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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-04 at 21:02 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 9.01pm in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today. Ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In the conflict with Iran and its regional proxies, fighting
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  Speaker 1: has intensified around western Taiz as the Iran-backed Houthis push
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  Speaker 1: to seize territory that would give them greater control over
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  Speaker 1: the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a chokepoint at the entrance to
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  Speaker 1: the Red Sea that is instrumental in international shipping routes.
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  Speaker 1: Reporting cited Yemeni security officials describing heavy clashes near Taiz
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  Speaker 1: as the Houthis attempt to cut off supply routes to Mokka,
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  Speaker 1: a port city less than 50 miles from the strait.
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  Speaker 1: The group had declared a blockade on Saudi oil tankers
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  Speaker 1: passing through the Red Sea in July and has since
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  Speaker 1: launched missile and drone attacks at passing ships and Saudi
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  Speaker 1: facilities from northern Yemen. Analysts say access to Mokka would
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  Speaker 1: enable the Houthis to exert greater influence over ships transiting
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  Speaker 1: Bab al-Mandab. Separately, Lebanon reported that at least three people
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  Speaker 1: were killed and more than 20 wounded in Israeli strikes
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  Speaker 1: after a Hezbollah drone attack, with officials noting no Israeli
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  Speaker 1: troops wounded in the clashes. In US policy concerning Israel-America, beware,
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  Speaker 1: the battle over Israel's identity could be coming for the
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  Speaker 1: US opinion. An opinion piece argues that a long-running debate
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  Speaker 1: about Israel's identity and legitimacy could spill over to the
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  Speaker 1: United States, urging vigilance before such questions reach American shores.
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  Speaker 1: The author reflects on how culture and technology complicate truth,
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  Speaker 1: citing films that explore manipulated reality, and warns that questions
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  Speaker 1: of evidence and identity could be weaponised as part of
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  Speaker 1: broader political battles, potentially affecting how Americans discuss Israel. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, how Israel became the left's organising target
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  Speaker 1: for grievance coalitions, opinion. The piece draws on Ruth Wyss's
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  Speaker 1: argument that antisemitism has become a convenient organising target for
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  Speaker 1: grievance coalitions within segments of the left, a dynamic she
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  Speaker 1: described in her 1992 book If I Am Not For Myself,
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  Speaker 1: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews. Wyss characterises this as
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  Speaker 1: the politics of the pointing finger, noting how rising grievances
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  Speaker 1: can channel blame toward Jews, a lens the author says
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  Speaker 1: helps explain recent shifts in attitudes toward Israel among liberal
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  Speaker 1: and progressive groups. In uplifting news, Health funds launch flu
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  Speaker 1: vaccination campaigns as supplies gradually reach clinics. Israel's health funds
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  Speaker 1: are beginning their flu vaccination campaigns ahead of the 2026-2027
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  Speaker 1: winter season, with rollout proceeding gradually as shipments arrive. Muheddet
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  Speaker 1: Health Services received its first shipment on Thursday and vaccinations
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  Speaker 1: are expected to start next week, with vaccines arriving in
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  Speaker 1: several shipments and distribution to clinics planned, as supplies come
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  Speaker 1: in through September and October. Officials urge Atrisk populations to
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  Speaker 1: get vaccinated as soon as vaccines are available. Last winter,
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  Speaker 1: about 980,000 Clalit Health Services patients received flu vaccines, and
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  Speaker 1: vaccination rates among people aged 65 and older stood at
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  Speaker 1: roughly 55%. Ronan Newdelman, Deputy Director General and Head of
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  Speaker 1: Clalit's Community Division, emphasised the goal of enabling the public
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  Speaker 1: to get vaccinated as early as possible to protect themselves
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  Speaker 1: and their families from flu. and its complications. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for tuning in to this Israel Today, ongoing war report update.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed. Keep in mind
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  Speaker 1: that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult
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