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US Blockade Targets Iran's Export Revenue · 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: US Central Command reports reaching a 100-day milestone for its
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  Speaker 1: blockade on Iran, during which Iranian oil exports valued at
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  Speaker 1: $ 25 billion have been prevented. This effort is applying pressure
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  Speaker 1: to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ability to fund proxy militias,
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  Speaker 1: such as the Houthis and Hezbollah. A defence official confirmed
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  Speaker 1: that the IDF is providing Saudi Arabia with exceptional intelligence
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  Speaker 1: capabilities to assist its military operations against the Houthis, with
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  Speaker 1: US mediation. The official stated this assistance serves Israel's national
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  Speaker 1: interests by weakening the military strength of a potential future enemy.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF is also completing preparations across multiple domains for
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  Speaker 1: a potential multi-front Houthi attack scenario involving Iran, Hezbollah and
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  Speaker 1: Shiite militias. In Gaza, intelligence officials report that the Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: terror group Hamas has up to 40,000 operatives, has strengthened
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  Speaker 1: its control in the Strip, and restored much of its
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  Speaker 1: tunnel network, suggesting the group does not plan to disarm
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  Speaker 1: and is rebuilding its forces amid stalled negotiations. Separately, an
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  Speaker 1: Israeli drone strike eliminated Ramzan Diab, identified as a member
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  Speaker 1: of the central leadership of the Resistance Committee's terror organisation,
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  Speaker 1: in Khan Yunis. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated his life's
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  Speaker 1: mission is to break Iran's murderous regime and asked Israelis
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  Speaker 1: for five more terms ahead of the upcoming election. He
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  Speaker 1: cited intelligence warnings that Iran and its proxies might attempt
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  Speaker 1: to influence the vote. Meanwhile, the High Court of Justice
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  Speaker 1: ruled against political parties using digital tools to count voters
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  Speaker 1: and relay real-time turnout totals from polling stations, reinforcing a
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  Speaker 1: prior ban. In a related matter, Attorney General Ghali Baharav
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  Speaker 1: Miara has urged the High Court to consider further orders
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  Speaker 1: restricting financial benefits for people failing to meet their military
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  Speaker 1: recruitment obligations, citing government inaction and the IDF's urgent manpower needs.
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  Speaker 1: The state reported over 110,000 draft evaders. In antisemitism news,
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  Speaker 1: a Norwegian auction house cancelled the sale of a valuable
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  Speaker 1: parchment fragment from a Jewish Torah scroll, looted by SS
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  Speaker 1: soldiers during the Shoah, and reportedly used as wrapping paper.
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  Speaker 1: This followed strong intervention by Israel's foreign ministry, which had
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  Speaker 1: denounced the listing as a Nazi celebration in Oslo. And
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  Speaker 1: in uplifting news from Budapest, the historic Wagon Drivers Synagogue
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  Speaker 1: has been reopened exclusively for teenagers, potentially becoming the world's
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  Speaker 1: first teen-run synagogue, with young people holding all officer roles,
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  Speaker 1: board leadership positions and organising events. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, Listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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