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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 9, 2026, 03 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: Tensions in the region are escalating as Pakistan has delivered
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  Speaker 1: a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Houthi
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  Speaker 1: allies following stepped-up attacks on Saudi Arabia. The Houthis struck
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  Speaker 1: an airbase and oil infrastructure on Tuesday, wounding 73 people.
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  Speaker 1: According to Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian sources, Pakistani Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Karwaja Asif indicated that aggression spilling into Saudi Arabia could
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  Speaker 1: trigger a joint security arrangement involving Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.
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  Speaker 1: The sources also indicated that Tehran had told the Houthis
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  Speaker 1: last week to carry out attacks on Saudi Arabia, promising
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  Speaker 1: additional funding and weapons. In a separate development, Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu declared from the Hermon outpost in Syria that Israel
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  Speaker 1: will not permit any terror army to establish itself on
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  Speaker 1: its border, and affirmed a commitment to defeat Iran's terror regime.
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  Speaker 1: Former Mossad and Shin Bet official Dvora Sharifian-Barkar also stated
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  Speaker 1: that Israel has the capability to win against Iran and
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  Speaker 1: bring security back by confronting the Islamic Republic and its
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  Speaker 1: regional proxies, though she acknowledged there is still a lot
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  Speaker 1: of work to do. Internationally, the United Kingdom announced a
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  Speaker 1: ban on imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: This decision was welcomed by eight countries, including Turkey, Pakistan,
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Indonesia and Jordan, who
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  Speaker 1: expressed hope it would mobilize other nations to take similar action.
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  Speaker 1: In response to the ban and related sanctions, Israel closed
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  Speaker 1: the British consulate in Jerusalem and expelled officials. Former economic
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  Speaker 1: attaché to the UK, S.H. Mule Bentovim, assessed that the
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  Speaker 1: economic repercussions might not be as severe as initially feared,
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  Speaker 1: estimating that products directly from settlements account for tens of
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  Speaker 1: millions of dollars. and noting that the legislative process for
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  Speaker 1: the ban could take months. On the diplomatic front, former
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  Speaker 1: Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied a report from Haaretz
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  Speaker 1: claiming he advised Qatar to delay hostage negotiations, calling the
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  Speaker 1: account complete fiction. Meanwhile, President Trump stated he will speak
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  Speaker 1: with Israel and the involved parties to understand the reasons
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  Speaker 1: behind the sanctions recently imposed on Judea and Samaria. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: during a visit to Slovenia, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar affirmed
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  Speaker 1: that Israel has no plans to expel or deport any
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, while also rejecting accusations of genocide. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: retired IDF General Noam Tibon is supporting Naftali Bennett's B
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  Speaker 1: Yachad party, detailing its security priorities and platform for national recovery.
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  Speaker 1: Tibon stressed the need to fix Israel after the chaos
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  Speaker 1: of October 7, emphasising a larger army and the recruitment
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  Speaker 1: of the ultra-Orthodox. Economically, a warning has been issued that
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  Speaker 1: Israel's higher education and innovative edge are being eroded by
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  Speaker 1: constant crises, potentially jeopardising long-term investments in education and research.
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  Speaker 1: This comes amid ongoing assessments of the economic impact of
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  Speaker 1: international sanctions. In New York City, demonstrators gathered outside the
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  Speaker 1: Democratic Socialists of America headquarters for a rally organised by
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  Speaker 1: the End Due Hatred movement. The protest focused opposition against
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  Speaker 1: the DSA and Mayor Zoran Mamdani, amidst a noted rise
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  Speaker 1: in anti-Jewish incidents in the city. With recent NYPD data
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  Speaker 1: indicating hate crimes targeting the Jewish community, continue to lead
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  Speaker 1: local offence statistics. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening
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  Speaker 1: to Israel Today, Ongoing War Report. Stay safe and informed.
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