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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 20, 2026, 11 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: In the West Bank, the IDF is preparing a significant
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  Speaker 1: operation in the Palestinian village of Bidu, located near Ramallah.
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  Speaker 1: Army Radio reports that the military is mapping the home
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  Speaker 1: of a terrorist captured earlier, on Sunday, for demolition. This
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  Speaker 1: operation is expected to lead to the arrest of dozens
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  Speaker 1: of suspects in the village and across the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Isle Zamia visited the
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  Speaker 1: scene of the attack, describing it as a severe terrorist attack.
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  Speaker 1: He stated that the IDF acted quickly to apprehend the
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  Speaker 1: terrorist responsible and added, Our mission is not over. We
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  Speaker 1: will impose a closure on the village and conduct investigations,
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  Speaker 1: through which we will reach everyone who assisted the terrorist.
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  Speaker 1: Hamas praised the attack as a heroic operation and a
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  Speaker 1: legitimate and natural response to actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: a documentary premiering at the Venice Film Festival is drawing
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  Speaker 1: attention to the Israeli military's use of artificial intelligence in targeting.
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  Speaker 1: Titled NAZA, the film by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and
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  Speaker 1: Rachel Shaw, which won the festival's special jury prize, examines
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  Speaker 1: what it describes as systems behind Israel's calculated mass killing
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  Speaker 1: of Palestinian civilians in Gaza. The film reportedly relies on
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  Speaker 1: anonymous Israeli military and intelligence personnel discussing targeting procedures and
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  Speaker 1: AI tools. However, the Israeli military states that the assessment
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  Speaker 1: of NAZA, which is Israeli military shorthand for collateral damage,
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  Speaker 1: is intended to reduce incidental harm, not target civilians. According
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  Speaker 1: to published IDF procedures, a strike should not proceed if
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  Speaker 1: the expected collateral damage is excessive in relation to the
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  Speaker 1: anticipated military advantage. Cyber intelligence expert Masha Zrott is quoted
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  Speaker 1: explaining that AI in this context functions as a decision
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  Speaker 1: support tool to minimise collateral damage, helping assess how to
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  Speaker 1: conduct an attack with precision weaponry and direction to limit
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  Speaker 1: unintended harm outside the target. Internationally, Uruguay's governing broad front
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  Speaker 1: has taken a notably strong stance. The coalition unanimously endorsed
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  Speaker 1: a pro-Palestinian march scheduled for October 8, accusing Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu's government of carrying out genocide in Gaza. their
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  Speaker 1: resolution called on supporters to join the demonstration and urged
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  Speaker 1: the government to pursue further international action. This position reflects
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  Speaker 1: a more forceful line than typically adopted by President Yamandu
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  Speaker 1: Orsi's government. Though Israel has rejected accusations of genocide, maintaining
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  Speaker 1: its campaign is directed against Hamas following the October 7 attack.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to other news, authorities are investigating a massive fraud
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  Speaker 1: probe involving 201 individuals. While local media initially described nine
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  Speaker 1: suspects as Israelis, Jewish community sources state that eight of
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  Speaker 1: them are actually local Jews whose dual citizenship is unclear.
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem has indicated it does not yet know the exact
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  Speaker 1: number of Israelis among those detained. In a tragic personal incident,
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  Speaker 1: a 44-year-old Israeli father, Gail Hillel, has died in Slovenia.
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  Speaker 1: He fell into a ravine near the Slap Savicka waterfall
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  Speaker 1: while attempting to rescue his seven-year-old son, who had also fallen.
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  Speaker 1: According to the Kranj district police, rescue teams found Hillel
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  Speaker 1: deceased at the scene. His son was airlifted to a
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  Speaker 1: Ljubljana hospital with serious injuries. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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