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  Speaker 1: control of the plane as it plunged towards the desert,
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  Speaker 1: despite having no flight training. His actions are credited with
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  Speaker 1: helping avert disaster for the passengers. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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