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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 9, 2026, 04 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: We begin with significant diplomatic and security developments regarding Iran.
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  Speaker 1: The UN Nuclear Watchdogs Board of Governors has passed a
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  Speaker 1: resolution reporting Iran to the UN Security Council for breaching
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  Speaker 1: its non-proliferation obligations, marking the first such report in 20
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  Speaker 1: years and escalating a diplomatic standoff. The resolution, proposed by
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  Speaker 1: the US, Britain, France and Germany, passed with 23 votes
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  Speaker 1: in favour, while Russia, China and Niger opposed it. Iran's
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  Speaker 1: mission to the IAEA called the resolution non-consensually adopted and
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  Speaker 1: blamed US and Israeli criminal acts of aggression. Meanwhile, satellite
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  Speaker 1: imagery analysis reveals a surge in construction, this year at
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  Speaker 1: Iran's deeply buried Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site near Natanz, with
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  Speaker 1: analysts believing it could potentially be used for nuclear facilities.
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  Speaker 1: the Centre for Strategic and International Studies noted reinforcing tunnel
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  Speaker 1: portal entrances and paving roads. The facility, buried beneath a
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  Speaker 1: granite mountain, could serve as a centrifuge assembly facility, an
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  Speaker 1: enrichment plant or a secure underground shelter. Former Mossad and
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  Speaker 1: Shin beneficial devourer Sharifian Barkar stated that Israel has the
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  Speaker 1: capability to win against Iran and restore security by confronting
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  Speaker 1: the Islamic Republic and its regional proxies. In a sign
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  Speaker 1: of returning normalcy amid regional security concerns, United Airlines has
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  Speaker 1: resumed its passenger flights from Newark to Tel Aviv, after
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  Speaker 1: suspending the route in February due to Iranian ballistic missile
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  Speaker 1: and drone attacks. Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned
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  Speaker 1: what it called the illegal entry of Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu into Syrian territory and his tour in the Hermon,
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  Speaker 1: describing it as a provocative step and a blatant violation
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  Speaker 1: of Syrian sovereignty. Turning to the disputed territories, Britain has
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  Speaker 1: announced a new policy banning imports from Israeli settlements in
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband stated the ban
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  Speaker 1: is intended to protect Palestinians and preserve the possibility of
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  Speaker 1: a two-state solution. However, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau
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  Speaker 1: of Statistics, approximately 17,000– 600 West Bank Palestinians employed in
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  Speaker 1: these settlements will face economic consequences, including potential job losses.
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  Speaker 1: In a clarification of Israeli policy, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar
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  Speaker 1: unequivocally denied any Israeli plans to expel Palestinians from Gaza
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  Speaker 1: during a press conference in Slovenia. He affirmed that Israel
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  Speaker 1: would not oppose Palestinians choosing to leave Gaza of their
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  Speaker 1: own volition if provided an opportunity by another country. Saar
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  Speaker 1: also rejected accusations that Israel had committed genocide, stating that
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  Speaker 1: those responsible for the October 7 massacre and advocating for
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  Speaker 1: Israel's destruction were bear that responsibility. Separately, a suspicious object
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  Speaker 1: was discovered at the Western Wall's women's section an hour
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  Speaker 1: before Selichot prayers, prompting a security response. On US policy
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  Speaker 1: concerning Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken publicly denied a
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  Speaker 1: Haaretz report that claimed he had instructed the Qatari emir
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  Speaker 1: to delay efforts for a rapid Israel-Hamas hostage deal, calling
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  Speaker 1: the account complete fiction. Former US President Donald Trump predicted
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  Speaker 1: that the war with Iran will end immediately after the
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  Speaker 1: US midterm elections. He argued that Tehran is attempting to
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  Speaker 1: influence the vote to face a weaker Congress and suggested
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  Speaker 1: that oil prices would begin to fall after the midterms.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, retired IDF general and counter-terrorism expert
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  Speaker 1: Noam Tibon, a candidate on Naftali Bennett's B Yachad slate,
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  Speaker 1: expressed belief that Bennett can fix Israel after the chaos
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  Speaker 1: of October 7. Tibon outlined key policy priorities. including enhancing
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  Speaker 1: national security, disarming Hamas and Hezbollah, and potentially recruiting the ultra-Orthodox,
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  Speaker 1: stating that those who do not serve would not receive
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  Speaker 1: state funding. Former economic attaché S.H. Mule Bentovim assessed that
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  Speaker 1: the economic impact of UK-led sanctions on West Bank settlements
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  Speaker 1: is not as bad as it sounds, estimating that products
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  Speaker 1: originating from settlements account for tens of millions of dollars.
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  Speaker 1: Ron Dermer, a close confidant of Prime Minister Netanyahu, firmly
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  Speaker 1: denied reports of a conversation between Netanyahu and UAE President
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  Speaker 1: Mohammed bin Zayed prior to the October 7 attack, dismissing
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  Speaker 1: such claims as fiction. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe and informed.
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