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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 18, 2026, 01 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 developments in Iran, where hundreds of thousands
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  Speaker 1: of people rallied on Friday in a government-organised show of
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  Speaker 1: defiance following months of war. Reports indicate the demonstrations signal
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  Speaker 1: a readiness to take up arms, even as the nation
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  Speaker 1: faces economic pressures from a US naval blockade and new sanctions.
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  Speaker 1: Iran also claimed another attack on a tanker in the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. Separately, reports from Afghanistan suggest a potential
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  Speaker 1: alignment between groups, with Taliban activists observed wearing the uniforms
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  Speaker 1: and headbands of Hamas's military wing. And from southern Lebanon,
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  Speaker 1: Lebanese channels are claiming the IDF initiated a fire at
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  Speaker 1: a hospital in Maiz al-Jabul. Turning to the United States,
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of Jewish community leaders and residents protested outside New
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  Speaker 1: York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani's home. The demonstration was a
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  Speaker 1: response to a spike in anti-Semitic attacks and disruptions this summer,
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  Speaker 1: aiming to highlight community safety concerns and pride in Jewish identity.
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  Speaker 1: Protesters vowed they are here, we're proud and we aren't
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  Speaker 1: going anywhere. In Gaza, Qatar has signed an agreement with
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  Speaker 1: the United Nations to deliver approximately 1.3 million litres of fuel.
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  Speaker 1: The Qatari Foreign Ministry stated this grant will support humanitarian
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  Speaker 1: needs and the health system, enabling the continuation of essential services.
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  Speaker 1: This aid is part of Qatar's ongoing programme for the Strip. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: new interrogation transcripts detail an alleged attack by armed teenagers
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  Speaker 1: on Ben Yahu Rezi, with reports indicating suspects showed little
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  Speaker 1: remorse and focused, instead, on their potential fame on TikTok. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: the Likud party has filed a petition with Israel's Central
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  Speaker 1: Elections Committee, demanding the removal of three campaign videos from
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  Speaker 1: Gadi Eizenkot's Yashar party. Likud alleges the video's present journalistic
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  Speaker 1: sources and Prime Minister Netanyahu's remarks misleadingly regarding the period
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  Speaker 1: before October 7. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia spoke this
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  Speaker 1: week about growing tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying
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  Speaker 1: the Premier hasn't exactly answered my phone calls in recent weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Ben-Givia expressed personal hurt and concern over their shifting relationship
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the election. And a US-based charity, Kerem Olam Hatora,
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  Speaker 1: has raised $ 130 million to support Israeli yeshivas attended by
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  Speaker 1: draft evaders. Finally, in a story of resilience, Noam Efrat,
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  Speaker 1: a 33-year-old farmer, is managing his family's cherry tomato farm
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  Speaker 1: in Kadesh Barnea while also fulfilling extensive IDF reserve duty,
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  Speaker 1: having served over 300 days since October 7. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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