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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 22, 2026, 05 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: In diplomatic developments, US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jad
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  Speaker 1: Kushner have met with mediators to discuss a potential deal
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  Speaker 1: aimed at ending the conflict with Iran. According to reports
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  Speaker 1: from Jpost.com and AL Monitor, Iran has submitted its terms
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  Speaker 1: for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which include the
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  Speaker 1: immediate lifting of naval blockades, the release of frozen Iranian
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  Speaker 1: assets and an end to war across all resistance. Fronts.
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump told reporters that Washington and Tehran
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  Speaker 1: were moving toward a settlement and indicated that a deal
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  Speaker 1: could be reached. He also reiterated threats against Iran during
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  Speaker 1: his address at the United Nations. Turning to the conflict zones,
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  Speaker 1: students in Gaza have returned to in-person schooling for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in nearly three years. However, Jpost.com raises concerns
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  Speaker 1: about the curriculum. questioning whether it continues to indoctrinate children
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  Speaker 1: with hatred towards Jews and Israel, as Israel and educational
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  Speaker 1: monitoring organisations have long alleged and documented. The report notes
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  Speaker 1: figures from UNICEF indicating that 98% of Gaza's schools were
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  Speaker 1: destroyed or damaged, and that over 22,000 students and 770
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  Speaker 1: education workers were killed during the war, though the verification
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  Speaker 1: of these figures is not detailed. Meanwhile, tensions remain high
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  Speaker 1: in Judea and Samaria. the Prime Minister's office reacted strongly
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  Speaker 1: to a statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, highlighting that
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  Speaker 1: just two days prior, on the eve of Yom Kippur,
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  Speaker 1: French citizen Nathaniel Chokron, a father of six, was murdered
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  Speaker 1: by Hamas terrorists in the region. Macron had stated that
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  Speaker 1: Hamas never operated in the West Bank, a comment criticised
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  Speaker 1: by sources as ignorance or intentional historical revisionism, especially given
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  Speaker 1: the daily violations observed in the area. An unusual border infiltration,
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  Speaker 1: was also reported near Qasr al-Yahad in the southern Jordan Valley,
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  Speaker 1: where a number of suspects were apprehended by IDF forces. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Canada has announced it intends to provide international aid totalling
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  Speaker 1: 100 million Canadian dollars to Palestinians. A report from the
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  Speaker 1: United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA, released last week, which
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  Speaker 1: is based on discussions with displaced women, alleged that Israel's
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  Speaker 1: military response to Hamas's October 7 attack along with displacement
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  Speaker 1: and security measures, has increased the severity and frequency of
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  Speaker 1: gender-based violence experienced by Palestinian women in the territory. However,
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  Speaker 1: as UNFPA acknowledged, women in the discussions may have been
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  Speaker 1: unlikely to disclose violence by armed groups. The report did
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  Speaker 1: not mention Hamas or individuals working for aid organisations in
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  Speaker 1: potential exploitation, despite media reports detailing such allegations. The report
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  Speaker 1: also noted pre-existing issues of deep-seated gender norms, and a
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  Speaker 1: lack of legal protections for women in the Palestinian territories. Jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: also provided analysis on Israeli policies enacted in East Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: since 1967, characterising them as ethnic cleansing and detailing zoning
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  Speaker 1: and housing disparities that affect Palestinian residents. In international policy news,
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  Speaker 1: Colombia has officially withdrawn from South Africa's genocide case against
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  Speaker 1: Israel at the International Court of Justice. This move by
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  Speaker 1: the new administration, signals a policy shift aimed at restoring
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  Speaker 1: ties with Israel. Domestically, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia expressed
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  Speaker 1: his support for the execution of terrorists, stating that the
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  Speaker 1: gallows are an important tool for deterrence, adding that Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also supports this approach. This follows the
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  Speaker 1: murder of Netanel C.H. Crown, who reportedly saved his son
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  Speaker 1: by warning him of the terrorists' presence. We also note
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  Speaker 1: an incident reported by Israelical where a KPMG manager allegedly
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  Speaker 1: called a Jewish man a Zionist pig at a New
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  Speaker 1: York gym, prompting her to launch a GoFundMe. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today, Ongoing
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