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Hezbollah Rearms with Iranian Funds Amid Regional Tensions · 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 with regional security. Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah has
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  Speaker 1: reportedly spent three months rearming with explosives and drones, funded
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  Speaker 1: by tens of millions of dollars from Iran. According to
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  Speaker 1: Lebanese security personnel briefed on its activities, the group, founded
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  Speaker 1: by Iran's IRGC, is rebuilding command and control structures after
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  Speaker 1: significant past losses. This effort takes place amid wider Middle
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  Speaker 1: Eastern tensions, with Hezbollah reportedly on alert for potential escalation.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to legal matters, an Italian prosecutor's criminal probe into
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  Speaker 1: alleged torture claims by flotilla activists is reportedly impacting a
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  Speaker 1: wider range of IDF officials than previously known. Multiple Israeli
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  Speaker 1: officials confirmed to the Jerusalem post that the investigation includes
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  Speaker 1: a dozen IDF and prison service officials, extending beyond government
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  Speaker 1: figures being pursued by the ICC. While activist claims are unproven,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli officials note some lesser allegations against those under civilian
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  Speaker 1: command might warrant scrutiny, though the focus on the Navy's
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  Speaker 1: conduct remains a point of confusion. On the ground in Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: IDF operations continue. Mariv News Flash reports that Israeli forces
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  Speaker 1: eliminated four terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad who were
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  Speaker 1: advancing terror plans. World Israel News also reported IDF forces
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  Speaker 1: striking and killing three Hamas terrorists emerging from a tunnel
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  Speaker 1: entrance in Khan Yunis. In matters of antisemitism, award-winning BBC
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  Speaker 1: producer Lucy Conn has received over £ 400, 000 after alleging workplace
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  Speaker 1: discrimination following the October 7 attacks. Khan claims her treatment deteriorated,
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  Speaker 1: citing colleagues who equated Zionists with evil, and a directive
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  Speaker 1: to contextualise a potential film about the Hamas atrocities due
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  Speaker 1: to her Jewish identity. World Israel News, meanwhile, highlights Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: factions praising a recent attack that killed Israeli soldiers as heroic.
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  Speaker 1: Arguing this glorification of terrorism, alongside Iranian support for anti-Israel groups,
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  Speaker 1: poses a broader threat to the West. This narrative echoes
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  Speaker 1: in US domestic politics, where a political ad links US
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  Speaker 1: military aid to Israel with rising grocery costs, which World
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  Speaker 1: Israel News identifies as an anti-Semitic smear. Domestically, Israel is
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  Speaker 1: navigating its election period. Likud has filed a police complaint
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  Speaker 1: against the campaign manager for Gadi Eisenkot, accusing him of
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  Speaker 1: violating election law by sharing a forecast predicting Eisenkot would
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  Speaker 1: become Prime Minister. Amid calls for political stability to aid
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  Speaker 1: citizens and businesses, President Isaac Herzog conducted his final diplomatic
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  Speaker 1: engagements under the current government, receiving credentials from new ambassadors
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  Speaker 1: from Rwanda, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ghana. While relations
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  Speaker 1: with France were described as challenging, ties with Rwanda were
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  Speaker 1: noted as cordial. President Herzog also expressed concern over discourse
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  Speaker 1: from Holland and its government's comments. In Judea and Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: the ninth new community, Shalem, has been established as part
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  Speaker 1: of broader settlement plans. Separately, prosecutors have indicted an attorney
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  Speaker 1: on charges of contact with a foreign agent and obstruction
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  Speaker 1: of justice. Political commentator Amit Segal forecasts a significant event
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  Speaker 1: involving Iran is likely during Israel's government formation period. For
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  Speaker 1: continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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