Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 24, 2026, 10 PM Eastern
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today Ongoing War Report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: We're bringing you the latest developments from Israel and the region.
- 0:15Speaker 1: On the international front, Iranian President Mossad Pezeshkian stated in
- 0:19Speaker 1: a Fox News interview that Iran's Supreme Leader Majtaba Khamenei
- 0:23Speaker 1: is completely, healthy and actively directing the country's policies. Pezeshkian
- 0:28Speaker 1: said he met with Khamenei for several hours about a
- 0:30Speaker 1: month ago. Khamenei succeeded his father after his assassination earlier
- 0:34Speaker 1: this year. Pezeshkin also reiterated Iran's willingness to pursue peace
- 0:39Speaker 1: with the US and its stance that nuclear weapons are
- 0:42Speaker 1: religiously forbidden, though he blamed US military activity for hindering
- 0:46Speaker 1: IAEA inspections. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with
- 0:51Speaker 1: his Iranian counterpart in New York. Moscow stated that both
- 0:55Speaker 1: agreed only a diplomatic settlement can end the Middle East
- 0:58Speaker 1: tensions and sparked by the US-Israeli war against Iran, stressing
- 1:02Speaker 1: that US and Israeli actions provoked the crisis. In London,
- 1:06Speaker 1: British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband warned Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi,
- 1:12Speaker 1: that the UK would not tolerate intimidation or hostile activity
- 1:16Speaker 1: on British soil. Citing cyber threats from Iran-linked actors, Miliband
- 1:20Speaker 1: urged de-escalation and diplomacy, according to a statement from the
- 1:24Speaker 1: British government. The sharp rhetoric continued in New York, where
- 1:28Speaker 1: NYC Mayor Zoran Mamdani condemned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech
- 1:32Speaker 1: at the United Nations General Assembly, calling it, baseless lies
- 1:37Speaker 1: meant to sanitise his genocide of Palestinians, and referencing an
- 1:40Speaker 1: international criminal court arrest warrant. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded directly
- 1:45Speaker 1: during his address, labelling Mamdani antisemitic and detailing his associations.
- 1:51Speaker 1: Outside the UN headquarters, demonstrators drew parallels between the Israeli
- 1:55Speaker 1: Prime Minister and Satan, calling Israel a child-killer regime, with
- 2:00Speaker 1: an effigy of Netanyahu placed in a noose, according to
- 2:03Speaker 1: the Times of Israel. Domestically, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
- 2:07Speaker 1: was escorted from a restaurant in Bnei Brak on Thursday
- 2:09Speaker 1: evening after right-wing activists arrived, reportedly issuing threats and throwing objects,
- 2:15Speaker 1: one of which struck a female staff member. Police were
- 2:18Speaker 1: on the scene and arrested a suspect. According to a
- 2:21Speaker 1: police statement, the suspect was taken for questioning. In diplomatic outreach,
- 2:26Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with leaders from several Latin
- 2:29Speaker 1: American countries following his UN address, including Argentina's Javier Amile,
- 2:34Speaker 1: as reported by the Prime Minister's office. These meetings focused
- 2:38Speaker 1: on deepening political, economic and security cooperation, with discussions highlighting
- 2:43Speaker 1: shared security challenges posed by Iran and its affiliated groups.
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- 2:57Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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