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Hamas Threat Looms: IDF on Alert as Jerusalem Blast Injures Two · 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 this hour with critical security developments as the
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  Speaker 1: nation prepares for significant dates. The Israeli Minister of Defense,
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz, has ordered the IDF to increase alertness and
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  Speaker 1: prepare for all scenarios in Gaza. This comes following intelligence
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  Speaker 1: indicating Hamas, is planning to carry out attacks against IDF
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  Speaker 1: forces on October 7. A statement from the minister's office
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  Speaker 1: emphasised that the IDF must be prepared for severe responses
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  Speaker 1: and act forcefully to thwart any threats. The minister also
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  Speaker 1: warned that Hamas and the population of Gaza would pay
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  Speaker 1: a heavy price, disproportionate to any harm that might befall
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  Speaker 1: Israeli forces. Meanwhile in Jerusalem, a 50-year-old man and his
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  Speaker 1: 13-year-old son were seriously and moderately wounded, respectively. in a
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  Speaker 1: vehicle explosion and fire in the Amman-Hanatziv neighbourhood on Tuesday.
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  Speaker 1: Emergency medical teams treated the conscious victims for burns and
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  Speaker 1: other injuries before transporting them to the hospital. Jerusalem District
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  Speaker 1: Police are investigating the incident. While police stated the background
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  Speaker 1: is believed to be criminal, Israeli media reports suggest the
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  Speaker 1: blast may have been an attempted assassination targeting the man,
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  Speaker 1: who is reportedly known to police as a criminal, though
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  Speaker 1: these details were not publicly confirmed by police. On the
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  Speaker 1: international stage, President Donald Trump declared Iran defeated at a
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  Speaker 1: campaign rally in Nebraska. He predicted the ongoing war will end,
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  Speaker 1: very quickly, and that Iran will never be permitted to
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  Speaker 1: obtain a nuclear weapon. Speaking to supporters, Trump linked high
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  Speaker 1: energy prices to the conflict, asserting that they would fall
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  Speaker 1: rapidly once the fighting ceases. He also discussed diplomatic efforts,
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  Speaker 1: stating that a proposal from Iran, which involved lifting port
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  Speaker 1: blockades in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, had
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  Speaker 1: been rejected by the US, though indirect talks have continued
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  Speaker 1: via Qatari mediators. Domestically, attention is focused on two incidents.
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  Speaker 1: In one, Tamia Dortle, a Knesset candidate, is reportedly under
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  Speaker 1: scrutiny for meeting with a professor accused of plotting mass
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  Speaker 1: attacks on Arabs. Prosecutors allege the professor envisioned coordinated attacks
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  Speaker 1: by 72 individuals in 12 cells. Dortle stated he rejected
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  Speaker 1: the scheme as grave and dangerous, but did not report
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  Speaker 1: it to the police. In a separate event, military police
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  Speaker 1: attempted to arrest Yari Lieberman at his home. Lieberman managed
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  Speaker 1: to contact the Tzeva Shaha, or Black Flag, group, which
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  Speaker 1: then mobilised supporters to his location, providing him with strength
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  Speaker 1: and solidarity. In economic and business news, the Tel Aviv
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  Speaker 1: Stock Exchange has been honoured with the Kong Innovator Business
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  Speaker 1: Impact Award 2026 at the International API plus AI Summit.
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  Speaker 1: The award recognises the exchange's development of digital products, based
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  Speaker 1: on capital market data, and its use of API infrastructure
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  Speaker 1: for secure financial information services. Separately, Somaliland is reportedly seeking
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  Speaker 1: to deepen security cooperation with Israel, including the acquisition of
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  Speaker 1: air defence systems. Senior Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Mohamed Osman
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  Speaker 1: Fadl stated Somaliland desires Israeli support against Turkey's growing military
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  Speaker 1: presence and support for Somalia, citing Turkish F-16 deployments and
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  Speaker 1: a defence pact as reasons for concern. Finally, concerning antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: reports indicate a European group has stated that a recent
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  Speaker 1: resolution contradicts its two-state stance, while German Greens have described
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  Speaker 1: it as intolerable. A long-time member of a UK party
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  Speaker 1: has also reportedly quit. 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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