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Iran Warns of Cable Attacks Amid US Strike Plans · 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: Iran has reportedly drawn up detailed plans to target undersea
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  Speaker 1: communication cables in the Gulf if attacked again by the
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  Speaker 1: United States and Israel. To senior Iranian security, officials told
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  Speaker 1: Reuters that Tehran would aim to prevent repairs to prolong
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  Speaker 1: disruptions to communications, including internet connections and financial transactions and e-commerce.
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  Speaker 1: Yadola Jarvani, deputy head of political affairs for the IRGC,
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  Speaker 1: stated that Iran could target seven major internet cables beneath
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz if Iranian infrastructure came under attack.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as Iran has also revealed a revenge plan,
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  Speaker 1: stating it is ready to bet everything. Meanwhile, US and
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  Speaker 1: Israeli militaries have drawn up specific plans for renewed strikes
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  Speaker 1: against Iran after the US midterm elections. with potential targets
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  Speaker 1: including Iran's energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and its missile and
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  Speaker 1: drone arsenal, according to a New York Times report citing
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  Speaker 1: US officials. This follows earlier remarks by Trump envoy Tom Barrack,
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  Speaker 1: who suggested a weekend strike on Iran was possible, while
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  Speaker 1: insisting there would be no regime change even if Washington attacked. However,
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  Speaker 1: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidon cautioned on Friday against any
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  Speaker 1: renewed attack on Iran, warning that such a move would
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  Speaker 1: expand the regional conflict, and that diplomacy is the only
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  Speaker 1: way forward. The reason for an unusual Israeli air force
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  Speaker 1: flight to the Iranian border has also been revealed, described
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  Speaker 1: as having been conducted quietly. Regional instability persists, with a
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  Speaker 1: church attack in Jordan resulting in six deaths and 28 injuries. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Druze spiritual leader Sheikh Moafak Tarif stated that Israel's military
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  Speaker 1: intervention prevented a massacre of Druze civilians in Syria. Contrasting
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  Speaker 1: this action, with the silence of the international community. On
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  Speaker 1: the matter of potential economic pressure, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: warned that Israel could face banking sanctions. He has ordered
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  Speaker 1: preparations for alternative financial mechanisms, including blockchain technology, citing growing
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  Speaker 1: international economic pressure. Netanyahu also suggested that the scale of
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  Speaker 1: future US military aid might change. In a significant strategic shift,
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  Speaker 1: AIPAC announced it is ending direct contributions and candidate endorsements.
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  Speaker 1: now focusing on mobilising individual donors. The White House also
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  Speaker 1: commemorated the 43rd anniversary of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
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  Speaker 1: by Hezbollah, which killed 241 Americans, linking the attack to
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  Speaker 1: the current Iranian regime. Former President Trump also indicated that
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  Speaker 1: the US would address Cuba after confronting Iran. In domestic
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  Speaker 1: Israeli politics, a recent News 12 poll indicates that Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu's coalition bloc has 50 mandates, while the opposition
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  Speaker 1: bloc stands at 56. This means neither bloc can form
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  Speaker 1: a government without additional support. The poll also showed three
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  Speaker 1: parties failing to pass the electoral threshold. A Channel 13
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  Speaker 1: poll suggests the change bloc is increasing its lead, turning
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  Speaker 1: to antisemitism. A federal grand jury in Utah has indicted
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  Speaker 1: 22-year-old Skyler A.J. Rose on charges, including attempting to commit
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  Speaker 1: a hate crime. The indictment followed an FBI search of
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  Speaker 1: his home, where agents allegedly discovered six pipe bombs, two
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  Speaker 1: rifles and ammunition. Rose had reportedly made online threats to
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  Speaker 1: kill Jews and searched for nearby synagogues. Tragically, in the
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  Speaker 1: disputed territories, Ron Yonatan Rootman and Yuval Shea Suolam were
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  Speaker 1: killed in a terrorist attack at the Yehuda Junction. 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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