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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 27, 2026, 01 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: Iran has presented a seven-day proposal through Qatari mediators at
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  Speaker 1: the UN General Assembly, aiming to reopen the Strait of
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  Speaker 1: Hormuz and end regional hostilities. However, US President Donald Trump
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  Speaker 1: announced on Saturday that he rejected the proposal outright, stating,
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  Speaker 1: I reject their deal. Iran's Foreign Minister Arbas Arachi indicated
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday that Tehran was awaiting a definitive response from
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  Speaker 1: the US through the mediators. This diplomatic manoeuvre comes as
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  Speaker 1: the United States continues its economic pressure campaign against Iran.
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  Speaker 1: A top US Treasury official, Jonathan Burke, has reportedly warned
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  Speaker 1: over 50 countries across the Middle East and Europe that
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  Speaker 1: they must choose between trading with Washington or Tehran, or
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  Speaker 1: risk being shut out of US trade. This ultimatum is
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  Speaker 1: part of the broader Operation Economic Outcast. which has seen
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  Speaker 1: significant sanctions imposed on Iran. Regional partners, including Iraq, have
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  Speaker 1: already stopped flights to and from Iran in response to
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  Speaker 1: US threats of sanctioning any airport-servicing Iranian carriers. Despite acknowledging
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  Speaker 1: the mounting economic pressure in a recent interview, Iranian President
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  Speaker 1: Massoud Pesachian vowed defiance, stating, We will die but we
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  Speaker 1: will not bow our heads. In security news, a former
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  Speaker 1: bodyguard for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh who had been granted
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  Speaker 1: asylum and British citizenship, has been arrested on suspicion of
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  Speaker 1: planning terror attacks across Europe. According to reports, the arrest
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  Speaker 1: followed intelligence shared by Israel's Mossad and German services. The
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  Speaker 1: suspect faces extradition to Germany, and his alleged involvement is
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  Speaker 1: seen by security officials as a potentially dangerous expansion of
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  Speaker 1: Hamas's tactics into Europe. Meanwhile in New York, Dozens of
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  Speaker 1: Israelis and Jewish Americans held a rally outside the Lincoln
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  Speaker 1: Center to protest the screening of the film, NAZA, at
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  Speaker 1: the New York Film Festival. Organizers displayed footage from the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre and questioned the film's methodology and narrative.
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  Speaker 1: The Israeli-American Council stated, Our presence here is the message.
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  Speaker 1: We will not allow October 7 to be erased from
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  Speaker 1: the story. The Consul General of Israel in New York,
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  Speaker 1: Ofia Akounis, condemned the filmmakers, stating, We will not let
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  Speaker 1: lies and blood libels prevail. The IDF spokesperson's unit issued
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  Speaker 1: a strong denial of claims made in the film regarding
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  Speaker 1: civilian casualties, calling them a complete lie and an attempt
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  Speaker 1: to harm the legitimacy of the IDF and the State
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  Speaker 1: of Israel. An editorial discusses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent
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  Speaker 1: speech at the United Nations General Assembly. It argues that
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  Speaker 1: the speech emphasised Israel's military prowess, termed Sparta, over a
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  Speaker 1: vision for diplomacy, termed Athens. The piece suggests this approach,
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  Speaker 1: while potentially satisfying to some Israelis, risks alienating international support,
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  Speaker 1: particularly in the United States, and fails to offer a
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  Speaker 1: clear horizon for Israel's desired future. Finally, in Netanya, a
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  Speaker 1: police officer sustained moderate injuries following a collision that occurred
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