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ICC to Probe Israeli Medical Personnel Amid Settlement Surge · 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: We begin with developments concerning international legal scrutiny. The Hind
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  Speaker 1: Rajab Foundation has filed a request with the International Criminal
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  Speaker 1: Court in the Hague, seeking an investigation into Israeli medical personnel,
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  Speaker 1: senior health officials, and leaders of the Israel Medical Association.
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  Speaker 1: According to jpost.com, The Foundation accuses them of complicity in
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  Speaker 1: the alleged torture, abuse and deaths of Palestinian detainees at
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  Speaker 1: the SDE Teh Man detention facility. The Foundation asserts these
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  Speaker 1: alleged acts could constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or
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  Speaker 1: even genocide and has submitted the request under Article 15
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  Speaker 1: of the Rome Statute. Among those named in the submission
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  Speaker 1: are former Health Ministers Mosh Abel and Uriel Busso and
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  Speaker 1: IMA Chairman Professor Zion Haggai. The filing focuses on the
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  Speaker 1: field hospital, established at SDE Tayman, and alleged health ministry
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  Speaker 1: guidelines for treating detainees. Turning to Judea and Samaria, jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: reports a significant settlement revolution is underway. Since the current
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  Speaker 1: government took office at the end of 2022, 104 Jewish
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  Speaker 1: communities have reportedly been established or retroactively legalised. Finance Minister
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  Speaker 1: Beit Salel Smotrich, who has broad authority over civilian affairs
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  Speaker 1: in the region, has been central to this policy shift.
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  Speaker 1: This figure includes communities that were previously unauthorised outposts but
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  Speaker 1: have now received official status, as well as neighbourhoods granted
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  Speaker 1: independent standing. The report highlights that 34 communities were approved
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  Speaker 1: just last summer, with a demographic increase also noted, reaching
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  Speaker 1: over 541,000 Jews in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley
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  Speaker 1: as of January 1. The strategic importance of areas like
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  Speaker 1: the Jordan Valley and northern Samaria is also emphasised. In
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  Speaker 1: regional security news, Mariv News Flash reports on what it
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  Speaker 1: describes as a covert, dress rehearsal, conducted by Israel and
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  Speaker 1: the United States for an attack within Iranian airspace. This development,
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  Speaker 1: if accurate, signals ongoing high tensions and potential future military
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  Speaker 1: actions between the two nations. Jad Kushner marked the one-year
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  Speaker 1: anniversary of Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, noting significant progress,
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  Speaker 1: according to jpost.com. He highlighted milestones such as the return
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  Speaker 1: of living hostages and remains, the establishment of a board
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  Speaker 1: of peace, and an international stabilisation force. Kushner also pointed
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  Speaker 1: to increased humanitarian aid to Gaza and a phased disarmament
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  Speaker 1: framework signed by Hamas in July, though he acknowledged the
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  Speaker 1: process is not yet fully implemented. He also noted intelligence
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  Speaker 1: presented to Israeli leadership, suggesting Hamas views its recent resilience
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  Speaker 1: as a victory. and sees the Trump plan as a
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  Speaker 1: continuation of past strategies. Looking ahead to American politics, a
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  Speaker 1: report in jpost.com explores the concept of an October surprise,
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  Speaker 1: potentially influencing the upcoming US midterm elections. Theories circulating suggest
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  Speaker 1: Iran might engineer an event, such as attacks on neighbouring
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  Speaker 1: countries to drive up gas prices, to impact the election outcome.
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  Speaker 1: Military historian Victor Davis Hanson is also cited. suggesting scenarios
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  Speaker 1: involving increased US action against Iran or potential uprisings within Iran.
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  Speaker 1: On the domestic front, the Prime Minister's office has officially
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  Speaker 1: honoured the creators of NAZA, The True Story. Jpost.com reports
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  Speaker 1: that National Public Diplomacy Directorate head Tzipi Hotovli recognised filmmakers
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  Speaker 1: Ariel Orbuch, Roy Danino and Hagai Gutman for their film,
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  Speaker 1: which challenges allegations made in a controversial documentary by Yuval
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  Speaker 1: Abraham and Rachel Shaw. The Prime Minister's office stated the film,
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  Speaker 1: refutes the blood libels against IDF soldiers and commanders, thereby
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  Speaker 1: defending our soldiers and the state of Israel. A 2026
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  Speaker 1: Hebrew University survey, detailed by jpost.com, indicates a significant shift
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  Speaker 1: in Israeli identity and perceptions following recent events. Jewish Israelis
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  Speaker 1: report a strengthened sense of national identity and increasingly view
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  Speaker 1: Israel as more Middle Eastern than European. The survey also
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  Speaker 1: found a strong majority of Israelis feel their country is
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  Speaker 1: safer for Jews than Europe, contrasting with more divided views
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  Speaker 1: in European countries surveyed. In news from abroad, Navi Pillay,
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  Speaker 1: a South African judge and former UN High Commissioner for
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  Speaker 1: Human Rights, has been announced as a winner of the
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  Speaker 1: Nobel Peace Prize, according to a report from Telegram channel
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  Speaker 1: Abuel Express. It is noted that a committee headed by
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  Speaker 1: Pillay declared a year ago that Israel is committing genocide
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. A joint Australian-Israeli study has identified the cellular
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  Speaker 1: mechanism by which premature birth disrupts kidney development, leading to
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  Speaker 1: a lifelong increased risk of chronic kidney disease, as reported
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  Speaker 1: by jpost.com. Researchers from Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: and Monash University in Melbourne pinpointed the disruption that limits
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  Speaker 1: the development of vital kidney filtration units. For continuing coverage
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