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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 25, 2026, 02 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: Tragic news from northern Gaza today, where two IDF reservists,
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  Speaker 1: Major Rees, Nadav Kali, 24, from Har Halatz and Major Rees,
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  Speaker 1: Ofek Molum, 23, from Jerusalem, were killed. The soldiers, serving
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  Speaker 1: with the 16th Brigade, died when a drone they were
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  Speaker 1: operating crashed and then exploded within their military outpost. The
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  Speaker 1: IDF is investigating the incident, including the possibility of Hamas interference,
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  Speaker 1: and has grounded all similar attack and munition-dropping drones pending
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  Speaker 1: the investigation's outcome. In other security news, IDF reservist Niria
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  Speaker 1: Leiter was seriously wounded Wednesday when a Palestinian attacker rammed
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  Speaker 1: a vehicle into him at a checkpoint near Beit Horon.
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  Speaker 1: Doctors worked for hours to stabilise his condition after surgery,
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  Speaker 1: but his life remains in danger. Neria is the son
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  Speaker 1: of Israel's ambassador to the United States, Yetchil Later. The
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  Speaker 1: family is enduring immense grief, as his elder brother, Major
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  Speaker 1: Reserve Mosh Yedidia Later, was killed fighting in Gaza in
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  Speaker 1: November 2023. On the political front, a recent Mariv poll
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  Speaker 1: indicates shifts in the Knesset's seat distribution. The coalition bloc
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  Speaker 1: is projected to fall to 49 seats, with losses for
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  Speaker 1: both Haredi parties, while Yehudit Yehudit gained one seat. The
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  Speaker 1: opposition bloc, meanwhile, is expected to rise to 55 seats,
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  Speaker 1: with Yashar losing seats and the Democrats gaining. The poll
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  Speaker 1: also shows continued public sentiment regarding leadership suitability, with Gadi-Eisenkot
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  Speaker 1: leading Benjamin Netanyahu in head-to-head match-ups. This comes amidst analysis
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  Speaker 1: suggesting that the anticipated third bloc of moderate parties, expected
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  Speaker 1: to form a broad unity government after October 7th, has
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  Speaker 1: failed to materialise as polling data has disproven its emergence. Internationally,
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  Speaker 1: Iran has presented a proposal to the United States concerning
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  Speaker 1: the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian Foreign Minister
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  Speaker 1: Arbas Arachi stated at the UN General Assembly that the
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  Speaker 1: deal would build on a June Memorandum of Understanding and
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  Speaker 1: be implemented within seven days if certain conditions are met.
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  Speaker 1: A White House official confirmed to the Financial Times that
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  Speaker 1: the US and Iran are engaged in positive discussions through mediators,
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  Speaker 1: though they declined to comment on the specific plan mentioned
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  Speaker 1: by Arachi. emphasising the US's strong position and lack of rush.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate development, a report on Reddit indicates that
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  Speaker 1: Colombia has officially severed diplomatic relations with Iran and has
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  Speaker 1: designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, as a
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  Speaker 1: terrorist organisation. Finally, in a cultural dispute, the Times of
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  Speaker 1: Israel reports that 350 cultural figures are publicly supporting Jewish
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  Speaker 1: author Ariana Harwix, who was dropped from a Spanish festival
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  Speaker 1: over her stance on Israel. Harwicks alleges that organisers bowed
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  Speaker 1: to pressure, while the festival claims the cancellation followed complaints
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  Speaker 1: from the university community. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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