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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 26, 2026, 04 PM 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: Belgium's top threat assessment official has stated that Iran ordered
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  Speaker 1: two terror attacks targeting Jewish sites in the country back
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  Speaker 1: in March. Gert Verketeren, head of Belgium's Coordination Unit for
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  Speaker 1: Threat Analysis, told francophone broadcaster RTBF that the perpetrators of
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  Speaker 1: a synagogue bombing in Liege and a vehicle fire in Antwerp. Certainly,
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  Speaker 1: acted on orders from Iran. These incidents are seen as
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  Speaker 1: part of a broader international campaign, with similar threats also
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  Speaker 1: detected in the Netherlands. Belgian authorities have recorded no additional
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  Speaker 1: strikes connected to the network since a principal suspect was
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  Speaker 1: arrested in Turkey. Belgium currently maintains its national terror threat
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  Speaker 1: assessment at a serious level, a situation attributed by officials
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  Speaker 1: to the geopolitical context, particularly the war, shifting to regional security.
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  Speaker 1: An Egyptian intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, had warned Israel of
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  Speaker 1: a potential escalation and attack from Gaza on September 26, 2023.
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  Speaker 1: This report was later corroborated by The Atlantic, confirming an
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  Speaker 1: earlier revelation from Israel Hayem. Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, district police
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  Speaker 1: are increasing their operational tempo, conducting intelligence hunts and a
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  Speaker 1: wave of operational raids. Domestically, Israeli opposition leaders have been
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  Speaker 1: coordinating their moves ahead of elections. Yair Lapid hosted fellow
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  Speaker 1: bloc chiefs, including Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot, Avigdor Liberman and
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  Speaker 1: Yair Golan, where they signed a document agreeing on shared
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  Speaker 1: principles and pledging not to attack each other. They aim
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  Speaker 1: to work together to increase voter turnout and formulate principles
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  Speaker 1: for a future government, though disagreements over leadership and strategy persist.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate initiative, party leaders have signed a document
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  Speaker 1: vowing that From today, none of us or our representatives
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  Speaker 1: will attack a coalition party or its leader. Adding to
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  Speaker 1: the political discourse, Finance Minister Beitzal El-Smotrich described a photo
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  Speaker 1: of opposition leaders as dangerous. Moshe Feiglin argues that there
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  Speaker 1: is no justification for disqualifying political entities like Ram and Balad,
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  Speaker 1: while Segelovitz claims Gadi Eisenkot would not be able to
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  Speaker 1: form a government without the Ram party. Naftali Bennett also
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  Speaker 1: released documentation of an object being thrown at him during
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  Speaker 1: an event in Bnei Brak, stating defiance against violence. Adding
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  Speaker 1: a peculiar note, Netanyahu reportedly used AI to add Tibai
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  Speaker 1: and Abbas to a meeting of the heads of the
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  Speaker 1: left bloc. Furthermore, the political campaign surrounding the Alor Azaria
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  Speaker 1: conviction continues to cast a shadow. The Azaria syndrome is
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  Speaker 1: described as a political condition where a soldier violating military
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  Speaker 1: orders is recast as the victim. while commanders enforcing orders
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  Speaker 1: are treated as traitors. This has delivered an unmistakable warning
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  Speaker 1: to IDF commanders, making them fear being accused of betraying
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  Speaker 1: troops or becoming political targets when enforcing military law or
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  Speaker 1: defending rules of engagement. The author of one report also
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  Speaker 1: contends that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givir's policies, exemplified by
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  Speaker 1: the death penalty for terrorist law, fail to uphold fundamental
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  Speaker 1: Jewish values and misinterpret Zionism's emphasis on agency. Finally, during
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  Speaker 1: the recent Sukkot holiday, a disturbing incident occurred in Bat Yam.
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  Speaker 1: Video footage reportedly shows minors unprovokedly assaulting foreign workers with
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  Speaker 1: pepper spray and a glass bottle, highlighting potential issues of
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  Speaker 1: youth violence and social intolerance. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: 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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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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