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Israel Election Close; Trump Claims Influence · 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: In Israeli domestic politics, the 26th Knesset election race remains tight.
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  Speaker 1: With vote counting continuing, preliminary results from multiple news channels
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  Speaker 1: show neither the bloc supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor
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  Speaker 1: that led by Gadi Eisenkot securing a clear majority. Exit
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  Speaker 1: polls from channels like 12, 11, and 13 indicate fluctuating support,
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  Speaker 1: with Likud appearing as the largest party in some projections,
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  Speaker 1: but overall block numbers leaving a path to a majority uncertain. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump claimed his endorsement played a significant
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  Speaker 1: role in shifting the election's momentum for Prime Minister Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: suggesting it contributed to a stalemate or even a win. Internationally,
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  Speaker 1: security was heightened in Serbia today after a knife-wielding assailant
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  Speaker 1: attacked a guard at Israel's embassy in Belgrade early Wednesday morning.
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  Speaker 1: Serbian police reported the attacker, identified as a supporter of
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  Speaker 1: the Islamic State, was killed at the scene. The incident
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  Speaker 1: prompted Serbian authorities to raise the national terror threat level
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  Speaker 1: to red, the highest possible grade, and increase security presence
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  Speaker 1: at vulnerable locations. The guard sustained minor injuries and is
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  Speaker 1: expected to recover. Officials noted the attacker was known to
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  Speaker 1: intelligence services and had been under surveillance. In southern Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: the Israel Defence Forces reported eliminating Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Baraka,
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  Speaker 1: an operative identified as involved in the October 7 kidnapping
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  Speaker 1: of Alexander Danzig and subsequent hostage-holding of Nimrod Cohen. Two
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  Speaker 1: additional Nakba operatives from Hamas's military wing were also killed
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  Speaker 1: in northern Gaza. The IDF stated these individuals were responsible
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  Speaker 1: for advancing terror plots against Israeli forces and citizens, and
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  Speaker 1: were working to restore Hamas's capabilities, prompting their elimination by airstrikes. Regionally,
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  Speaker 1: the United States is reportedly warning Gulf states of a
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  Speaker 1: potential renewed Iranian offensive following the recent midterms. This warning
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  Speaker 1: comes amidst observed troop shifts and the deployment of a
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  Speaker 1: Patriot missile battery to the region. The UN nuclear watchdog
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  Speaker 1: has also noted that Iran has not rebuilt sites that
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