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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 1, 2026, 04 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: We begin with developing international tensions following an incident on
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  Speaker 1: a fly-Jubai flight. US President Donald Trump stated Thursday that
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  Speaker 1: information he has received indicates Iran may be connected to
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  Speaker 1: the Omani copilot accused of attacking another pilot and attempting
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  Speaker 1: to crash the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Trump
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  Speaker 1: warned of a forceful US response if Tehran's involvement is established, saying, Oh,
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  Speaker 1: they'll be hit very hard. The investigation is now a
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  Speaker 1: joint operation involving Emirati, Saudi and Israeli investigators, who are
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  Speaker 1: examining the suspect's background. While some initial reports suggested the
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  Speaker 1: hijacker acted alone, a senior official told Channel 12 that,
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  Speaker 1: as the investigation deepens, the assessment that Tehran was involved
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  Speaker 1: in the incident is growing stronger. During the flight, passengers
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  Speaker 1: bravely subdued the Omani National after he began stabbing the pilot.
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  Speaker 1: Accounts from passengers describe how the attacker, once restrained with
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  Speaker 1: a headphone cable, repeatedly said, kill me, suggesting he recognised
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  Speaker 1: his mission had failed. One passenger recounted needing to rouse
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  Speaker 1: two additional pilots from the cabin to regain control of
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  Speaker 1: the aircraft, which had begun to descend with an empty cockpit.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with some of these heroic passengers.
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  Speaker 1: commending their actions and urging Israelis to remain vigilant during
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  Speaker 1: this sensitive period. Turning to Gaza, the commander of the
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  Speaker 1: Gaza division revealed operational details, stating, We are drilling the
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  Speaker 1: entire strip. Meanwhile, the plight of hostages continues to be
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  Speaker 1: a focus. Former hostage Eli Sharabi made an impassioned appeal
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  Speaker 1: to the United Nations Human Rights Council, urging them to
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  Speaker 1: classify the treatment of hostages held in Gaza as torture. Sharabi,
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  Speaker 1: who endured 491 days of captivity, detailed conditions of starvation,
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  Speaker 1: beatings and psychological abuse. His testimony aligns with findings from
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  Speaker 1: a September report by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, which
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  Speaker 1: documented deliberate starvation and severe abuse affecting numerous hostages. On
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  Speaker 1: the domestic front, a senior official at a government company
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  Speaker 1: has been detained by Lahav 433, the National Crime Unit,
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  Speaker 1: on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, forgery and submitting
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  Speaker 1: a false affidavit. Police seized documents and digital media from
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  Speaker 1: the suspect's home and office. Separately, the family of nine-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Haymanot Kasa, who disappeared in February 2024, continues their persistent
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  Speaker 1: efforts to locate her. Marking over two and a half
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  Speaker 1: years since her disappearance, her father and sister met with
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  Speaker 1: opposition leaders Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid. They have previously
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  Speaker 1: asked Prime Minister Netanyahu to transfer the investigation to the
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet, but have received no response. Bennett and Lapid
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  Speaker 1: have pledged to act on the matter if elected. Hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of demonstrators marched through Jerusalem to the Western Wall, calling
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  Speaker 1: for greater government attention to Haymanot's case. A recent Zedman
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  Speaker 1: Yisrael survey also indicates that while Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc
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  Speaker 1: leads in voter preference for a potential election, both rival
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  Speaker 1: blocs are falling short of a majority. Finally, in a
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  Speaker 1: disturbing incident underscoring the persistent challenges of antisemitism, Sabintasa, whose
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  Speaker 1: husband and son were murdered in the October 7 massacre,
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  Speaker 1: confronted a film's portrayal of the war in Delft. Reports
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  Speaker 1: indicate audience members reacted hostily, shouting, shame on you, and
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  Speaker 1: we don't care. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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