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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 1, 2026, 07 AM 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: According to World Israel News, last month the Israeli Air
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  Speaker 1: Force struck over 500 targets, including 370 Hezbollah targets in
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  Speaker 1: southern Lebanon and 140 in Gaza, hitting October 7 raiders,
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  Speaker 1: hostage holders and weapons depots. The IDF spokesperson on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: published a detailed response to the documentary, NAZA, asserting that
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  Speaker 1: the film presents a distorted, misleading and disingenuous picture of
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  Speaker 1: the military's target planning and strike process. As reported by
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayim, the IDF rejected claims
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  Speaker 1: made in the film regarding genocide, war crimes, specific combatant-civilian
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  Speaker 1: targeting ratios, and the alleged abusive use of artificial intelligence.
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  Speaker 1: The military emphasised that human IDF officers always make the
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  Speaker 1: final decisions, and that intelligence officials handled targeting data midstream,
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  Speaker 1: not the final stages. The fly-you-by-flight incident continues to draw attention.
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  Speaker 1: World Israel News reports that President Isaac Herzog intends to
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  Speaker 1: recommend four Israeli passengers for the President's Medal for Civilian Heroism,
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  Speaker 1: after they courageously subdued an Omani copilot suspected of attempting
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  Speaker 1: to crash the plane. UNIT details how one passenger helped
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  Speaker 1: stabilise the aircraft while a dentist aboard treated the wounded captain. However,
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  Speaker 1: the incident also sparked controversy. The Times of Israel reports
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  Speaker 1: that shortly after the plane issued its distress signal, thousands
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  Speaker 1: of online posts propagated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, blaming Israel or
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  Speaker 1: Jews for a false flag attack. World Israel News notes
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  Speaker 1: that several major international news organisations faced criticism for their
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  Speaker 1: initial coverage. With early headlines describing the event as a
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  Speaker 1: fight or brawl between pilots, which critics argued downplayed the
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  Speaker 1: severity of the alleged stabbing and attempted crash. In light
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  Speaker 1: of these security concerns and the incident's implications, the political
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  Speaker 1: security cabinet is scheduled to convene this Sunday, as noted
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  Speaker 1: by Mariv News Flash. Jpost.com also reports that Israeli officials
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  Speaker 1: confronted Saudi Arabia's reluctance to fully cooperate during the incident,
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  Speaker 1: despite claims of warm behind-the-scenes understandings. Domestically, the High Court
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  Speaker 1: of Justice is currently hearing appeals concerning the Central Elections
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  Speaker 1: Committee's decision to disqualify Arab-Israeli representation, including the Joint List
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  Speaker 1: and Ra'am, from the upcoming Knesset election. Jpost.com reports these
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  Speaker 1: cases are based on Section 7a of Basic Law. The Knesset,
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  Speaker 1: which pertains to rejecting Israel as a Jewish and democratic state,
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  Speaker 1: inciting racism or supporting armed struggle. the court's decision could
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  Speaker 1: leave a significant portion of Israel's voters unrepresented. On a
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  Speaker 1: more positive note, hundreds of Jewish worshippers held Sukkot morning
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  Speaker 1: prayers at Joseph's tomb in Nablus for the first time
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  Speaker 1: in decades. World Israel News highlights this event as a
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  Speaker 1: celebration of steadily growing Jewish access to the sacred site,
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  Speaker 1: following Defence Minister Israel Katz's decision to extend daytime access.
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  Speaker 1: In US policy news, Republicans on the House Ways and
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  Speaker 1: Means Committee have urged the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt
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  Speaker 1: status of the non-profit Middle East Children's Alliance, or MECA.
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  Speaker 1: World Israel News reports the committee alleges that MECA's foreign
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  Speaker 1: grants may have benefited a foreign terrorist organisation, specifically citing
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  Speaker 1: concerns about ties to the Popular Front for the liberation
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  Speaker 1: of Palestine. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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