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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 14, 2026, 11 AM 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a significant development on the
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  Speaker 1: Northern Front, declaring a huge victory over Hezbollah. He stated
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  Speaker 1: that Israel has destroyed the organisation's largest terror strongholds on
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  Speaker 1: the Beaufort and Al-Tahir ridges. The Prime Minister reiterated Israel's
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  Speaker 1: clear policy to continue dismantling terror infrastructure in the security
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  Speaker 1: zone in Lebanon and remove any threat to the state.
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  Speaker 1: He also issued a warning to adversaries, stating that further
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  Speaker 1: attacks would be met with even heavier blows. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: domestic security concerns, former security chiefs Ehud Barak, Mosh Yalen,
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  Speaker 1: Tamir Pardo and Mosh Karadi have issued a serious warning.
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  Speaker 1: They are concerned that political actors may attempt to exploit
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  Speaker 1: mounting tensions in the West Bank and with Turkey to
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  Speaker 1: deliberately create a security crisis. The aim, they suggest, would
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  Speaker 1: be to delay or disrupt the upcoming Israeli elections. In
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  Speaker 1: a significant development related to allegations against the IDF, IDF
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  Speaker 1: Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia has ordered a
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  Speaker 1: probe into the documentary film, NAZA. Zamia has instructed the
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  Speaker 1: military advocate general to examine and advance possible legal measures
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  Speaker 1: against the film's producers. He described the film as based
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  Speaker 1: on blood libels, deliberate distortions of reality, and grave, false
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  Speaker 1: accusations against IDF soldiers and commanders, asserting that it constitutes
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  Speaker 1: an attack on Israel itself, not just the military. The documentary,
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  Speaker 1: which won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival,
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  Speaker 1: is based on interviews with soldiers and officers, with claims
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  Speaker 1: of systematic mass civilian casualties in Gaza. Israeli officials, including Zamia,
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  Speaker 1: have rejected these allegations, and a team of experts is
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  Speaker 1: being established to address such claims. IDF spokesperson Effie Dufrin
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  Speaker 1: also stated that the film presents false claims. On the
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic and defence front, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing
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  Speaker 1: to travel to the United States next week. He will
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  Speaker 1: attend the United Nations General Assembly Leaders Summit in New
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  Speaker 1: York from September 23rd to 25th, and is scheduled to
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  Speaker 1: address the General Assembly on September 24th. Meanwhile, Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz is urging opposition leader Yair Lapid to support
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  Speaker 1: the IDF's budget request, citing dramatic security challenges and evolving
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  Speaker 1: regional threats that require immediate action. Katz warned that delays
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  Speaker 1: in providing necessary resources could directly impact the IDF's readiness
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  Speaker 1: and the security of Israeli citizens. Adding context to regional dynamics,
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  Speaker 1: Dr Brandon Friedman, Director of Research at the Moshe Dayan Centre,
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  Speaker 1: suggested that Israel is unlikely to improve relations with Saudi
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  Speaker 1: Arabia in the near future. He explained that foreign policy
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  Speaker 1: issues are currently being viewed through the lens of the
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  Speaker 1: upcoming Israeli election, making significant diplomatic overtures difficult. Reports indicated
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia had sought US military assistance against the Houthis,
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  Speaker 1: and Israel was indirectly approached, but Friedman believes any Israeli
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  Speaker 1: support would need to be quiet and might be perceived
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  Speaker 1: as a pre-election boost. In Palestinian political news, the Palestine
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  Speaker 1: Liberation Organization, or PLO, is moving forward with restructuring its
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  Speaker 1: legislative body, the Palestinian National Council, or PNC. This reform
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  Speaker 1: aims to increase democratic representation by incorporating elections for members,
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  Speaker 1: partially replacing previous systems of factional quotas and appointments. However,
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  Speaker 1: the process has drawn criticism, particularly from Hamas, over its
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  Speaker 1: exclusion from the new council structure. the number of PNC
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  Speaker 1: members is also set to be reduced. Finally, on the
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  Speaker 1: strategic economic front, an analysis highlights that Iran's strategy to
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  Speaker 1: drive up oil prices and pressure, the United States is
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  Speaker 1: significantly hampered by its own declining export capacity, due to
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  Speaker 1: international sanctions. While Iran can influence global oil prices higher,
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  Speaker 1: its ability to profit from these increases is crippled. Conversely,
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, having invested in infrastructure like the East-West Pipeline
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  Speaker 1: to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, finds its regional leverage
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  Speaker 1: and market access enhanced by the current crisis, potentially turning
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  Speaker 1: Iran's energy weapon to its rival's advantage. For continuing coverage
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