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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 7, 2026, 05 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 today with significant developments in Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: Minister of Defense Israel Katz stated Israel's policy in the
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  Speaker 1: region is to forcefully pursue Palestinian terrorism, develop and strengthen
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  Speaker 1: Jewish settlement, and maintain security stability, noting current terrorism levels
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  Speaker 1: are the lowest in decades. He announced that Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu and he have instructed the IDF to prepare
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  Speaker 1: for total war against the Palestinian Authority and its terror
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure in Judea and Samaria if there is an escalation
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  Speaker 1: or a terror attack similar to October 7 occurs. Katz
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  Speaker 1: outlined potential actions including senior eliminations, displacement of residents from
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  Speaker 1: areas of terror activity, destruction of terror infrastructure and continued
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  Speaker 1: IDF presence, stating... We will not allow a return to
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  Speaker 1: the reality of sustained intifada over years as in the past,
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  Speaker 1: but will open a comprehensive campaign against the authority and
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  Speaker 1: all terror infrastructure in Judea and Samaria. In security incidents,
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  Speaker 1: one person was seriously wounded in a terror stabbing near
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  Speaker 1: Usarin in the West Bank. The assailant reportedly asked the
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  Speaker 1: victim if he was armed before attacking and fled. The
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  Speaker 1: IDF and Israel police are searching for the suspect. IDF
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  Speaker 1: forces were also reported operating in the village of Beita
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  Speaker 1: near an attack scene. Earlier, IDF forces eliminated a suspect
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  Speaker 1: in a stabbing attack at the Mawz Yehuda outpost in Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: The terrorist's phone was located at the scene, and their
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  Speaker 1: identity is known to security forces. In readiness drills, the
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  Speaker 1: IDF began Operation Kadmat Homa and coordinated with Israel Police
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  Speaker 1: in Operation Southern Wind. Exercises designed to improve division-level capabilities
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  Speaker 1: and readiness for large-scale surprise attacks based on lessons from
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  Speaker 1: October 7. Turning to the conflict with Iran and its
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  Speaker 1: regional proxies. In southern Lebanon, at least nine people were
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  Speaker 1: reportedly killed and five others wounded in Israeli strikes near Nabati,
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  Speaker 1: according to Lebanese media outlets Al-Jadid and Lebanon 24. Al-Jadid
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  Speaker 1: reported that two infants were among those killed and one
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  Speaker 1: strike hit a residential building. Rescue teams worked through the
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  Speaker 1: night among the rubble. The IDF stated it carried out
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  Speaker 1: several waves of strikes in response to Hezbollah drone launches
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the day, targeting weapons storage facilities and terrorist
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure belonging to Hezbollah. Regionally, UAE Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Anwar
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  Speaker 1: Gargash stated that the UAE will not allow its energy
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  Speaker 1: exports to be held hostage and will not accept any
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  Speaker 1: single state's control of the Strait of Hormuz, emphasising that
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  Speaker 1: rebuilding trust with Iran may take decades. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign
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  Speaker 1: ministry spokesperson said that South Korea's military participation or presence
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  Speaker 1: in operations in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz would
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  Speaker 1: be regarded as support for US aggression and have serious consequences. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson Esmail Baghe stated that Tehran will retaliate if the
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  Speaker 1: UN nuclear watchdog adopts a resolution against the country, calling
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  Speaker 1: European states irrational for pursuing it. Domestically, four individuals from
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  Speaker 1: northern Israel have been indicted over alleged ties to the
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  Speaker 1: Islamic State in less than two weeks. The cases involve
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  Speaker 1: alleged plots to attack Israeli security forces and training to
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  Speaker 1: join the organisation abroad. Prime Minister Netanyahu also summoned Talai
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  Speaker 1: Gottlieb for a meeting this afternoon. In news from the
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  Speaker 1: Bel's Hasidic community, the Rebbe announced that Israel Eichler will
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  Speaker 1: be replaced by Alekhem Stark. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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