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West Bank Attack Injures Journalist; Italy Probes Israeli Officials · 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: In the West Bank, masked Israeli men attacked Palestinians harvesting
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  Speaker 1: olives near the village of Abu Fala. The assault reportedly
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  Speaker 1: injured several Palestinians and veteran American photojournalist Heidi Levine, who
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  Speaker 1: was working with the Washington Post. Videos obtained by CBS
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  Speaker 1: News show the incident, with Levine stating she was pushed
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  Speaker 1: to the ground. repeatedly kicked and robbed of her equipment
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  Speaker 1: despite wearing press protection. Israel's police and military have opened
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  Speaker 1: investigations into the event. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu issued a statement condemning the violence but noted that
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  Speaker 1: the facts surrounding the incident remain unclear. The Israeli military
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  Speaker 1: stated its forces used riot control measures and fired warning shots. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports that the public prosecutor's office
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  Speaker 1: in Rome has opened an investigation into 13 senior Israeli
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  Speaker 1: political and military figures. This probe, prompted by a complaint
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  Speaker 1: from 50 Italian citizens, concerns their alleged involvement in two
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  Speaker 1: past Freedom Flotillas, aimed at Gaza. In the United States,
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  Speaker 1: a formerly ousted US general warned months before the war
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  Speaker 1: with Iran, began that the military faced a critical shortage
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  Speaker 1: of missile defence munitions, including THAAD and Patriot Pak 3 interceptors.
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  Speaker 1: According to CBS News, projections suggest stockpiles could remain low
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  Speaker 1: until at least 2030. Factors contributing to this shortage include
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  Speaker 1: the transfer of Patriot Systems to Ukraine, munitions expended in
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  Speaker 1: defending Israel, and reduced defence industry production. Pentagon spokesman Sean
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  Speaker 1: Parnell-Denied reports of munitions shortages, stating the US has everything
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  Speaker 1: required to strike at the time and place of the
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  Speaker 1: President's choosing. Turning to Gaza and the West Bank, Al
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  Speaker 1: Jazeera reports one Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone
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  Speaker 1: strike in eastern Gaza city. The Guardian reports on the
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  Speaker 1: devastating personal impact of the Gaza war, highlighting families separated
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  Speaker 1: by conflict, including the story of Waden, who fled Gaza
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  Speaker 1: with her children after an Israeli strike injured her family,
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  Speaker 1: while her husband remains behind. On the matter of Israeli settlements,
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  Speaker 1: the Times of Israel reports that over 700 people established
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  Speaker 1: the Pioneers of Gaza, encampment overlooking North Gaza, with a
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  Speaker 1: government minister present, signalling a notable right-wing push for settlements
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  Speaker 1: within the Strip. Across the region, Yemen's Houthis have carried
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  Speaker 1: out attacks on Saudi Arabia, prompting the UK Foreign Office
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  Speaker 1: to advise against all but essential travel to the country.
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  Speaker 1: In the Hormuz Strait, the IRGC claims a supertanker was
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  Speaker 1: struck by a naval mine, causing it to catch fire
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  Speaker 1: amidst ongoing geopolitical tensions. Separately, the UN reports over 340
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  Speaker 1: killed in Gaza, and UNICEF states that 247 children have
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  Speaker 1: been killed and 992 wounded in Lebanon since hostilities escalated
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  Speaker 1: on March 2. In the United States, the Jewish Democratic
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  Speaker 1: Council of America is launching a significant social media ad
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  Speaker 1: campaign targeting Jewish voters. The ads highlight text messages from
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  Speaker 1: young Republicans, including phrases praising Hitler and discussing gas chambers,
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  Speaker 1: aiming to highlight what the JDCA calls dangerous extremism ahead
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  Speaker 1: of elections. Domestically, Israeli organisations are reporting a deepening mental
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  Speaker 1: health crisis. ERAN, an Israeli voluntary organisation, received nearly 930,000
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  Speaker 1: calls for help over the past three years, with a
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  Speaker 1: significant portion involving suicidal thoughts, particularly among young people. Experts
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  Speaker 1: from Clalit Health Services also warn of a nationwide mental
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  Speaker 1: health crisis, estimating some 60,000 Israelis could develop clinical PTSD
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  Speaker 1: by late 2025. a situation tragically illustrated by the suicide
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  Speaker 1: of Haim Ben-Arei following the October 7th attacks. On another
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  Speaker 1: US policy note, ahead of the Innovation Exchange Summit, the
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  Speaker 1: Michigan-Israel Business Accelerator has drawn criticism, with Representative Rashida Tlaib
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  Speaker 1: demanding the state end its funding for the group. For
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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