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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-04 at 18:01 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 6.01pm in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In US military role, President Donald Trump said the United
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  Speaker 1: States may hit Iran's Pekax Mountain very soon. Pekax Mountain
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  Speaker 1: sits near Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility and is a
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  Speaker 1: heavily fortified site that hosts two deeply buried tunnel complexes.
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  Speaker 1: Trump credited the US Space Force and space-based intelligence for
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  Speaker 1: tracking movement around Pickaxe Mountain and warned that if anything
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  Speaker 1: goes bad, the United States will hit them hard, describing
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  Speaker 1: the action as a military conflict rather than a war
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  Speaker 1: and calling it small potatoes for the United States. He
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  Speaker 1: also said Iran had placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz,
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  Speaker 1: which the United States removed with minesweepers, and that pipelines
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  Speaker 1: are being built all over the Middle East as alternatives
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  Speaker 1: to the Strait. In a separate line of remarks, Trump
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  Speaker 1: described the Iran war as small potatoes for the United
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  Speaker 1: States as part of his effort to minimise the clash
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  Speaker 1: ahead of mid-term elections, saying some do not call it
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  Speaker 1: a war but a military conflict because it's small potatoes
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  Speaker 1: for us. He noted the six-month confrontation has seen 18
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  Speaker 1: US troops killed and thousands of Iranians dead, and that
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  Speaker 1: Tehran has disrupted shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, while
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  Speaker 1: the United States has conducted intermittent strikes and is not
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  Speaker 1: fighting at the moment. In the conflict with Iran and
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  Speaker 1: its regional proxies, the IDF struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: after Israeli soldiers intercepted a drone. The army said the
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  Speaker 1: drone was shot down after approaching the soldiers, who were
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  Speaker 1: in the IDF security zone in southern Lebanon, and described
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  Speaker 1: the attack as a blatant violation of the ceasefire. The
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  Speaker 1: strikes followed Defense Minister Israel Katz's announcement that the IDF
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  Speaker 1: had cleared Lebanon's Ali al-Taha ridge tunnels of Hezbollah terrorists.
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  Speaker 1: with the mission described as completed and several terrorists embedded
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  Speaker 1: in the tunnels killed, while others fled. On Thursday, Iran
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  Speaker 1: warned the United States it would respond forcefully to any
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  Speaker 1: Israeli attack on the Ali-Altaha Ridge complex, and Katz warned
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  Speaker 1: that any Iranian attack on Israel would escalate. In US
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  Speaker 1: policy concerning Israel, the United States is said to be
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  Speaker 1: drafting a post-war plan to create an alliance against Iran
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  Speaker 1: and to expand the Abraham Accords. Trump reportedly told Confidants
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  Speaker 1: he is working on something much bigger in the Middle
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  Speaker 1: East after the war with Iran, but plans to implement
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  Speaker 1: the initiative after the United States and Israeli elections. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, Yes Atid's Mikkel Schur announced she will
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  Speaker 1: not seek re-election and will step aside, expressing support for
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  Speaker 1: Yair Lapid and the party. Schur posted the decision on ex-slash-Twitter,
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  Speaker 1: joining a growing list of exits from the party. Her
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  Speaker 1: departure follows MK Karin El-Hara's decision to leave, and other
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  Speaker 1: members including Debbie Bitton and Tatiana Mazarsky have said they
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  Speaker 1: will not run in the next election. A Mariv poll
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  Speaker 1: projected that B Yachad, the alliance Yes Atid merged with,
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  Speaker 1: would hold about 15 seats, making it the third largest,
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  Speaker 1: while the broader exodus continues alongside campaigns and realignments among
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  Speaker 1: other Knesset members. In uplifting news, a pair of reflections
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  Speaker 1: mark resilience and memory. As the United States approaches the
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  Speaker 1: 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, This week's Haftarah from
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah offers a perspective on destruction, rebuilding and memory, with
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  Speaker 1: the Prophet urging restoration and steadfast resolve for Zion and Jerusalem.
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  Speaker 1: The message emphasises that recovery involves choosing what we stand
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  Speaker 1: for after tragedy. Separately, the peace on Israel after Oct.
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  Speaker 1: 7 draws on Moses' teachings about survival and responsibility, reminding
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  Speaker 1: readers that enduring suffering is only the beginning, and that
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  Speaker 1: a wounded people must decide what they stand for, with
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  Speaker 1: the ancient call Atum Nitzavim Hayim. You are still standing today,
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  Speaker 1: serving as a reminder of resilience and purpose. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for tuning in to this Israel Today, ongoing war report update.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed. Keep in mind
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  Speaker 1: that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult
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