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Iran's Secret Network and Regional Diplomacy · 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: Our top story tonight, a Reuters investigation has revealed Iran's
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  Speaker 1: extensive efforts to circumvent sanctions and replenish its military arsenals.
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  Speaker 1: According to the report, Iran operates a secret network of
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  Speaker 1: over 5,000 military agencies linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
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  Speaker 1: Corps and the Ministry of Defense. These agencies have allegedly
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  Speaker 1: smuggled at least $ 2 billion in military hardware, including drone
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  Speaker 1: and missile components, globally since 2025, evading international blockades. This
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  Speaker 1: network appears to be central to how the IRGC continues
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  Speaker 1: to supply its missile and drone programmes. Amid these revelations,
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  Speaker 1: regional diplomatic efforts continue. At the Manama Dialogue Conference, UAE's
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic adviser Anwar Gargash emphasised the desire for a diplomatic breakthrough.
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  Speaker 1: with Iran to avoid further conflict, though he noted that
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  Speaker 1: trust has been shaken and the UAE is preparing for
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  Speaker 1: worst-case scenarios. Syria's foreign minister also reaffirmed a commitment to diplomacy.
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  Speaker 1: On the military front, foreign sources report that a potential
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  Speaker 1: Israeli-US plan for a third Iran war has taken shape,
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  Speaker 1: involving rehearsed strikes and divided operational sectors. A significant challenge
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  Speaker 1: highlighted is the difficulty in destroying Iran's deeply buried nuclear facilities.
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  Speaker 1: such as the Pickaxe mountain site, suggesting that alternative methods
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  Speaker 1: like causing cave-ins might be necessary if conventional bunker-buster bombs
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  Speaker 1: prove insufficient. Meanwhile in southern Lebanon, IDF troops discovered a
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  Speaker 1: children's room near Al-Qiyam decorated with Hezbollah symbols and stocked
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  Speaker 1: with weapons, alongside a destroyed explosive drone warehouse. This discovery
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  Speaker 1: underscores the proximity of militant activity to civilian spaces. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to Gaza, An unprecedented policy is reportedly being implemented by
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  Speaker 1: Israel's defense establishment. Military sources have confirmed a decision not
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  Speaker 1: to target heads of local Hamas authorities. The rationale behind
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  Speaker 1: this is a deep and tangible concern that eliminating these
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  Speaker 1: officials could lead to the collapse of governing institutions and
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  Speaker 1: trigger widespread civilian chaos, which Israel would ultimately have to manage.
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  Speaker 1: This policy operates alongside a high operational pace against Hamas's
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  Speaker 1: military wing. with the IDF and Shin Bet carrying out
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  Speaker 1: targeted killings of terrorists and commanders daily, bolstered by significantly
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  Speaker 1: improved intelligence capabilities. Despite these military actions, Hamas reportedly maintains
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  Speaker 1: control over the Strip's civilian administration. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: a 49-year-old man faces charges of incitement to terrorism and violence.
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  Speaker 1: He allegedly made social media posts calling for the murder
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  Speaker 1: of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other coalition figures. The
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  Speaker 1: indictment details 21 posts made between September and October. In
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  Speaker 1: related political analysis, parallels are drawn between Prime Minister Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: and former US President Trump, suggesting both may face executive
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  Speaker 1: power without legislative control. In Israel, this scenario could manifest
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  Speaker 1: as an unusually independent Knesset, where opposition parties might leverage
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  Speaker 1: parliamentary control, particularly through the Speaker's position, to advance their agenda.
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  Speaker 1: potentially including inquiries into the October 7th events and rolling
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  Speaker 1: back judicial reforms. Finally, in the realm of Israeli innovation,
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  Speaker 1: Time magazine has recognised ADOC's care model as one of
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  Speaker 1: its best inventions of 2026 in medicine and health. This
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  Speaker 1: artificial intelligence model helps doctors identify serious medical conditions earlier
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  Speaker 1: by analysing imaging and clinical text. On the defence front,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's Defence Ministry, is reportedly considering the purchase of low-cost
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  Speaker 1: cruise missiles from a US-Israeli firm. This move aligns with
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu's Super Sparta vision, which emphasises military self-reliance
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  Speaker 1: and the mass production of munitions for protracted, multi-front conflicts. However,
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  Speaker 1: critics have raised concerns regarding the potential costs and fiscal
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  Speaker 1: risks associated with such a strategy. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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