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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 15, 2026, 01 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: Today we bring you critical updates on escalating regional tensions,
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  Speaker 1: domestic accountability demands and international scrutiny. In the ongoing conflict
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  Speaker 1: with Iran and its regional proxies, Iran's air defence shot
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  Speaker 1: down a US military MQ-1 drone over the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's state broadcaster IRIB claimed this was the third US
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  Speaker 1: drone downed by Iran on Tuesday. Meanwhile, near Oman, the
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  Speaker 1: Panama-flagged oil tanker Al-Gaia was seen with black smoke following
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  Speaker 1: an apparent attack. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps asserted the
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  Speaker 1: tanker struck a naval mine. However, US Central Command disputed
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  Speaker 1: this account, stating the vessel was hit by an Iranian
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  Speaker 1: missile and later a drone. Reports indicate that 13 of
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  Speaker 1: 14 Indian crew members were rescued. with one remaining missing.
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  Speaker 1: The United Nations Security Council was also set to convene
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  Speaker 1: to discuss the escalating situation in Yemen. This follows the
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  Speaker 1: Iran-backed Houthi group's increased control over the country's Red Sea
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  Speaker 1: coast and the vital Bab al-Mandeb Strait. Air raid alerts
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  Speaker 1: were activated in Mecca amid this Houthi escalation. In parallel,
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met with US Central
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  Speaker 1: Command Chief Admiral Brad Cooper in Jeddah, Amidst intensified Houthi
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  Speaker 1: attacks on Saudi Arabia, turning to domestic Israeli politics, families
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  Speaker 1: of victims from the October 7 Hamas massacre released the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 files. This collection of documents and reports demands
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  Speaker 1: government accountability and an investigation into the events, with many
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  Speaker 1: blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for policy decisions they claim
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  Speaker 1: led to the disaster. Relatives specifically cited his policies regarding Hamas,
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  Speaker 1: Qatari funds, and alleged ignored warnings from the Shin Bet.
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  Speaker 1: Other affected parents called for comprehensive investigations into the Prime Minister,
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  Speaker 1: Defence Minister, IDF Chief of Staff, and other security officials.
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  Speaker 1: In related domestic security news, an Israeli-Arab firefighter was arrested
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  Speaker 1: on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks. Israel's police and the
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet stated, he allegedly contacted Hamas terrorists and Iranian
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  Speaker 1: intelligence agents. and used his firefighting role to identify sensitive targets.
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  Speaker 1: On a separate domestic matter, a 30-year-old man was fatally
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  Speaker 1: shot in Jaffa, prompting an Israel police investigation into suspected murder.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities have launched searches for suspects and are collecting evidence
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  Speaker 1: to determine the circumstances of the shooting. Regarding the disputed territories,
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  Speaker 1: a new investigation by UN Watch claims that the United
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  Speaker 1: Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has overstated its completion
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  Speaker 1: of reforms promised to donor governments. UN Watch reported that
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  Speaker 1: many of these reforms were implemented only on paper. This
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  Speaker 1: comes after international donors suspended or paused approximately $ 450 million
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  Speaker 1: in funding, following revelations of UNRWA employee participation in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer commented,
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  Speaker 1: Issuing a policy is not the same as enforcing it.
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  Speaker 1: In US policy concerning Israel, Ambassador Yossi Shelley, Israel's ambassador
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  Speaker 1: to the UAE, suggested that another country, possibly Kuwait, could
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  Speaker 1: join the Abraham Accords within the next four to six months,
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  Speaker 1: indicating potential expansion of normalisation agreements. Finally, concerning anti-Semitism and
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  Speaker 1: anti-Jewish hate, an investigation by the Daily Telegraph documented allegations
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  Speaker 1: of Nazi gestures, threats, physical assaults, and antisemitic abuse against
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  Speaker 1: Jewish staff and patients in Britain's National Health Service. Some
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  Speaker 1: Jewish patients reportedly hid their identity or delayed seeking care
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  Speaker 1: due to concerns about discrimination. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: 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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