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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 16, 2026, 04 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 today with developments in the ongoing conflict with
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  Speaker 1: Iran and its regional proxies. Yemen's Houthi military spokesperson Yahya
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  Speaker 1: Sari claimed on Wednesday that his group downed a Royal
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Air Force F-15 fighter jet over Marib Governorate using
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  Speaker 1: a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile. Sari also stated the Houthis
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  Speaker 1: repelled Saudi jets searching for the alleged wreckage. These claims
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  Speaker 1: come as the Saudi-led coalition announced on Wednesday that its
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  Speaker 1: air defences intercepted a Houthi drone launched the previous day,
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  Speaker 1: which they state was targeting the holy city of Mecca.
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  Speaker 1: Houthi spokesperson Sari denied these allegations, asserting that their operations
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  Speaker 1: are directed at oil facilities and military bases, not holy sites.
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  Speaker 1: In southern Lebanon, residents of what's described as the Israeli-occupied zone,
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  Speaker 1: are expressing deep concern over potential isolation as the United
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  Speaker 1: Nations Peacekeeping Force, UNIFIL, is set to see its mandate
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  Speaker 1: conclude at the end of the year. Reuters reports that
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  Speaker 1: over six months of Israeli bombardment, triggered by a Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: rocket attack in early March, have led to abandoned villages.
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  Speaker 1: UNIFIL currently escorts essential goods to the remaining Christian towns,
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  Speaker 1: but residents fear a severed link with the rest of Lebanon.
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  Speaker 1: An Israeli military official, however, stated that UNIFIL's role is
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  Speaker 1: not considered vital to humanitarian efforts and that Israel is
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  Speaker 1: working to ease conditions for the population. Separately, Gazan journalists
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  Speaker 1: and family members have confirmed the elimination of Nail Abu Abid,
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  Speaker 1: identified as the Hamas Rafah Brigade commander. Turning to the
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  Speaker 1: disputed territories, in Gaza, rescue efforts are underway following the
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  Speaker 1: overnight collapse of a seven-storey apartment building. At least 12 Palestinians,
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  Speaker 1: including five children, have been killed, with dozens more feared
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  Speaker 1: trapped beneath the rubble. The incident underscores the ongoing danger
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  Speaker 1: for thousands residing in the estimated 2,000 damaged buildings across
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  Speaker 1: Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes. Rescuers have highlighted difficulties due
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  Speaker 1: to a lack of proper machinery, with some digging by hand,
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  Speaker 1: and warn hundreds more buildings are at risk of collapse,
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  Speaker 1: especially with winter approaching. Meanwhile, at the 63rd session of
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  Speaker 1: the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Nata Hyman Mina,
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  Speaker 1: whose mother was held hostage by Hamas, confronted the UN
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  Speaker 1: over its continued funding of UNRWA. Mina stated her mother
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  Speaker 1: was held captive by an UNRWA teacher and questioned the
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  Speaker 1: agency's oversight, citing a UN Watch report alleging UNRWA has
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  Speaker 1: overstated its reform progress, with underlying issues of terrorism and
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  Speaker 1: incitement remaining unaddressed. In the West Bank, Israeli forces conducted
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  Speaker 1: counter-terror raids near Hebron overnight, responding to increased terror activity
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  Speaker 1: in the area. including incidents involving the snatching of an
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  Speaker 1: IDF soldier's weapon and vehicle-based attacks. In US policy news,
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  Speaker 1: the House of Representatives passed War Powers Resolution H-CON. REES-93,
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  Speaker 1: directing President Trump to remove US forces from hostilities against Iran,
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  Speaker 1: unless Congress authorises military action or the forces are necessary
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  Speaker 1: for defence. Seven Republicans joined Democrats in the vote, marking
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  Speaker 1: the third such effort by the House to curtail presidential
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  Speaker 1: war powers concerning Iran. This vote comes less than seven
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  Speaker 1: weeks before the November midterm elections, turning to antisemitism and
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  Speaker 1: anti-Jewish hate. In Jerusalem, security camera footage shows youths in
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  Speaker 1: religious garb verbally harassing congregants and throwing eggs at a
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  Speaker 1: reform synagogue. Police have received the footage, but no arrests
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  Speaker 1: have been made. In Pennsylvania, 21-year-old Jonathan Hunter Kramer was
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  Speaker 1: arrested for allegedly attempting to create cyanide and ricin poisons,
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  Speaker 1: intended for use at Jewish community events and a synagogue,
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  Speaker 1: after reportedly purchasing weapons and tactical gear to carry out
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  Speaker 1: a massacre of Jews. On the domestic front, Maid al-Hayyib,
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  Speaker 1: head of the Tuba Zangaria Council, clarified comments from Ezenkot's party,
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  Speaker 1: stating that their demand was for the inclusion of the
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  Speaker 1: Rayyam party in the next government, a request Ezenkot reportedly
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  Speaker 1: promised to facilitate. Finally, in Israeli economy and business news,
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  Speaker 1: Rafale Advanced Defense Systems and Lockheed Martin are accelerating the
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  Speaker 1: integration of SPICE-1000 missiles onto the Israeli Air Force's F-35
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  Speaker 1: Adia stealth fighters. This accelerated process was detailed in an
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  Speaker 1: early August Pentagon report. The SPICE family of weapons has
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  Speaker 1: seen extensive use in recent operations. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism, Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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