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Trump on Iran Strikes, IDF Weapons Find · 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: President Trump has signalled a potential escalation in US actions
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  Speaker 1: against Iran, stating that he might have to carry out
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  Speaker 1: devastating new Iran strikes, though he added that he would
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  Speaker 1: prefer not to destroy the country further. Speaking to reporters,
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  Speaker 1: Trump indicated that the public would know soon enough about
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  Speaker 1: his plans. This comes amid reports that US and Israeli
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  Speaker 1: militaries have drawn up detailed plans for renewed strikes following
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  Speaker 1: the US midterm elections. Trump also commented on the war's
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  Speaker 1: impact on the Republican Party's election performance, attributing a short-term
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  Speaker 1: rise in fuel prices to the conflict, but maintained that
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  Speaker 1: preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains essential. In
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  Speaker 1: security news, during a military equipment return operation, hundreds of
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  Speaker 1: machine gun rounds, M16 magazines, and fragmentation and smoke grenades,
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  Speaker 1: were discovered inside a car at the Natchonim IDF base.
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  Speaker 1: Sappers spent three and a half hours neutralising the potential threat.
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  Speaker 1: The discovery occurred during a new IDF operation, allowing the
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  Speaker 1: public to return military equipment anonymously. On the domestic political front,
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  Speaker 1: Yisrael Beytinu leader Avigdor Liberman has outlined his conditions for
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  Speaker 1: joining a potential coalition led by Gadi Eisenkot. Liberman expressed
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  Speaker 1: flexibility on the Haredi IDF draft law, but stated he
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  Speaker 1: would not enter a rotational prime ministership, which he believes
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  Speaker 1: harms state management. Separately, a source familiar with the Saudi
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic agenda told KAN News that normalisation between Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 1: and Israel is unlikely to occur while Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu remains in power, citing policy differences and a demand
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  Speaker 1: for progress on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Meanwhile, a senior police
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  Speaker 1: official has ordered investigators not to share information or assist
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  Speaker 1: the domestic security agency without his approval. Amidst allegations of
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  Speaker 1: foreign entities funding Arab political figures to influence elections, President
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  Speaker 1: Herzog's initiative to broker a unity government also reportedly failed
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  Speaker 1: due to opposition from a majority of Knesset members. In
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  Speaker 1: a poignant personal development tied to the conflict, Olga and
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  Speaker 1: Nikolai Bogoslavsky welcomed a son during the Shiva for their
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  Speaker 1: 18-year-old daughter, Noah, who was killed alongside her boyfriend by
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  Speaker 1: an Iranian missile. The newborn carries his late sister's name,
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  Speaker 1: and it was suggested by ChatGPT, a tool their daughter
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  Speaker 1: had taught her mother to use. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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