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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 16, 2026, 01 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: Saudi Arabia announced that its air defences destroyed a Houthi
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  Speaker 1: drone attempting to enter the airspace of Mecca on September 15th,
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  Speaker 1: a development described by the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in
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  Speaker 1: Yemen as a major escalation and a deliberate act to
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  Speaker 1: inflame the feelings of millions of Muslims globally. Major General
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  Speaker 1: Turki al-Malki, spokesperson for the coalition, stated that the threat
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  Speaker 1: near Mecca, Islam's holiest site, was a red line. According
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  Speaker 1: to Arab News, this follows the Houthis' seizure of islands
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  Speaker 1: guarding the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The Houthi attacks on Saudi
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  Speaker 1: oil infrastructure and shipping have broader implications, connecting the Gulf
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  Speaker 1: of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal, impacting
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  Speaker 1: global energy markets and Israel's Red Sea access, as previously
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  Speaker 1: reported by the Jerusalem Post. Diplomatic sources indicated that Israel
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  Speaker 1: and Saudi Arabia have held US-mediated talks, with the US
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  Speaker 1: Central Command facilitating discussions on potential Israeli intelligence assistance to
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  Speaker 1: Riyadh against the Iran-backed Houthis. In a significant statement, US
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  Speaker 1: Vice President J.D. Vance told the New York Post that
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  Speaker 1: the war with Iran is expected to enter a much
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  Speaker 1: different phase in a couple of months and could potentially
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  Speaker 1: end immediately after the election. Vance noted that global energy
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  Speaker 1: chokepoints have largely returned to normal traffic, and that US
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  Speaker 1: operations have aimed to destroy Iran's capabilities and ensure stability.
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  Speaker 1: He also suggested that US Middle East policy should not
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  Speaker 1: be subservient to Israel's interests. The US ambassador to Israel,
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  Speaker 1: in a separate interview with UNIT, commented that President Trump
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  Speaker 1: was never pushed into war with Iran, that Hamas has
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  Speaker 1: no intention of disarming, and that ties between Trump and
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu remain strong. Meanwhile, Iran's regional activities continue. The Kurdistan
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  Speaker 1: Freedom Party reported that one of its headquarters in northern
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  Speaker 1: Iraq was targeted by a drone attack overnight, attributed to
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  Speaker 1: the Iranian regime. This is the latest in a series
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  Speaker 1: of attacks against Kurdish-Iranian opposition groups, occurring amidst the US
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  Speaker 1: withdrawal from Iraq. A recent US Inspector General report, also
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  Speaker 1: detailed over 600 attacks on US diplomatic posts in Iraq
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  Speaker 1: during a reporting period, with significant damage to US facilities
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  Speaker 1: in Erbil and Baghdad. In a poignant moment at the
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  Speaker 1: UN Human Rights Council, Nata Hyman Mina, daughter of former
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  Speaker 1: hostage Ditsa Hyman, confronted the council demanding answers. She questioned
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  Speaker 1: how an UNRWA teacher allegedly held her 84-year-old mother captive
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  Speaker 1: in his Gaza home for 48 days, challenging the UN's
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  Speaker 1: continued support for UNRWA and its oversight of employees. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: a survey by the Jewish People Policy Institute revealed that
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  Speaker 1: one-third of Israelis described Jewish rioters involved in recent West
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  Speaker 1: Bank violence as Israeli terrorists, with another 18% labelling them
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  Speaker 1: nationalist criminals. JPPI President Yedidia Stern highlighted that this indicates
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  Speaker 1: the rioters are outliers, with over half the public judging
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  Speaker 1: them harshly, representing a broad consensus in Israel's polarised society.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's influence also extends to fuelling anti-Israel sentiment in Thailand.
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  Speaker 1: According to Israel Hayem, through its long-standing infrastructure of religious
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  Speaker 1: and educational institutions and Shiite activist networks, reports also indicate
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  Speaker 1: that Iran has executed over 950 people this year, including
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  Speaker 1: at least 29 arrested in connection with recent protests, prompting
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  Speaker 1: a global campaign called Last Breath to draw attention to
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  Speaker 1: political prisoners facing execution. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, Listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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