Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Netanyahu Orders Overthrow of Iranian Regime
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed the IDF and Mossad
- 0:16Speaker 1: to work towards overthrowing the Iranian regime. He cited Iran's
- 0:20Speaker 1: ongoing efforts to develop nuclear weapons and the existential danger
- 0:24Speaker 1: this poses to Israel, stating that as long as the
- 0:27Speaker 1: regime remains, It will seek to develop capabilities Israel considers
- 0:31Speaker 1: existential threats. In other developments concerning Iran, the Transportation Ministry
- 0:37Speaker 1: has barred a United Airlines pilot from entering Israel due
- 0:40Speaker 1: to past pro-Iranian regime social media posts. Reports also indicate
- 0:45Speaker 1: several explosions were heard in Iran's Qeshm region, though their
- 0:48Speaker 1: origin is currently unclear. On the diplomatic front, Iran's Foreign
- 0:53Speaker 1: Minister Arbus Arachi has issued a warning to the US,
- 0:57Speaker 1: stating Iran is ready for diplomacy if trust is shown,
- 1:00Speaker 1: but cautions against war. Concurrently, the US Treasury has announced
- 1:04Speaker 1: new sanctions targeting Iran's shadow fleet, involved in illicit oil shipments.
- 1:10Speaker 1: In the West Bank, the IDF detained approximately 90 volunteers,
- 1:14Speaker 1: including Jewish individuals and rabbis, who were assisting Palestinian farmers
- 1:18Speaker 1: with the olive harvest. New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani
- 1:21Speaker 1: criticised the detentions, labelling them as genocide and occupation. Israel's
- 1:27Speaker 1: Consul General in New York, Ofia Akounis, denounced Mamdani's comments,
- 1:31Speaker 1: reaffirming Israel's claim to the land. The IDF stated the
- 1:35Speaker 1: detentions were due to a lack of coordination for security
- 1:38Speaker 1: measures on private land, while activists reported attempts to coordinate. Meanwhile,
- 1:43Speaker 1: IDF operations in Gaza have continued. This week, strikes eliminated
- 1:48Speaker 1: Abdullah Munir Mahmoud Haas, identified as a deputy platoon commander
- 1:52Speaker 1: in the Islamic Jihad terrorist organisation. and Mohamed Wael Mustafa Shashir,
- 1:58Speaker 1: a sniper operative in Hamas's military wing. Domestically, Prime Minister
- 2:02Speaker 1: Netanyahu indicated that the next defence minister should come from
- 2:05Speaker 1: his Likud party, implicitly addressing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir's aspirations. Internationally,
- 2:13Speaker 1: Libya's House of Representatives has ratified a maritime deal with Turkey,
- 2:18Speaker 1: which an expert described as a troubling development for Israeli
- 2:21Speaker 1: security due to potential impacts on underwater infrastructure. For continuing
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- 2:35Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today Ongoing
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