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Netanyahu's Warning to Iran Amid Strike Fears · 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a strong warning to Iran,
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  Speaker 1: stating that any attack on Israel would be the mistake
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  Speaker 1: of its life, emphasising Israel's capability to respond independently or
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  Speaker 1: with the United States. This comes as Western intelligence has
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  Speaker 1: detected extensive military movements within Iran and and Israel believes
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  Speaker 1: Tehran may be preparing to launch a pre-emptive strike. According
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  Speaker 1: to Prime Minister Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor, Ofer Falk, Israel
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  Speaker 1: is very close to creating the conditions for regime change
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  Speaker 1: in Iran, attributing this to sustained military and economic pressure
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  Speaker 1: that is weakening Tehran and its regional proxies. Meanwhile, footage
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  Speaker 1: has emerged showing iPhones floating in the Strait of Hormuz
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  Speaker 1: following the sinking of a Singapore-flagged vessel. with Iranian officials
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  Speaker 1: claiming attacks on Gulf shipping are intended to raise oil
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  Speaker 1: prices ahead of US elections. In security cooperation news, former
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  Speaker 1: Israeli ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, confirmed that Israel is
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  Speaker 1: expanding security collaboration with Ukraine, particularly in studying Iranian weapons
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  Speaker 1: and Russian drones provided by Kiev. Prime Minister Netanyahu also
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  Speaker 1: revealed he personally contacted Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharrar following Israeli
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  Speaker 1: airstrikes on Damascus last year. describing the conversation as instrumental
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  Speaker 1: in halting attacks against Druze civilians. In US policy news,
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  Speaker 1: support is growing for Representative Joaquin Castro's Stop the Settlements Act.
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  Speaker 1: The bill, which targets Israeli settlements in the West Bank
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  Speaker 1: and Gaza, now has 53 co-sponsors, including prominent figures like
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  Speaker 1: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ro Khanna. The legislation aims to halt
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  Speaker 1: settlement construction through sanctions and prohibit imports from settlements. The
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  Speaker 1: US midterms are also highlighted as an indicator of how
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  Speaker 1: opposition to Israel is shaping democratic politics, with rising energy
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  Speaker 1: costs complicating the political landscape for the Trump administration. In
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  Speaker 1: the disputed territories, initial reports indicated a ramming attack in
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  Speaker 1: the Etteret area of the Binyamin Brigade, resulting in one
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  Speaker 1: lightly injured civilian. The suspect vehicle fled the scene and
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  Speaker 1: IDF forces are investigating. The IDF has also confirmed the
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  Speaker 1: elimination of Hamas company commander Mohamed Bassem Mohamed Mushtaqeh in
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  Speaker 1: the northern Gaza Strip on July 30, 2026, noting that
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  Speaker 1: the commander had held many hostages. On the issue of antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: a Canadian pro-Palestinian organisation, Artists Against Artwashing, is organising a
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  Speaker 1: Wikipedia editing event aiming to honour martyred Palestinians and expose
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  Speaker 1: the Canadian Zionist backers of genocide. raising concerns about Wikipedia's
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  Speaker 1: neutral point-of-view policy. Canadian police have also announced arrests this
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  Speaker 1: week in connection with two separate criminal incidents tied to
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  Speaker 1: anti-Israel hostility in Edmonton and Toronto. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana vehemently rejected genocide allegations against Israel
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  Speaker 1: as a despicable lie during a speech to the Council
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  Speaker 1: of Europe, calling the war a global confrontation. Separately, political
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  Speaker 1: manoeuvring is underway as the election battle heats up, with
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu aiming to weaken potential rivals, while others
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  Speaker 1: fear their parties could lose seats in a two-man race scenario.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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