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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 18, 2026, 12 PM 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: In the wider region, the European Union's naval mission, Operation Aspides,
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  Speaker 1: has raised its alert levels for vessels. According to jpost.com,
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  Speaker 1: this comes as Houthi forces in Yemen expand their control
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  Speaker 1: around critical maritime routes, particularly near the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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  Speaker 1: The Iran-backed group has captured strategically important locations, including Perim
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  Speaker 1: Island and the Hanish Islands. While they do not currently
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  Speaker 1: possess the ability to completely halt traffic, this expansion significantly
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  Speaker 1: enhances their surveillance capabilities and allows them to pose a
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  Speaker 1: greater threat to specific commercial vessels. This development impacts global shipping,
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  Speaker 1: with energy shipments equivalent to roughly 7% of global oil
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  Speaker 1: consumption passing through the strait, and has been described as
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  Speaker 1: unacceptable and a saboteur of the global economy. by EU
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  Speaker 1: foreign policy chief Kaja Kalas. Turning to Gaza, Qatar has
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  Speaker 1: announced an agreement with the United Nations to deliver approximately 1.3
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  Speaker 1: million litres of fuel. Jpost.com reports this fuel is intended
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  Speaker 1: to support humanitarian needs, critical health services and essential operations
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  Speaker 1: within the Strip. Qatar has provided substantial fuel aid since
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  Speaker 1: October 2023. aiming to help entities operating on the ground
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  Speaker 1: sustain vital services like hospitals and medical centres. Meanwhile, Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: journalists are reporting a fatality and several injuries following an
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  Speaker 1: attack on a tent in northern Gaza City, near Burqat
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  Speaker 1: Sheikh Radwan. Telegram channel Abul Express noted this incident occurred
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  Speaker 1: after a period of relative calm in the Strip. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Likud has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging
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  Speaker 1: election campaign videos produced by Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar Party. jpost.com details,
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  Speaker 1: the petitions claim that the videos unfairly interfere with the
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  Speaker 1: party's campaign by misrepresenting journalistic sources and Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's remarks. Likud seeks the removal of three videos they
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  Speaker 1: allege present information in a partial and misleading manner, focusing
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  Speaker 1: on how the sources were edited and presented to create
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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