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Iran IRGC Warns of Sinai Evacuation for Israelis · 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: Tensions remain high as Iran issues stark warnings, with its
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  Speaker 1: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, threatening to devastate Israel
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  Speaker 1: and drive its population into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula if Iranian
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  Speaker 1: energy infrastructure is targeted. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi
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  Speaker 1: posted this threat on X, though the post was reportedly
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  Speaker 1: removed for violating platform rules. This comes amid reports that
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  Speaker 1: the US military has developed plans for possible strikes against
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  Speaker 1: Iranian nuclear and energy facilities. Iran's newly appointed defence minister,
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  Speaker 1: Meherdad Akhlaqi Ketapchi, has countered by threatening retaliation against American
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  Speaker 1: forces should such strikes be ordered. Adding to the potential
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  Speaker 1: for escalation, reports from Israel Hayem, citing American diplomatic sources,
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  Speaker 1: indicate that US President Donald Trump is considering strikes on
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  Speaker 1: Iran's Karg Island, the heart of its oil industry. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel does not
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  Speaker 1: condition its security actions on American approval and will act
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  Speaker 1: independently against Iran if necessary. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi
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  Speaker 1: also responded to Mr Trump's threats, suggesting Iran is prepared
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  Speaker 1: for further confrontation. Separately, a researcher cited by World Israel News,
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  Speaker 1: Ella Rosenberg of the Jerusalem Center for Foreign Affairs, raises
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  Speaker 1: concerns that the IRGC may be financially benefiting from cross-border
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  Speaker 1: sex trafficking of minors, which is allegedly facilitated by Iran's
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  Speaker 1: sanctioning of temporary marriages. Rosenberg pointed to reports suggesting IRGC
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  Speaker 1: commanders accepted bribes to allow trafficking victims to cross borders.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to developments in the disputed territories, Israeli security services
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  Speaker 1: have arrested 10 suspects following weekend violence in the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: This operation, dubbed Operation Olive Leaf, targeted individuals involved in
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  Speaker 1: events including an attack on Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine
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  Speaker 1: and assaults on European Union diplomats. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee
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  Speaker 1: called for full prosecution, and Prime Minister Netanyahu stated that
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  Speaker 1: those responsible will be brought to justice. The Belgian Foreign
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  Speaker 1: Affairs Minister, also condemned the attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters
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  Speaker 1: and diplomats. These arrests come as Israeli forces intensify efforts
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  Speaker 1: to combat rising nationalist violence in the West Bank, with
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  Speaker 1: regular evacuations of illegal outposts. In Gaza, the UN World
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  Speaker 1: Food Programme has warned of significant cuts to its aid
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  Speaker 1: operations due to funding shortages. This reduction means approximately 500,000
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians will lose their monthly food assistance. worsening an already
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  Speaker 1: severe food insecurity crisis, where two-thirds of the population remains
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  Speaker 1: acutely food insecure. On the policy and political fronts, California
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  Speaker 1: Governor Gavin Newsom has called for conditioning US military aid
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  Speaker 1: to Israel, describing the military campaign against Hamas as a
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  Speaker 1: moral catastrophe, and accusing Prime Minister Netanyahu of damaging American
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  Speaker 1: support for Israel. Reports also suggest that President Trump delayed
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  Speaker 1: his endorsement of Prime Minister Netanyahu until internal polling data
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  Speaker 1: indicated a realistic chance of winning. Domestically, Israeli Education Minister
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  Speaker 1: Yoav Kish stated that Likud is open to forming a
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  Speaker 1: broader coalition, potentially including parties like Yisrael Beiteinu, provided they
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  Speaker 1: align with the government's security agenda, though he ruled out
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  Speaker 1: a coalition with Ya'ir Golan. At the same time, Israel's
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian leaders are actively urging the minority Arab community to
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  Speaker 1: vote in large numbers, to unseat Prime Minister Netanyahu and
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  Speaker 1: his government. And in a diplomatic move, Israeli President Isaac
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  Speaker 1: Herzog is making a 12-hour visit to Budapest, Hungary, marking
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  Speaker 1: the first senior Israeli official visit following a change in
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