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Strait of Hormuz Mine Claims Escalate Tensions · 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 in the strategic Strait of Hormuz,
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  Speaker 1: where Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy has claimed two
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  Speaker 1: oil tankers caught fire after hitting naval mines. According to
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  Speaker 1: Iran's state news agency IRNA, the vessels were carrying approximately
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  Speaker 1: two million barrels of crude oil. The reports have not
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  Speaker 1: been independently confirmed. IRNA stated the tankers had disabled their
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  Speaker 1: navigation systems and attempted to use an unauthorised route. These
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  Speaker 1: incidents occur amidst heightened regional tensions and follow other attacks
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  Speaker 1: around the waterway in recent weeks, which Iran attributes to
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  Speaker 1: response measures against US sanctions and port blockades. Turning to Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: a recent mortality report from the territory's Hamas-run health ministry
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  Speaker 1: for 2025 is drawing attention. The report documented a total
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  Speaker 1: of 24,000, 650 deaths. Independent analysis by Eirik Schroeder-Bratten suggests
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  Speaker 1: that over 5,700 non-violent deaths in 2025 were roughly in
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  Speaker 1: line with pre-war figures. This stands in contrast to earlier
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  Speaker 1: predictions made by UN officials and hunger monitors, who had
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  Speaker 1: warned of widespread famine and mass deaths. For instance, a
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  Speaker 1: UN humanitarian chief's statement in May 2025 regarding 14,000 babies
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  Speaker 1: at risk was later clarified to refer to cases of
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  Speaker 1: severe acute malnutrition, not immediate deaths, while the report does
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  Speaker 1: indicate a deterioration in infant and under-5 mortality rates compared
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  Speaker 1: to pre-war levels. Analysts argue these figures do not support
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  Speaker 1: claims of mass death from hunger or disease. In diplomatic news,
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  Speaker 1: Britain has implemented a ban on imports from West Bank settlements. Concurrently,
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  Speaker 1: the UK has renamed its consulate in Jerusalem to the
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  Speaker 1: UK Mission, Jerusalem, signalling continued engagement with the Palestinian people.
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  Speaker 1: Israel had previously ordered the closure of the British consulate,
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  Speaker 1: a move that preceded these new British policies. International consensus
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  Speaker 1: generally views the territories, excluding East Jerusalem and the Golan
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  Speaker 1: Heights which Israel has annexed, as occupied territory subject to
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  Speaker 1: international law. In the West Bank, Israeli police have opened
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  Speaker 1: an investigation into an incident near the village of Tebe.
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  Speaker 1: Reports indicate that seven masked individuals allegedly attacked Palestinian olive
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  Speaker 1: harvesters and damaged a Belgian diplomatic vehicle. French, Belgian and
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  Speaker 1: Polish diplomats were reportedly present at the scene. This event
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  Speaker 1: occurs amidst heightened tensions surrounding the annual Palestinian olive harvest,
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  Speaker 1: a period often marked by concerns over settler violence. In
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  Speaker 1: the southern Hebron Hills, the IDF confirmed an incident where
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians stole Jewish sheep from a farm near Susheh. Residents
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  Speaker 1: reportedly recovered their stolen livestock and also took several Palestinian goats,
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  Speaker 1: the return of which the IDF is coordinating. Some of
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  Speaker 1: the stolen flock was reportedly located in Palestinian villages, suggesting
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  Speaker 1: it may have been divided. Separately, the University of Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 1: is facing criticism over its internal report on campus antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: The Working Group's report, released in July, has drawn significant
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  Speaker 1: backlash for reportedly failing to consult or include the perspectives
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  Speaker 1: of the university's estimated 1,400 Jewish students, sparking debate about
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  Speaker 1: the effectiveness of such assessments. Finally, online cartoons are reportedly
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  Speaker 1: circulating which portray Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev as an enemy
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  Speaker 1: of Islam and a servant of Israel, appearing amidst protests
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  Speaker 1: over school hijab restrictions. Turkish, Iranian and Russian actors are
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  Speaker 1: suspected of involvement in this campaign, though no definitive responsibility
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  Speaker 1: has been established. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism, Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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