Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 5, 2026, 09 AM Eastern
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu has declared that toppling Iran's regime is
- 0:15Speaker 1: now an official Israeli war aim, according to Telegram channel Naftali. Meanwhile,
- 0:21Speaker 1: UNIT reports that King Abdullah has long cultivated ties with
- 0:24Speaker 1: Washington to bolster Jordan's security, and the kingdom is now
- 0:28Speaker 1: showing restraint under repeated Iranian missile attacks due to its
- 0:31Speaker 1: strategic role. In South Lebanon, Telegram channel Abul Express notes
- 0:36Speaker 1: that the village of Yihma-e-Shakif, near Beaufort, has been described
- 0:40Speaker 1: as erased, when comparing its condition before and after the
- 0:43Speaker 1: current conflict, indicating significant destruction. In US policy developments, US
- 0:49Speaker 1: Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee called on Saturday for severe
- 0:52Speaker 1: consequences for violent settlers. Meeting with families of Palestinian Americans
- 0:57Speaker 1: killed by settlers in the central West Bank town of
- 1:00Speaker 1: Termas Aya, Ambassador Huckabee stated, Crime is crime, terror is terror.
- 1:05Speaker 1: He emphasised that action against settlers is in Israel's best interest,
- 1:09Speaker 1: noting that their reputation does not do well when such
- 1:13Speaker 1: groups appear representative of the larger population. The Times of
- 1:16Speaker 1: Israel reports that Huckabee also referenced scripture when discussing the
- 1:19Speaker 1: issue and referred to the West Bank by its biblical terms,
- 1:23Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, explaining that 80% of the Bible happened
- 1:27Speaker 1: in the era of Judea and Samaria. The report from
- 1:30Speaker 1: the Times of Israel adds that settler violence in the
- 1:33Speaker 1: West Bank has risen sharply since October 7th, with attacks
- 1:37Speaker 1: occurring daily but rarely prosecuted, leading critics to accuse the
- 1:41Speaker 1: government of condoning or encouraging the violence. I'm Noah Levi,
- 1:45Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report.
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- 1:55Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies.
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