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Israel Faces Election Calls for Oct 7 Inquiry · 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: As Israeli elections draw near, the families of October 7
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  Speaker 1: victims and survivor groups are planning a major rally at
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  Speaker 1: Hostage Square on October 24, just three days before the vote.
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  Speaker 1: Their demand? The establishment of a state commission of inquiry
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  Speaker 1: to investigate the failures and assign responsibility for the events
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  Speaker 1: of that day. The October Council, representing over 1,000, 500
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  Speaker 1: bereaved families, former hostages and survivors, has accused elements within
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's circle of attempting to obscure the truth.
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  Speaker 1: Several political leaders have pledged to attend the rally. This
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  Speaker 1: call for accountability is amplified by sharp criticism from former
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  Speaker 1: government officials. Ex-Shin Bet director Ronan Barr's public disputes with
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding communications on the night of October
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  Speaker 1: 7th are described by some as a sideshow. with the
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  Speaker 1: main point being a decade or more of failures by
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  Speaker 1: both political leadership and the defence establishment. Meanwhile, Yoav Horovitz,
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  Speaker 1: former chief of staff to Netanyahu, is publicly criticising the
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister, demanding an investigation into alleged connections with Qatar
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  Speaker 1: and warning of potential further disasters, stating, The fish stinks
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  Speaker 1: from the head. On the regional front, reports indicate that
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  Speaker 1: Iran has directed Hezbollah forces to significantly increase their military readiness.
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  Speaker 1: Lebanese security and military sources told IREM News that full-time
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah members have been summoned and new defence doctrines, including
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  Speaker 1: elements of Iran's mosaic defence strategy, are being adopted. These
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  Speaker 1: moves are described as preparations for a near-term scenario rather
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  Speaker 1: than a final decision for war. In Jerusalem, the Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister is scheduled to convene security chiefs and members of
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  Speaker 1: the Limited Cabinet this evening for a security discussion focusing
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  Speaker 1: on tensions with Iran. Adding to the regional cyber tension,
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  Speaker 1: Iranian hackers have recently published a large volume of personal
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  Speaker 1: data online, including certificates and details for Israeli police and
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  Speaker 1: IDF soldiers, alongside information on US Army soldiers, CIA and
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  Speaker 1: FBI personnel. Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has sharply
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  Speaker 1: criticised the Biden administration's response to Israel's war in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking at the 2026 Assam Memorial Lecture, Harris stated the
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  Speaker 1: US failed to uphold international law and neglected to use
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  Speaker 1: its leverage to curtail the Israeli government's conduct. She also
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  Speaker 1: criticised the current US administration under President Trump, accusing it
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  Speaker 1: of offering Netanyahu a blank cheque. In economic news, tragedy
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  Speaker 1: struck the Intel factory in Kiryat Gat where an explosion
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  Speaker 1: resulted in the deaths of two people. Separately, an Israeli
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  Speaker 1: digital advertising agency named DiscoverTech is reportedly under scrutiny. Research
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  Speaker 1: group Citizen Lab and Confiant allege that the agency facilitated
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  Speaker 1: espionage by delivering spyware from the US blacklisted firm, Kandaroo,
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  Speaker 1: through online advertisements. These ads, reaching over 120,000 websites and 75,000 apps,
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  Speaker 1: were allegedly used to track users and help hack devices.
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  Speaker 1: Concerns over aviation security have resurfaced following a bomb scare
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  Speaker 1: on a Delta Airlines flight at Ben Gurion Airport. This
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  Speaker 1: incident occurred less than two weeks after an attempted hijacking
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  Speaker 1: of a FlyJuby flight, where a copilot allegedly intended to
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  Speaker 1: crash the aircraft into the airport terminal. Experts are now
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  Speaker 1: calling for enhanced technological safeguards within aircraft cockpits. In southern Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: engineering troops cooperating with the Yahallam unit have dismantled a
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  Speaker 1: significant underground tunnel route, approximately 1.5 kilometres long, which contained
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  Speaker 1: rooms intended for Hamas terrorists. Meanwhile in the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian farmers have petitioned the High Court of Justice over
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  Speaker 1: restrictions imposed by soldiers and settlers on access to their
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  Speaker 1: agricultural lands near Nahalin since October 2023, reporting damaged crops
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  Speaker 1: and loss of income due to the ongoing limitations, which
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  Speaker 1: they state lack a disclosed legal basis. The ADL reports
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  Speaker 1: that while coordinated efforts to inject anti-Israel bias into Wikipedia
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  Speaker 1: articles have dropped significantly, new groups are employing quieter techniques
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  Speaker 1: to influence content related to Israel and the October 7th events.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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