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Saudi Arabia and Iran Ministers Discuss Regional Escalation · 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: We begin with escalating regional tensions. A deadly Houthi missile
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  Speaker 1: attack struck Riyadh's King Khalid Airport, killing 13 people and
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  Speaker 1: injuring over 300, marking the deadliest assault in Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 1: in over a decade. In response to this intensified conflict,
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister spoke with his Iranian counterpart, about
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  Speaker 1: regional escalation and efforts to lower tensions. This marks the
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  Speaker 1: first publicly reported contact between the two ministers since Iran-aligned
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  Speaker 1: Houthis intensified strikes on the kingdom. Iran's foreign minister, stated Tehran,
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  Speaker 1: is ready to provide any assistance to facilitate dialogue between
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Meanwhile, Iran's security chief, Mohsen Rezi,
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  Speaker 1: stated that the United States' response to Iran's seven conditions
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  Speaker 1: for reopening the strategic Strait of Hormuz was insufficient. signalling
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  Speaker 1: a potential deadlock over the critical energy chokepoint. In a
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  Speaker 1: separate incident, Iran struck an oil tanker in the Gulf
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  Speaker 1: of Amman. Looking at US policy concerning Israel, former National
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  Speaker 1: Security Advisor Phil Gordon issued a stark warning, assessing that
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  Speaker 1: Israeli-US ties have been severely damaged, potentially, irreparably. Gordon told
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post that relations have collapsed and cited a
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  Speaker 1: dramatic decline in American support for Israel and sympathy for
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  Speaker 1: Israelis over the past year. In Gaza, IDF footage reportedly
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  Speaker 1: shows armed Hamas terrorists operating inside Kamel Adwan Hospital in Jabalia,
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  Speaker 1: in the northern Gaza Strip. Domestically, unusually high concentrations of
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  Speaker 1: benzene were measured near Haifa refineries, leading to significant public
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  Speaker 1: health measures. Two schools will relocate classes, residents within a
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  Speaker 1: one-kilometre radius are advised to limit outdoor activity, and maintenance
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  Speaker 1: work at the refinery has been halted. On the cultural front,
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  Speaker 1: a play titled Love at the Edge of the Tunnel
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  Speaker 1: is being performed in Tel Aviv, starring veteran actors Moni
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  Speaker 1: Moshinov and Sandra Saeed. The production dramatises the captivity of
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