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IDF Eliminates Hamas Terrorist, Regional Tensions Rise · 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: The IDF announced Wednesday the elimination of Hamas-Nakba terrorist Musa
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  Speaker 1: Abd-Mohamed Hamada in an airstrike in Gaza City. The military
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  Speaker 1: stated Hamada was involved in planning the explosive device attack
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  Speaker 1: on September 8, 2025, which killed four Israeli Armoured Corps soldiers.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF described the strike, a joint operation with the ISA,
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  Speaker 1: as a significant milestone for the 162nd Division in holding
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  Speaker 1: those responsible for its soldiers' deaths accountable. In regional diplomatic news,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's foreign ministry has condemned the Libyan House of Representatives'
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  Speaker 1: ratification of a maritime jurisdiction memorandum with Turkey. The ministry
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  Speaker 1: stated the agreement infringes upon the sovereign rights of its
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  Speaker 1: allies and accused Turkey of working to destabilise the eastern
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  Speaker 1: Mediterranean region. Meanwhile in the West Bank, approximately 90 volunteers
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  Speaker 1: with Rabbis for Human Rights were detained by the IDF.
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  Speaker 1: The group, which included Congressional nominee Brad Lander and former
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  Speaker 1: Deputy Attorney General Yehoshua Scoffman, was accompanying Palestinian farmers during
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  Speaker 1: the olive harvest near Bethlehem. The IDF declared the field
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  Speaker 1: a closed military zone, and activists were subsequently detained for processing.
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  Speaker 1: On the political front, Republican challenger Scott Singer and Democratic
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  Speaker 1: incumbent Representative Jad Moskovitz held a debate in Florida's 25th
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  Speaker 1: congressional district. During the forum, Moskovitz declared himself proud to
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  Speaker 1: be known as the most pro-Israel Jewish Democrat in Congress.
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  Speaker 1: Both candidates largely aligned on Israel-related issues, including opposing efforts
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  Speaker 1: to condition or cut off U.S. military aid. In media news,
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  Speaker 1: Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor, is departing the network
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  Speaker 1: after 43 years. Her reporting on Israel and the Palestinians
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  Speaker 1: had long drawn sharp criticism from some Jewish viewers, who
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  Speaker 1: accused her of giving insufficient weight to Israeli security concerns
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  Speaker 1: and mischaracterising events. Domestically, Yitzhak Zaga, a Knesset ministerial candidate
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  Speaker 1: for the Religious Zionist Party and Zehat Joint List, made
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  Speaker 1: controversial statements alleging an Arab takeover of Israel's healthcare system.
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  Speaker 1: He claimed Jewish nurses fear working with Arab doctors, and
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  Speaker 1: that Arab medical students receive preferential treatment. These remarks were
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  Speaker 1: roundly condemned by the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians
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  Speaker 1: and the Organization of State-Employed Physicians as false and dangerous.
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  Speaker 1: In other domestic political developments, former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
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  Speaker 1: pledged to cancel four judicial reform laws immediately upon the
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  Speaker 1: establishment of the next Knesset. Separately, a Haredi demonstration caused
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  Speaker 1: traffic disruptions, blocking Highway 4 in both directions near Ra'anana.
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  Speaker 1: On the economic front, Israel expects olive oil production to
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  Speaker 1: nearly double this year, reaching an estimated 15,000 tonnes. However,
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  Speaker 1: growers are warning of challenges including unusually low oil content
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  Speaker 1: due to extreme summer heat and damage from the ongoing conflict.
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