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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 11, 2026, 12 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: Turning first to the regional front, World Israel News reports
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  Speaker 1: that over 100 US military advisers are now on the
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  Speaker 1: ground in Saudi Arabia, providing crucial intelligence and targeting assistance
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  Speaker 1: to combat Iran-backed Houthi terrorists. This deployment comes as the
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  Speaker 1: conflict escalates, with the Houthis recently attacking four Saudi cities,
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  Speaker 1: and seizing the strategic Yemeni port city of Makkah. This
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  Speaker 1: move potentially strengthens their position near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait,
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  Speaker 1: a critical global shipping chokepoint. While US troops are not
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  Speaker 1: directly conducting strikes or providing aerial refuelling, their expanding role
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  Speaker 1: signals a deeper American involvement in confronting Iranian proxies that
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  Speaker 1: threaten regional trade and security. In US policy news, President
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  Speaker 1: Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham that he does
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  Speaker 1: not regret going to war against Iran, despite potential impacts
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  Speaker 1: on the upcoming November midterm elections. Trump stated, if I
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  Speaker 1: had it do again, I would do exactly as I did,
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  Speaker 1: and expressed his belief that the conflict will end shortly
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  Speaker 1: after the election. He reiterated his primary objective of preventing
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  Speaker 1: Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a point he believes supporters
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  Speaker 1: are proud of. This comes as rising oil and gas prices,
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  Speaker 1: partly attributed to the conflict, have become a significant issue
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  Speaker 1: for Republicans leading into the elections. Tehran is accused by
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  Speaker 1: the US of attempting to influence these elections. Ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, anti-Semitic conspiracy
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  Speaker 1: theories blaming Jews and Israel for the events are resurfacing
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  Speaker 1: across social media platforms, including Meta, Reddit, TikTok and x
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  Speaker 1: slash Twitter, according to jpost.com. Cyberwell, an Israeli NGO fighting
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  Speaker 1: online anti-Semitism, identified numerous posts making claims that Jews planned 9-11,
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  Speaker 1: had advanced knowledge, or were involved. Some posts used coded
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  Speaker 1: language or the happy merchant caricature, while others recycled the
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  Speaker 1: dancing Israelis conspiracy theory. Cyberwell CEO Talor Cohen-Montemayor warned that
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  Speaker 1: foreign state actors are amplifying these theories to erode social
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  Speaker 1: cohesion in the West. Closer to home, escalating religious-secular tensions
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  Speaker 1: in a Bnei Brak neighbourhood have become a national flashpoint,
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  Speaker 1: As reported by the Times of Israel, disputes over Shabbat
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  Speaker 1: traffic in the writer's complex neighbourhood, originally marketed as an
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  Speaker 1: ultra-Orthodox community, but later including general public housing, have led
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  Speaker 1: to protests and barricades. The situation climaxed when a driver
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  Speaker 1: sped through a crowd of protesters, hitting a three-year-old girl
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  Speaker 1: who thankfully recovered. Residents describe the situation as chaotic and
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  Speaker 1: increasingly frightening, with some ultra-Orthodox activists reportedly promoting extremist ideas.
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  Speaker 1: As Israel navigates these challenges, it enters an election season
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  Speaker 1: coinciding with Rosh Hashanah and the 25th anniversary of 9-11,
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  Speaker 1: according to jpost.com. The upcoming national election on October 27
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  Speaker 1: will involve fierce arguments over issues like responsibility for October 7,
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  Speaker 1: Gaza and Iran. However, the editorial argues for national unity,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting lessons from October 7, where Israelis from diverse backgrounds
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  Speaker 1: reported for reserve duty together and communities supported evacuees. It
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  Speaker 1: emphasises that the country's strength lies in recognising all citizens
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  Speaker 1: as partners in building the Jewish state, especially as the
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  Speaker 1: last hostage was brought home in January. On a cultural
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  Speaker 1: and religious note, new polling data from the Israel Democracy Institute,
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  Speaker 1: as detailed by jpost.com, reveals that 8% of adult Jewish
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  Speaker 1: Israelis have visited the pilgrimage site of Rabbi Nachman of
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  Speaker 1: Breslov in Yumen. This comes as many religious Israelis prepare
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  Speaker 1: for Rosh Hashanah, traditionally spent at the rabbi's tomb, despite
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  Speaker 1: ongoing safety concerns related to the Russia-Ukraine war. The report
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  Speaker 1: also touched upon an IDF social media video, later deleted,
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  Speaker 1: that advised Haredi draft evaders on how to avoid arrest
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  Speaker 1: at Ben-Gurion airport when travelling to Yumen. I'm Noah Levi,
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