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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 4, 2026, 06 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: Tensions continue along Israel's northern border. The IDF reported Friday
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  Speaker 1: that troops intercepted and downed a drone launched by Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: towards Israeli soldiers. The military described the incident as a
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  Speaker 1: blatant violation and subsequently struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: in response. No Israeli injuries were reported. This operation follows
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  Speaker 1: an announcement by Defence Minister Israel Katz earlier on Friday
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  Speaker 1: that the IDF had successfully cleared Lebanon's Ali al-Taha ridge
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  Speaker 1: tunnels of Hezbollah terrorists, stating that several terrorists embedded in
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  Speaker 1: the tunnels were killed. Meanwhile, Iran had issued a warning
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  Speaker 1: to the United States on Thursday, stating it would respond
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  Speaker 1: forcefully to any Israeli attack on the Ali al-Taha ridge complex.
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  Speaker 1: Defence Minister Katz himself issued a strong warning on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: stating that any Iranian attack on Israel would free the
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  Speaker 1: IDF from any restrictions, and threatening to destroy all national
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  Speaker 1: military and civilian infrastructure in Iran, including energy infrastructure, declaring,
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  Speaker 1: we will return Iran to the Stone Age. Adding another
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  Speaker 1: layer to regional tensions, and separate from direct Israeli actions,
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that the
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  Speaker 1: United States may hit Iran's pickaxe mountain very soon. Pekax
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  Speaker 1: Mountain is described as a heavily fortified site near Iran's
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  Speaker 1: Natanz uranium enrichment facility, hosting two deeply buried tunnel complexes.
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  Speaker 1: On the domestic political front, the Yes Atid party is
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  Speaker 1: facing a significant reshuffling. Yes Atid MK Mikkelscher announced on
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  Speaker 1: Friday via xslash twitter that she is stepping aside and
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  Speaker 1: will not seek re-election. She stated she informed party chairman
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  Speaker 1: and former prime minister Yair Lapid of her decision. while
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  Speaker 1: also expressing confidence in him and the party, and stressing
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  Speaker 1: the need for significant change in Israel. Scheer's departure follows
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  Speaker 1: similar announcements from MK Karin Elhara on Thursday, and MK's
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  Speaker 1: Debbie Bitton and Tatiana Mazarsky on Wednesday. Political sources familiar
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  Speaker 1: with the developments are reportedly offering harsh assessments of the
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  Speaker 1: party's current situation, with one source quoted as saying, This
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  Speaker 1: is a party that was established in 2013, and it
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  Speaker 1: is simply ending. In separate political news, Hasidic rabbis from
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  Speaker 1: New York reportedly met with US President Donald Trump on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: According to reports, the rabbis discussed Israel's Haredi conscription crisis
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  Speaker 1: with Trump and US Vice President J.D. Vance. They reportedly
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  Speaker 1: asked Trump to intervene in the issue, which has become
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  Speaker 1: a key political point ahead of the October 27 Knesset elections.
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  Speaker 1: The meeting, which also included Trump's son-in-law Jad Kushner, is
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  Speaker 1: part of Trump's annual engagement with the Jewish community. Other
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  Speaker 1: topics discussed during the meeting included kosher food for federal prisoners,
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  Speaker 1: prisoner furloughs, public housing assistance, threats to Jewish cemeteries in Europe,
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  Speaker 1: and federal funding for yeshivas. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe
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