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Gaza Child Sole Survivor After IDF Strike, Iran Readiness · 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 deeply distressing news from Gaza City. Last week,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli strike hit a home, killing a three-year-old girl's
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  Speaker 1: family and leaving her with severe burns. The IDF stated
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  Speaker 1: that steps were taken to minimize the chance of civilian casualties.
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  Speaker 1: The girl, Maryam Gainam, is now the sole survivor of
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  Speaker 1: her family. In a disturbing incident of antisemitism, Israel's foreign
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  Speaker 1: ministry has strongly condemned the listing of a Torah scroll
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  Speaker 1: fragment described as plundered by German SS soldiers during Shoah
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  Speaker 1: by a Norwegian auction house, Valkyrie Historical Auctions. The ministry
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  Speaker 1: called it a Nazi celebration in Oslo and a moral obscenity.
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  Speaker 1: Following the ministry's intervention, the auction house reportedly withdrew the
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  Speaker 1: item just minutes before the sale. Turning to regional tensions,
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  Speaker 1: IDF Chief of Staff Hersey Halevy has downplayed the immediate
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  Speaker 1: operational need for a strike on Iran, but indicated the
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  Speaker 1: army would act if necessary. This comes as tensions rise
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  Speaker 1: and reports surface of further tanker attacks in the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz. In the West Bank, a complex situation unfolded
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  Speaker 1: when the IDF detained a US congressional nominee and around
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  Speaker 1: 90 foreign volunteers assisting Palestinians with olive harvesting. IDF sources
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  Speaker 1: told the Jerusalem Post, that while most of the area
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  Speaker 1: did not require coordination, a portion did. This followed claims
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  Speaker 1: by rabbis for human rights that they had sent a
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  Speaker 1: letter seeking coordination nearly two months prior, the receipt of
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  Speaker 1: which the IDF had not confirmed. Domestically, Minister of National
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  Speaker 1: Security Itamar Ben-Givia has labelled a reported decision to indict
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  Speaker 1: Prisons Commissioner Kobay, Yacobay, five days before elections, as a
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  Speaker 1: persecution campaign by the Attorney General's Office. against those implementing
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  Speaker 1: government policy. Ben-Givir expressed full support for Jacobi. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 1: UK has adopted a sweeping plan to combat antisemitism in schools,
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  Speaker 1: including training and improved incident reporting. However, a teachers' union
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  Speaker 1: is reportedly pushing back, with some accusing Israel of genocide. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: looking at Israeli politics, Joint List Chairman M.K. Ahmad Tibai
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  Speaker 1: has outlined a strategic plan to prevent Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu from remaining caretaker Prime Minister, after the upcoming elections,
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  Speaker 1: proposing parliamentary support for an alternative government from outside the coalition.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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