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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 27, 2026, 10 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: New reports shed light on warnings issued to Israel in
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  Speaker 1: the lead-up to the October 7th attack. According to the
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  Speaker 1: Wall Street Journal, citing officials in an Arab government, Egypt
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  Speaker 1: conveyed at least three separate warnings to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 1: These included a secret visit to Israel just two weeks
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  Speaker 1: prior and a phone call days before the massacre. The
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  Speaker 1: reports indicate that Egypt's intelligence chief, Abbas Kamel, had already
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  Speaker 1: warned Netanyahu that signs pointed to an impending attack from Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: but these warnings reportedly went unheeded. The Wall Street Journal
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  Speaker 1: also noted that the United Arab Emirates had similarly attempted
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  Speaker 1: to warn the Israeli prime minister in September 2023. These
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  Speaker 1: claims emerge as Israel approaches elections, renewing focus on the
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  Speaker 1: government's handling of pre-attack intelligence. In Gaza, the BBC is
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  Speaker 1: undertaking a review of its list of over 180 individuals
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  Speaker 1: it had identified as journalists killed during the Israel-Hamas war.
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  Speaker 1: According to The Telegraph, a review has revealed that 53
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  Speaker 1: individuals on the list are alleged terrorists, with ties to
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  Speaker 1: Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and some reportedly having participated
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  Speaker 1: in the October 7 massacre. The BBC Arabic list, continually
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  Speaker 1: updated since the war's outbreak, included these individuals, some of
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  Speaker 1: whom had obituaries published by terror groups or appeared in
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  Speaker 1: photos with weapons. This situation follows previous criticism levelled against
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  Speaker 1: the BBC for alleged bias in its reporting and the
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  Speaker 1: platforming of anti-Semitic comments. Internationally, over 6,000 scholars, historians, legal
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  Speaker 1: experts and public figures have signed an open letter rejecting
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  Speaker 1: accusations of genocide against Israel concerning its war against Hamas
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  Speaker 1: in Gaza. The signatories, including prominent individuals like Stephen Pinker,
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  Speaker 1: Niall Ferguson and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, argue
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  Speaker 1: that branding the conflict as genocide distorts facts and is
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  Speaker 1: being weaponised against Jews worldwide. Meanwhile, in the world of sports,
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  Speaker 1: an incident involving the Irish soccer team has drawn attention.
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  Speaker 1: Players reportedly wore black armbands to mark Gaza war dead,
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  Speaker 1: refused handshakes with Israeli opponents and bowed their heads during
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  Speaker 1: the playing of the Israeli anthem. Israel's captain stated that
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  Speaker 1: Irish players made unpleasant remarks during the game, suggesting, Obviously
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  Speaker 1: they hate us. We don't like them. Domestically, as the
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  Speaker 1: IDF faces a significant manpower shortage, a group of dozens
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  Speaker 1: of young adults born and raised in Israel are petitioning
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  Speaker 1: the High Court. They seek permission to enlist, stating that
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  Speaker 1: the events of October 7th only strengthened their resolve to
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  Speaker 1: serve the country. Finally, in cultural news, writer Daniel Ockrent,
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  Speaker 1: in his new biography of Stephen Sondheim, explores the concept
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  Speaker 1: of Americanized Yiddishkeit in relation to the late composer. Okrent
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  Speaker 1: argues that Sondheim, despite not being a practicing Jew, embodied
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  Speaker 1: Jewish identity through his nature, worldview and humor, delving into
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  Speaker 1: the complexities of defining Jewishness for highly assimilated individuals. For
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  Speaker 1: 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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  Speaker 1: generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult multiple sources
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