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Houthi Missile Strike Targets Yemeni Military Camp · 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: Dozens of Yemenis are feared dead following a Houthi missile
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  Speaker 1: strike that targeted a military camp in Yemen's Shabwa governorate.
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  Speaker 1: According to a spokesman for the Yemeni army, three ballistic
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  Speaker 1: missiles were used in the attack on the Al-A'im military camp.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities reported that at least 18 people were killed and
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  Speaker 1: more than 30 wounded during a training exercise. with the
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  Speaker 1: deputy governor of Shabwa stating there were at least 40 casualties.
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, identifying it as
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  Speaker 1: targeting a Saudi-backed military base and signalling their intent to
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  Speaker 1: continue striking such locations. Rashad al-Alami, the head of the
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  Speaker 1: Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, condemned the targeting of new recruits
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  Speaker 1: as a terrorist attack and pledged a firm response. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, Benny Gantz announced on Monday that he
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  Speaker 1: will not run in the upcoming October 27 elections. This
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  Speaker 1: decision comes as recent polling indicates his party is failing
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  Speaker 1: to cross the electoral threshold. Gantz stated he will continue
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  Speaker 1: working to establish a national unity government, which he described
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  Speaker 1: as the only solution that can prevent another disaster. His
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  Speaker 1: party had launched a new election campaign just last week. Internationally,
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  Speaker 1: Britain's Foreign Minister, Ed Miliband, has warned companies and individuals
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  Speaker 1: considering bids for Israel's E1 West Bank settlement project. Miliband
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  Speaker 1: stated that those involved in the construction risk, legal and
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  Speaker 1: reputational consequences, including potential sanctions, warning against involvement in serious
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  Speaker 1: breaches of international law. The deadline for bids was Monday.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF has revealed an internal Hamas document, reportedly from
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  Speaker 1: April 2024, detailing a plot by the group's engineering department.
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  Speaker 1: According to the IDF, The plan proposed planting explosive devices
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  Speaker 1: around displaced person camps in Gaza and detonating them as
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  Speaker 1: Israeli troops approached. The IDF asserts the explosions were intended
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  Speaker 1: to create civilian panic and provide a smokescreen for Hamas
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  Speaker 1: operatives to escape, even with the acknowledged risk to civilians.
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  Speaker 1: The document also suggested tactics to slow Israeli forces and
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  Speaker 1: create chaos within camps. In Lebanon, security forces seized hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of kilograms of explosives from a vehicle. Hezbollah admitted the
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  Speaker 1: shipment belonged to the organisation and demanded its return, claiming
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  Speaker 1: the material was intended for attacks against Israeli forces. An
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  Speaker 1: article asserts that Lebanon must refuse this demand and enforce
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  Speaker 1: state authority, upholding its ban on Hezbollah's military activities. US
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  Speaker 1: Secretary of State Marco Rubio was also reported to have
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  Speaker 1: urged Lebanon to retain the explosives. Regarding Gaza, the state
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  Speaker 1: has informed the High Court of Justice that that journalists
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  Speaker 1: should continue to be barred from entering the Strip without
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  Speaker 1: a military escort, citing ongoing security risks. This stance is
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  Speaker 1: being challenged by the Foreign Press Association, which argues that
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  Speaker 1: escorted visits cannot replace independent reporting and that conditions have
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  Speaker 1: changed significantly. The World Food Programme announced it is cutting
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  Speaker 1: aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
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  Speaker 1: due to funding shortages. urgently needing $ 450 million over the
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  Speaker 1: next six months to maintain operations. In the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: security forces arrested 10 suspects in an operation dubbed Operation
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  Speaker 1: Olive Leaf. The arrests followed weekend violence during the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: olive harvest, which included attacks on a Washington Post photojournalist
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  Speaker 1: and European diplomats. Police stated the arrests concerned suspected involvement
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  Speaker 1: in the violence, violations of military orders, and illegal construction. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Rabbis for Human Rights has accused prominent Rabbi Dov Lior
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  Speaker 1: of incitement to racism and soliciting theft for a ruling
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  Speaker 1: that permits Jews to harvest on Palestinian land. This complaint
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  Speaker 1: comes amidst a reported surge in settler violence. Finally, research
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  Speaker 1: from Brandeis University indicates that approximately 11% of graduate students
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  Speaker 1: express hostility toward Israel and 9% toward Jews, with Humanity's
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  Speaker 1: PhD candidates being the most antagonistic. The study also found
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  Speaker 1: that 21% of graduate students believe violence at protests is
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  Speaker 1: sometimes acceptable. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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