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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 24, 2026, 10 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: Reports indicate Iran may be fortifying its nuclear sites amid
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  Speaker 1: concerns of a potential Israeli strike. A Saudi outlet quoting
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  Speaker 1: a source suggests Tehran is taking these measures ahead of
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  Speaker 1: possible military action. Israeli officials maintain that strikes on Iran
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  Speaker 1: are only a matter of time and that Israel is
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  Speaker 1: prepared to act with or without US support if red
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  Speaker 1: lines are crossed, despite any renewed diplomatic talks. In Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: the Israel Defence Forces and Shin Bet security agency have
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  Speaker 1: announced the elimination of several key Hamas figures. Identified was
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  Speaker 1: Mahmoud Abd al-Fattah Awad, a Hamas commander involved in holding
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  Speaker 1: seven Israeli civilians hostage and recently planning terror attacks. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed Abu Alwan, Hamas's head of finance, was eliminated. Abu
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  Speaker 1: Alwan was responsible for directing over 1 billion NIS to
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  Speaker 1: fund Hamas's terrorist activities and work to restore the organisation's capabilities.
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  Speaker 1: Targeted Israeli AIA strikes also continued in central and southern Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: including in Deir al-Bala, where one strike killed Jaber Kamal Makbul,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly the owner of a Hamas-controlled money transfer business, and
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  Speaker 1: wounded eight others. Other strikes in Khan Yunis and Gaza
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  Speaker 1: City resulted in further injuries. Meanwhile, Seven people were injured
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  Speaker 1: in an attack on a vehicle in Sheikh Adlin, southern
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  Speaker 1: Gaza City. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in New
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  Speaker 1: York for his scheduled address at the United Nations General Assembly. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: the Central Elections Committee has rejected attempts to disqualify the
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  Speaker 1: Yehudit Yehudit party from the upcoming election, a decision made
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  Speaker 1: one day after barring Arab slates, including Raham and the
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  Speaker 1: Joint List. The committee's actions have placed Section 7a of
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  Speaker 1: Basic Law. The Knesset, which allows for party disqualification on
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  Speaker 1: grounds of denying Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state,
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  Speaker 1: inciting racism or supporting armed struggle, at the centre of
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  Speaker 1: the election campaign. In opposition politics, Gadi Eisenkot, leader of
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  Speaker 1: the Yashar party and former IDF chief of staff, has
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  Speaker 1: emerged as a leading candidate. Eisenkot discussed his plans and
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  Speaker 1: security approach, stating that while there was deep negligence, arrogance, contempt,
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  Speaker 1: lack of professionalism, on October 7th, he affirmed there was
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  Speaker 1: no possibility of betrayal. He identified the threat from Iran
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  Speaker 1: as his foremost concern. The political platform of Yehudit Yehudit,
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  Speaker 1: led by Itamar Ben-Givia, is focused on hardline security policies
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  Speaker 1: regarding Gaza and terrorism and asserting Israeli national sovereignty. In
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  Speaker 1: the United States, political discourse concerning Iran and Israel continues.
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  Speaker 1: During a town hall event in Michigan, Democratic Party Senate
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  Speaker 1: candidate Abdel El-Sayed was confronted by an audience member regarding
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  Speaker 1: his past silence on the Iranian regime and the IRGC. El-Sayed,
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  Speaker 1: in response, shifted the discussion towards foreign policy and military
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  Speaker 1: intervention rather than directly condemning the IRGC. In separate legislative
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  Speaker 1: news from Michigan, lawmakers in the state's House of Representatives
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  Speaker 1: have introduced a resolution urging US federal support for Israel's
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  Speaker 1: statehood and action against Hamas threats. stating that denying Israel's
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  Speaker 1: right to exist is a form of antisemitism. Archaeological news
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  Speaker 1: from Jerusalem brings word of a significant discovery at the
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  Speaker 1: foot of the Temple Mount. A large complex of several mikveot,
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  Speaker 1: or ritual purification baths, believed to have been used by
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  Speaker 1: ancient Jewish pilgrims, has been uncovered. Its size and location
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  Speaker 1: suggest it played a crucial role in the journey of
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  Speaker 1: those visiting the Temple in antiquity. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, Listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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