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Israeli Pager Operation Thwarts Hezbollah · 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: Israeli intelligence has reportedly orchestrated a sophisticated operation, embedding explosives
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  Speaker 1: into pages supplied to Hezbollah operatives. The operation, which began
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  Speaker 1: with planning years ago and intensified around 2014, involved creating
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  Speaker 1: a false commercial identity for pages with batteries containing concealed detonators.
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  Speaker 1: the devices were delivered to Hezbollah through a supply chain
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  Speaker 1: from Hungary to Hong Kong. This intelligence coup, culminating on
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  Speaker 1: September 17, 2024, not only compromised Hezbollah's supply chain, but
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  Speaker 1: also shattered the carefully cultivated aura of invincibility surrounding its leader,
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  Speaker 1: Hassan Nasrallah, who had encouraged his men to use pagers
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  Speaker 1: over mobile phones. In political developments, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud
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  Speaker 1: Abbas announced on Saturday the postponement of the Palestinian Legislative
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  Speaker 1: Council elections, originally slated for November 28, until September 11, 2027.
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  Speaker 1: Abbas cited Israeli-imposed obstacles and an agreement among Palestinian factions
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  Speaker 1: for the delay, claims denied by Israel's foreign minister. Hamas
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  Speaker 1: quickly endorsed the postponement A move analysts suggest could allow
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  Speaker 1: the group to rebuild its support base and political legitimacy
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. Critics, however, argue that the decision prioritises the
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  Speaker 1: status quo over the public interest. The US Army is
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  Speaker 1: recommending its military medical team study and adopt Israeli battlefield
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  Speaker 1: medicine techniques. According to IDF data and a US Army report,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli advancements have helped reduce the mortality rate among combat
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  Speaker 1: casualties by more than half. dropping from approximately 15% in
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  Speaker 1: 2000 and 6 to 7.1% in 2024, even with an
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  Speaker 1: increase in severe injuries. Key improvements include a drastic reduction
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  Speaker 1: in the time it takes to deliver advanced medical treatment
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  Speaker 1: to wounded soldiers, with current response times measured in minutes,
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  Speaker 1: down from 15 to 20 minutes during the Second Lebanon War.
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  Speaker 1: Official British government figures from the Home Office reveal a
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  Speaker 1: stark disparity in hate crimes. In the year ending March 2026,
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  Speaker 1: Jews in England and Wales faced 116.5 religious hate crimes
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  Speaker 1: per 10,000 residents, nearly nine times the rate of 13.3
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  Speaker 1: per 10,000 Muslims. This makes Jews the religious group with
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  Speaker 1: the highest per capita rate of police-recorded hate crimes. The
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  Speaker 1: report highlights a surge in antisemitic offences, with October 2025
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  Speaker 1: being a particularly dangerous period following a synagogue attack. and
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  Speaker 1: notes that major developments in the Middle East frequently coincide
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  Speaker 1: with increases in anti-Semitic incidents in Britain. The Shin Bet,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's security agency, is establishing a new Islamic studies programme
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  Speaker 1: as a response to intelligence failures identified following the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 massacre. The initiative aims to deepen personnel's understanding of Islam,
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  Speaker 1: its various interpretations, Palestinian culture and regional developments. addressing a
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  Speaker 1: critical gap in knowledge regarding Hamas's ideology and religious extremism.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic and judicial matters, Yehudit Yehudit member of
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  Speaker 1: Knesset Yitzhak Kruzer and the party's Director General Ittiel Neiman
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  Speaker 1: are under investigation following an altercation with police officers during
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  Speaker 1: the attempted arrest of a settler near Mitzp Yericho. The
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  Speaker 1: incident reportedly resulted in injured officers and damage to a
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  Speaker 1: patrol car. with allegations that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia
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  Speaker 1: sided with the crowd. Kruiser has filed a complaint alleging
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  Speaker 1: excessive force by officers. Separately, the testimony of former Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Avichai Mandelblit in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu has concluded and is set to continue tomorrow. A
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  Speaker 1: new study indicates that one in five Israelis continue to
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  Speaker 1: struggle with daily functioning following the events of October 7.
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  Speaker 1: with young women aged 18 to 35 reporting higher levels
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  Speaker 1: of severe impairment. In other military news, a senior officer
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  Speaker 1: involved in unspecified trouble has been dismissed from the IDF.
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  Speaker 1: And in judicial news, a kindergarten teacher from Hodhasharan has
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  Speaker 1: been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 450,000 shekels.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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