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Hamas Warns of Oct 7-Style Invasion · 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 a significant threat emerging from Gaza. Hamas
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  Speaker 1: leaders have reportedly warned of their readiness to launch another
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  Speaker 1: mass invasion of Israeli territory, echoing the October 7 massacre.
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  Speaker 1: According to an Israeli television report, this message was conveyed
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  Speaker 1: to UN humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov. who then passed it
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  Speaker 1: to COGAT Head Major General Yoram Halevi. Halevi reportedly documented
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  Speaker 1: the warning in a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: and Defence Minister Israel Katz. Hamas cited IDF activity in Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: the moving of the Yellow Line, and the cancellation of
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian Authority elections as factors leading them to lose control,
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  Speaker 1: and stated their willingness to act on any front where possible,
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  Speaker 1: including in Israel, Judea and Samaria, and abroad. Major General
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  Speaker 1: Halevy described the threat as unusual in its bluntness. In
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  Speaker 1: security operations, the IDF announced it has eliminated two terrorists
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  Speaker 1: responsible for funnelling millions of shekels from Iran and Turkey
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  Speaker 1: to Hamas's military wing. The military also bombed three Hamas
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  Speaker 1: weapon depots in central Gaza. Meanwhile, the IDF conducted a
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  Speaker 1: large-scale exercise simulating multi-arena attacks and settlement invasions, with Defence
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  Speaker 1: Minister Avi Ashkenazi responding to these scenarios. The National Library
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  Speaker 1: of Israel is also contributing to documenting the conflict, establishing
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  Speaker 1: a repository for artefacts from the October 7th attacks, including
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  Speaker 1: collecting digital communications and footage from Hamas gunmen, aiming to
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  Speaker 1: preserve real-time accounts of events. Domestically, a dispute over election
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  Speaker 1: integrity has emerged. Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar Party has petitioned the
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General and the Central Elections Committee chairman to prevent
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  Speaker 1: a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Police
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  Speaker 1: Commissioner on Election Integrity. Yashar expressed concern that the meeting,
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  Speaker 1: which was to include National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia, could
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  Speaker 1: pressure public servants and undermine public confidence in the upcoming
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  Speaker 1: election results. Likud responded, stating the meeting was a completion
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  Speaker 1: of a security discussion, not about election integrity, and invited
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  Speaker 1: the CEC to send a representative. The trial of Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu also continues. with Avichai Mandelblit testifying for the sixth
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  Speaker 1: consecutive day. Looking at international perspectives, new research from the
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  Speaker 1: Pew Research Centre indicates a growing generational divide within the
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  Speaker 1: Republican Party regarding support for Israel. A May 2026 survey
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  Speaker 1: found that only 43% of Republicans aged 18 to 34
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  Speaker 1: hold favourable views of the Israeli people, a significant drop
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  Speaker 1: from 79% among those aged 50 and older. Favorability towards
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  Speaker 1: Israel's government was even lower among younger Republicans at 28%.
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  Speaker 1: In other news, Israel and Greece recently concluded a joint
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  Speaker 1: naval exercise in the Mediterranean, practicing various operational scenarios and
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  Speaker 1: highlighting their growing military cooperation. On a more personal note,
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  Speaker 1: during a large rally Eyal Eshel voiced a heartfelt sentiment,
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  Speaker 1: stating his readiness to sacrifice everything for one more hug
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