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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 4, 2026, 11 AM 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 a concerning report involving a potential terror
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  Speaker 1: plot targeting Israel. An investigation is underway into Hammam al-Hammami,
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  Speaker 1: a flight due by Copilot, who allegedly planned to kill
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  Speaker 1: the pilot and deliberately crashed the aircraft into Tel Aviv skyscrapers.
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  Speaker 1: Italian outlet Corriella della Sera, citing Israeli intelligence, reported that
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  Speaker 1: Hammami attacked the pilot with an axe and attempted to
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  Speaker 1: cut engines. Israeli authorities are treating this as a lone
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  Speaker 1: wolf incident, though Australian authorities are investigating potential radicalisation. Former
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  Speaker 1: colleagues described his views as too close to Islamic extremism. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: following the incident, nearly 3,000 online conspiracy posts rapidly emerged
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  Speaker 1: within 12 hours, blaming Israel, the Mossad, Prime Minister Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: Zionists or Jews, and citing fabricated evidence. Israeli officials are
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  Speaker 1: emphasising the importance of thoroughly investigating such flight failures to
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  Speaker 1: prevent future disasters, echoing sentiments from figures like Isenkot. In
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  Speaker 1: political news from Europe, the United Kingdom's Green Party has
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  Speaker 1: become the first mainstream party on the continent to declare
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  Speaker 1: itself openly anti-Zionist. At its annual conference, the party passed
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  Speaker 1: a controversial Zionism is racism motion. which critics say effectively
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  Speaker 1: calls for the eradication of the state of Israel and
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  Speaker 1: legitimises armed struggle. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued
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  Speaker 1: a sharp condemnation, labelling the party a body supporting terrorism
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  Speaker 1: and criticising its stance on equating Zionism with racism and
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  Speaker 1: calling for a Palestinian state from the river to the sea.
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  Speaker 1: The motion passed by a significant margin, though reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: internal divisions within the party, and a safe room was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly made available for Jewish members at the conference. On
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  Speaker 1: the strategic front, Iran's army spokesman, Mohamed Akraminia, announced a
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  Speaker 1: decision to enhance the range of its missiles, citing lessons
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  Speaker 1: learned from recent conflict with the United States. Meanwhile, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu, speaking from the Ashdod naval base, sent a
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  Speaker 1: strong message regarding maritime security, particularly directed towards Turkey. He
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  Speaker 1: stated that enemies aiming to threaten Israel's maritime space will
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  Speaker 1: not succeed. and affirmed that Israel will procure additional naval
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  Speaker 1: assets to bolster its defences. Domestically, Israeli politics saw a
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  Speaker 1: notable shift from People of Israel Party Knesset candidate Yosef Hardard,
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  Speaker 1: who reversed his prior support for a Palestinian state. Hardard
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  Speaker 1: cited the May 2021 riots and events since October 7
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  Speaker 1: as catalysts for his change in position, stating he now
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  Speaker 1: believes Palestinians should not be granted a state. Party leader
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  Speaker 1: Ofa Winter defended Hardard's evolution of thought. In judicial news,
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  Speaker 1: the High Court of Justice rejected attempts to remove the
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  Speaker 1: Yehudit Yehudit party and disqualify candidates Itamar Ben-Givir and Tali
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  Speaker 1: Gottlieb from the ballot, citing procedural grounds without ruling on
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  Speaker 1: the merits of claims regarding undermining democracy or inciting racism. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Transportation Minister Miri Rejev publicly stated her opposition to voting
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  Speaker 1: for Ofa Winter. And in historical intelligence news, A Syrian
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  Speaker 1: security officer has claimed that legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen,
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  Speaker 1: executed in 1965, may be buried near military barracks outside Damascus.
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  Speaker 1: The officer described a debate among Syrian officials at the
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  Speaker 1: time about the burial location, aiming to prevent Israel from
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  Speaker 1: recovering the remains. This claim surfaces amid past reports of
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  Speaker 1: potential deals for the repatriation of Cohen's body. Finally, marking
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming third anniversary of October 7, the National Library
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  Speaker 1: is launching its Bound in Memory initiative. The project will
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  Speaker 1: feature an exhibition of around 200 memorial books, created by families,
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  Speaker 1: friends and communities to commemorate those lost in the conflict,
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  Speaker 1: as part of a broader archive documenting the events. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for joining us on Israel
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