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Hezbollah Rebuilds Forces Amid Heightened Regional Tensions · 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: Hezbollah is reportedly using the ceasefire period to rebuild its
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  Speaker 1: military capabilities in southern Lebanon. Sources indicate the group is
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  Speaker 1: upgrading its FPV drones to carry heavier payloads of up
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  Speaker 1: to six kilograms and extend their operational range beyond 30
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  Speaker 1: kilometers in preparation for potential escalation with the IDF. This
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  Speaker 1: military build-up includes increased deployments in villages near the Yellow
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  Speaker 1: Line and heightened security precautions. These efforts come amid reports
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  Speaker 1: of Lebanese forces seizing a truck carrying hundreds of kilograms
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  Speaker 1: of explosives intended for the group. Meanwhile, Iran appears to
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  Speaker 1: be fortifying its defences and preparing for possible conflict with
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  Speaker 1: the US and Israel. Satellite imagery shows reinforced protection around
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  Speaker 1: its nuclear sites. including passive defence measures at locations like
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  Speaker 1: Pickaxe Mountain and Natanz. Iran is also continuing to rebuild
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  Speaker 1: its missile and drone programmes, despite previous damage, and is
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  Speaker 1: rallying loyalists. Experts note that the Islamic Republic is actively
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  Speaker 1: preparing for future confrontations. In Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels
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  Speaker 1: have declared Saudi Aramco oil facilities legitimate targets, urging civilian evacuations.
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  Speaker 1: This declaration follows recent deadly attacks on Riyadh's international airport
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  Speaker 1: and precedes a potential Saudi-led military operation in Yemen's Sana'a.
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis have also threatened a severe response against the
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  Speaker 1: United States should it join the Saudi campaign. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank, a CBS News 60 Minutes investigation revealed
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  Speaker 1: that extremist settler sheep farmers are reportedly using their flocks
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  Speaker 1: to displace Palestinians and assert territorial control. The report suggests
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  Speaker 1: these flocks have taken over approximately 20% of the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: leading to the displacement or erasure of over 100 Palestinian communities.
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  Speaker 1: Some settlers described using sheep grazing as a method to
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  Speaker 1: delineate land claims and deter Palestinian presence, acknowledging that violence
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  Speaker 1: can be involved. In security news, an 18-year-old resident of
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  Speaker 1: Umm el-Farm has been indicted for allegedly planning a terrorist
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  Speaker 1: attack in Jerusalem's Old City and pledging allegiance to the
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  Speaker 1: Islamic State. also known as ISIS. The indictment follows a
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  Speaker 1: joint investigation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police. On
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  Speaker 1: the diplomatic front, new mapping by the Institute for Jewish
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  Speaker 1: People's Policy reveals 138 measures against Israel across 63 countries
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  Speaker 1: and entities, with the United States accounting for the largest number.
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  Speaker 1: Experts caution that the growing number of sanctions could negatively
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  Speaker 1: impact Israel's trade, industry and security. Separately, Approval has been
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  Speaker 1: granted for the establishment of a permanent United Arab Emirates
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  Speaker 1: Embassy in Hursley-Apitua, a significant diplomatic milestone six years after
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  Speaker 1: the Abraham Accords. Domestically, the High Court of Justice has
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  Speaker 1: issued a conditional order concerning a December 2024 law related
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  Speaker 1: to appointments for the Chief Rabbinate's Electoral Assembly, seeking explanations
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  Speaker 1: on why it should not be interpreted to include women
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  Speaker 1: for these roles. In politics, leading candidates reportedly clashed at
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  Speaker 1: a Times of Israel event, debating issues of unity with Likud,
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  Speaker 1: West Bank settlements and international isolation. Evidence presented by police
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  Speaker 1: suggests Prime Minister's advisor Yonatan Yurich consulted an artificial intelligence
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  Speaker 1: engine regarding an influence campaign to improve Qatar's image during
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  Speaker 1: the war. This disclosure reportedly led to a heated on-air
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  Speaker 1: confrontation involving Education Minister Yoav Kish. In a separate security measure,
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  Speaker 1: Defence Minister Israel Katz is expected to sign an order
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  Speaker 1: banning the operation of fibre-optic or SIM card-controlled drones in
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  Speaker 1: Israeli airspace for six months, citing intelligence on plots targeting
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  Speaker 1: senior officials. Meanwhile, exchanges are escalating within the opposition, with
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  Speaker 1: Benny Gantz reportedly accusing rivals of planning a government with
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  Speaker 1: Arab party support, drawing sharp retorts. In business and technology,
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  Speaker 1: Israel Aerospace Industries and Sig Sauer successfully completed a live-fire
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  Speaker 1: demonstration of the Firestorm 250, an armed unmanned aircraft system.
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  Speaker 1: This system, equipped with a Sig Sauer M250 machine gun,
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  Speaker 1: demonstrated its ability to detect, identify and engage targets while hovering,
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  Speaker 1: offering small units organic close support capabilities. For continuing coverage
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