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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 23, 2026, 02 AM 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 a report of direct threats against an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli political candidate. People of Israel party candidate and activist
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  Speaker 1: Yosef Hardard has received a series of emails containing explicit
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  Speaker 1: threats to his life. According to Judy Averton, Hardard's strategic advisor,
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  Speaker 1: The Messages, which included violent language like, we will cut
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  Speaker 1: off your fingers one by one and dismember your bodies,
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  Speaker 1: appear to have been sent by figures from the Iranian regime,
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  Speaker 1: based on their style and content. Hardad himself stated that
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  Speaker 1: such threats, which he also receives on social media, do
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  Speaker 1: not frighten him and only strengthen his resolve to act
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  Speaker 1: for Israel. The threats emerge as the Iranian intelligence ministry
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  Speaker 1: has reportedly published a list of hostile figures in Israel,
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  Speaker 1: with Hardad appearing near the top. On the international front,
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  Speaker 1: World leaders addressing the UN General Assembly have voiced significant
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  Speaker 1: criticism regarding the conflict in Gaza and the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan described the situation in Gaza as
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  Speaker 1: our time's most inhumane, most embarrassing concentration camp and called
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  Speaker 1: for reform of the UN Security Council. He urged increased
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  Speaker 1: pressure on Israel to end the war in Gaza. Speaking
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  Speaker 1: at the UN, United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated
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  Speaker 1: that Israeli settlements in the E1 area cannot be allowed
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  Speaker 1: to happen. Burnham announced that the UK is banning trade
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  Speaker 1: in goods with illegal settlements, deeming the Israeli occupation of
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian territory unlawful and sanctioning those involved in settlement construction.
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  Speaker 1: While condemning Hamas and standing with Israel against threats, including
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  Speaker 1: from Iran, Burnham emphasised that these actions do not justify
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  Speaker 1: Israeli operations in Gaza or the West Bank. he reaffirmed
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  Speaker 1: the UK's commitment to the possibility of a two-state solution.
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  Speaker 1: Leaders from Qatar, France and Jordan also issued strong statements.
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  Speaker 1: Qatar's emir alleged genocide, French President Macron said the scenes
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  Speaker 1: should shame us all, and Jordan's king accused Israel of
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  Speaker 1: forced displacement. Israel denies accusations of genocide. In related policy news,
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  Speaker 1: Israel had asked the United States to intervene on its
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  Speaker 1: behalf regarding the UK's settlement sanctions. However, according to the
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  Speaker 1: Times of Israel, Two weeks after this request, President Trump
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  Speaker 1: has claimed he is not entirely familiar with the British decision,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting a lack of immediate US action or support. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leaders are preparing for upcoming elections. Opposition leader Yair
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  Speaker 1: Lapid is scheduled to host leaders of the Change bloc
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  Speaker 1: for talks aimed at coordinating their moves and strategy and
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  Speaker 1: addressing disagreements over election tactics and leadership. In another political development,
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  Speaker 1: The Yehudit Yehudit party has called for the barring of
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  Speaker 1: Sami Abu Shehadeh from elections. Arguing an article he authored
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  Speaker 1: constitutes support for armed struggle. The Attorney General has reportedly
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  Speaker 1: deemed the case legally significant for review. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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