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Netanyahu Vows Iran Regime Fall; IAF Drills Near Border · 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared his intention to bring
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  Speaker 1: about the fall of the Iranian regime, stating, The regime
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  Speaker 1: must fall, and I will bring it down. This marks
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  Speaker 1: a significant shift in his rhetoric, moving from creating conditions
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  Speaker 1: for the regime's overthrow to personally pledging its demise. which
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  Speaker 1: he argues is essential to prevent Iran from developing nuclear
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  Speaker 1: weapons and rebuilding its regional axis. In parallel, the Israel
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  Speaker 1: Air Force conducted a large-scale practice sortie with dozens of
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  Speaker 1: fighter jets and refuelling aircraft flying through Syrian and Iraqi airspace,
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  Speaker 1: reaching as far as the Iranian border. Officials described the
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  Speaker 1: exercise as a power projection aimed at deterring Iran from
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  Speaker 1: attacking Israel ahead of the upcoming elections. Defence Minister Israel
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  Speaker 1: Katz also issued a warning, stating that while Iran's regime
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  Speaker 1: is at its weakest, it might resort to extreme measures,
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  Speaker 1: including attacks aimed at influencing Israel's elections. Katz cautioned that
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  Speaker 1: if Iran attacks Israel, Iran will burn. In a separate
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  Speaker 1: development impacting Israeli airspace security, the Transportation Ministry has barred
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  Speaker 1: a United Airlines pilot, Sina Amjadian, from entering Israel as
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  Speaker 1: a crew member due to his history of pro-Iranian regime
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  Speaker 1: social media posts, including criticism of Israeli strikes. This raises
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  Speaker 1: questions about foreign airline crew vetting. Regionally, the United States
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  Speaker 1: is preparing to evacuate some diplomatic personnel and their families
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  Speaker 1: from embassies in the Gulf, amid fears of renewed hostilities
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  Speaker 1: with Iran-backed Houthis. This follows a wave of attacks on
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, including a drone strike on facilities belonging to
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  Speaker 1: oil company Aramco that killed two foreign workers. Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 1: has reported intercepting multiple drones and missiles. Amidst these regional tensions,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli artillery forces have shelled the town of Beit Yahoun
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  Speaker 1: in southern Lebanon during a limited IDF ground operation. In Yemen,
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  Speaker 1: a mass funeral was held for 75 recruits reportedly killed
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  Speaker 1: in a Houthi missile strike. Domestically, Israeli politics are active
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  Speaker 1: ahead of the October 27 elections. Prime Minister Netanyahu stated
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  Speaker 1: that Israel's next defence minister should be from his Likud party,
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  Speaker 1: addressing ambitions for the role. Meanwhile, Yashar party leader Gadi
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  Speaker 1: Isenkot has firmly vowed not to serve under Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu under any circumstances, even in a unity government, holding
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu responsible for the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Yashar candidate Shaul Meridor criticised Netanyahu's leadership, accusing him of
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  Speaker 1: prioritising political interests over the country's needs and deepening societal divisions.
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  Speaker 1: In the West Bank, New York City Mayor Zoran Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: denounced the IDF's detention of approximately 90 volunteers, including Jewish
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  Speaker 1: activists and New York officials, during an olive harvest. Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: called for an end to what he termed Israeli occupation
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  Speaker 1: and genocide. The IDF stated the area was declared a
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  Speaker 1: closed military zone due to uncoordinated security measures. Separately, authorities
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  Speaker 1: are investigating an arson attack at the tomb of Elazar
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  Speaker 1: the priest, a Jewish holy site in a water Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: which was condemned by local officials. In Gaza, Ramadan Diab,
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  Speaker 1: identified as a senior member of the Popular Resistance Committees
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  Speaker 1: and a participant in the 2006 kidnapping of soldier Gilad Shalit,
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  Speaker 1: was eliminated in an Israeli UAV strike. For continuing coverage
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