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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 21, 2026, 11 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 a concerning incident on Yom Kippur evening
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  Speaker 1: in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. Reports from Telegram channel Jewish News
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  Speaker 1: 24 Detail are shooting outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue.
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  Speaker 1: A gunman opened fire around 7pm as Yom Kippur prayers
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  Speaker 1: were beginning. Police Constable Jeff Smith, stationed for security, was
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  Speaker 1: seriously wounded. Officers returned fire and the gunmen sustained life-threatening injuries.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities reported 20 to 30 shots fired, hitting nearby homes
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  Speaker 1: and vehicles. Approximately 25 congregants inside the synagogue were unharmed.
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  Speaker 1: Closer to home, in the disputed territories, a terror shooting
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  Speaker 1: near Neve Tizof resulted in a tragic loss of life.
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  Speaker 1: Netanel Shakron, a father of six, was killed at a
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  Speaker 1: natural spring. He was with his 16-year-old son Yoav when
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  Speaker 1: the attack occurred. According to Telegram channel Jewish News 24,
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  Speaker 1: Chakran warned his son moments before being shot, enabling Yoav
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  Speaker 1: to escape. At the funeral, attended by thousands, and including
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  Speaker 1: Finance Minister Beit Salel Smotrich and Major General Avi Bluth,
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  Speaker 1: Yoav shared, Thank you for saving my life. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: international policy, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant announced that Iranian
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  Speaker 1: airlines will face significant international restrictions, starting September 23. Telegram
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  Speaker 1: Channel Jewish News 24 reports that Besant stated any entity
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  Speaker 1: providing fuel, landing services or selling tickets to these airlines
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  Speaker 1: will be effectively cut off from international services and face
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  Speaker 1: exclusion from the dollar system. Meanwhile, a new book details
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  Speaker 1: claims about the Biden administration's actions regarding Israel following October 7,
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  Speaker 1: including allegations of misleading Senator Bernie Sanders on arms sales,
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  Speaker 1: dismissing warnings about IDF actions. and privately discussing alleged ethnic
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  Speaker 1: cleansing in the West Bank, according to UNIT. In Israel,
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  Speaker 1: as the nation reflects following Yom Kippur, there's a growing
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  Speaker 1: call for accountability. Jpost.com highlights the sentiment that leaders, both
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  Speaker 1: political and military, must explain failures leading up to and
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  Speaker 1: during the October 7 events. The report emphasises that leaders
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  Speaker 1: should account for what went wrong under their authority, and
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  Speaker 1: what changes are being made. stressing that answers matter to
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  Speaker 1: Israelis deciding on security and to soldiers trusting their commanders,
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  Speaker 1: and a note of bravery amidst tragedy. Israeli father Gil Hillel, 44,
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  Speaker 1: from Kibbutz Yisrael, has died after falling nearly 60 metres
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  Speaker 1: into a ravine in Slovenia. Telegram channel Jewish News 24
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  Speaker 1: reports he was attempting to rescue his seven-year-old son, who
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  Speaker 1: had fallen earlier. The son sustained serious injuries but is
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  Speaker 1: expected to recover. Rescue teams pronounced Mr Hillel dead at
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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