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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 4, 2026, 08 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: Tensions remain high regarding Iran's stance on the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's top diplomat has reiterated that only negotiations based on
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  Speaker 1: justice and fairness will end the conflict with the US,
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  Speaker 1: insisting there is no military solution. This comes as a
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  Speaker 1: tanker was reportedly damaged in an attack, and Iran has
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  Speaker 1: vowed to keep the strait closed until its demands are met.
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  Speaker 1: According to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagha Galibaf, the waterway
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  Speaker 1: will not reopen until Iran's seven conditions from a June
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  Speaker 1: interim agreement are fulfilled. Iran had presented a proposal, relayed
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  Speaker 1: via Qatari intermediaries, that could restore passage within seven days
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  Speaker 1: if these conditions are met. The US has responded to
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  Speaker 1: this proposal. While the disagreement reportedly centres on the sequencing
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  Speaker 1: of steps rather than the components of the plan, Iran's
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghi, stated that while broad positions
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  Speaker 1: have been clarified, additional points still need to be communicated
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  Speaker 1: to Washington. Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi, also warned that
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  Speaker 1: Tehran is prepared to respond militarily if the US again
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  Speaker 1: chooses that path, and sources indicate Iran is readying a
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  Speaker 1: more forceful response should large-scale military attacks resume. Israel is
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  Speaker 1: set to impose a general closure on the West Bank
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  Speaker 1: and close crossings into the Gaza Strip on October 5th
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  Speaker 1: and 7th. These measures are in connection with commemorations marking
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  Speaker 1: the October 7 massacre, following a security assessment. During the closure,
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  Speaker 1: passage will be permitted only in humanitarian, medical and other
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  Speaker 1: exceptional cases, subject to approval. Humanitarian aid will not enter
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  Speaker 1: Gaza on these days, though aid already transferred will continue
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  Speaker 1: to be collected from the Gazan side. The Coordinator of
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  Speaker 1: Government Activities in the Territories, COGAT. stated that the closures
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  Speaker 1: are not expected to significantly affect the humanitarian situation. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: the Israeli Football Association has appealed to UEFA, requesting permission
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  Speaker 1: to wear black armbands during their upcoming match against Ireland
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  Speaker 1: to mark the October 7th events. We are also receiving
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  Speaker 1: reports of ongoing air force attacks in Gaza. In the UK,
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  Speaker 1: Britain's Green Party is preparing to vote on a controversial
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  Speaker 1: motion that declares Zionism a form of racism and advocates
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  Speaker 1: for the dismantling of the State of Israel in favour
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  Speaker 1: of a single Palestinian state. The proposal, debated at the
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  Speaker 1: party's annual conference, has ignited a sharp internal dispute over Israel,
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitism and the future of Jewish members who identify as Zionists.
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  Speaker 1: If adopted, the policy would officially brand the Greens as
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  Speaker 1: an anti-Zionist party, treating Zionism as any other form of
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  Speaker 1: racism within its structures. It also calls for the establishment
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  Speaker 1: of a single democratic Palestinian state across historic Palestine, with
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem as its capital, and includes provisions for Palestinian rights
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  Speaker 1: of return. The motion has divided senior party figures. Former
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  Speaker 1: leader Caroline Lucas expressed reservations, warning of divisiveness and the
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  Speaker 1: potential alienation of Jewish members, while current MP Adrian Ramsey
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  Speaker 1: also plans to oppose it. However, Green co-deputy leader Mothin
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  Speaker 1: Ali has taken the opposite stance, supporting the proposal and
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  Speaker 1: characterising Zionism as a racist ideology. Domestically, political discourse continues
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  Speaker 1: to focus on the upcoming elections. Amcha Yisrael leader Ofa
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  Speaker 1: Winter has called for Gaza resettlement and an immediate inquiry
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  Speaker 1: into the October 7th events, while also proposing to double
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  Speaker 1: combat soldiers' pay and push for Haredi enlistment. He indicated
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  Speaker 1: support for Prime Minister Netanyahu, but ruled out the current
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  Speaker 1: coalition government composition. leaving the door open for potential coalition
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  Speaker 1: partners like Liberman in a broader right-wing government. Discussions are
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  Speaker 1: also underway about coalition possibilities post-election, with Yair Golan, chairman
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  Speaker 1: of the Democrats, suggesting that forming a government with 61
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  Speaker 1: seats might be possible even without the support of the
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  Speaker 1: Ram party. In a separate development, a judge has ruled
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  Speaker 1: that Prime Minister Netanyahu used official events for prohibited election,
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  Speaker 1: campaigning in five out of six recent instances. requiring him
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  Speaker 1: to pay 29,000 shekels in personal expenses. These events included
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  Speaker 1: press conferences on Iran and security assessments. Preparations are ongoing
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  Speaker 1: for the elections scheduled for October 27, with candidates expected
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  Speaker 1: to address critical areas like party list management, the nation's
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  Speaker 1: key challenges, and foreign policy approaches. Political analyst Jeremy Sultan
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  Speaker 1: of the B Yachad Party has discussed proposals for electoral reform,
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  Speaker 1: including an eight-year term limit for the prime minister, promoting
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  Speaker 1: a constitution, and implementing educational reforms. In the economy, a
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  Speaker 1: report looks at the housing and office market in Bnei Brak,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's largest Haredi city, examining how factors like poverty, density
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  Speaker 1: and specific religious needs are reshaping its real estate landscape. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: amidst European governments rearming against a growing Russian threat, some
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  Speaker 1: European nations continue to boycott Israeli goods from Judea and Samaria. Concurrently,
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  Speaker 1: Israel is emerging as a critical supplier of missile defence
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  Speaker 1: and counter-drone systems, technologies that Europe may soon require for
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  Speaker 1: its own security. Finally, a moment of remembrance. Famed IDF
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  Speaker 1: paratrooper Josef Hegel, whose wartime experience during the Six-Day War
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  Speaker 1: profoundly inspired the celebrated song, Ballad for a Medic, has
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  Speaker 1: died at the age of 80. During the intense battle
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  Speaker 1: in East Jerusalem, Hegel was seriously wounded. The company medic,
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  Speaker 1: Shlomo Epstein, bravely shielded Hegel with his body under heavy fire,
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  Speaker 1: sacrificing his own life to save Hegel. This act of
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  Speaker 1: heroism became the basis for Yehoram Geyon's iconic song, which,
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  Speaker 1: despite its emotional weight, became one of his most beloved pieces.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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