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Netanyahu's Iran Strike Push, US Caution Highlight 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: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly pushed for renewed strikes against Iran,
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  Speaker 1: but US officials urged him to wait until the Trump
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  Speaker 1: administration was ready to launch joint military operations. Two American
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  Speaker 1: officials and an Israeli security source told CNN that Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: was eager and even tried to persuade President Trump. US
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  Speaker 1: forces are prepared to launch a major attack within 96
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  Speaker 1: hours of receiving the order from President Trump, though he
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  Speaker 1: has not made a final decision. Officials indicated any attack
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  Speaker 1: would be a significant effort. Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor, Ofer Falk,
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  Speaker 1: also stated that the Trump-Netanyahu team is suited to removing
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  Speaker 1: Iran's regime and expanding regional peace. Meanwhile, intelligence revealed an
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  Speaker 1: Iranian tactic involving the use of jet fuel as a
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  Speaker 1: substitute for diesel. With Israeli elections approaching, political tensions are high.
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  Speaker 1: Yisrael Bey Teh, new chairman Avigdor Liberman, called on the
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  Speaker 1: Attorney General to open a criminal investigation into Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu on suspicion of treason. Liberman accused Netanyahu of
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  Speaker 1: attempting to draw Israel into a military confrontation to prevent
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  Speaker 1: the elections from taking place. The security establishment reportedly harbours
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  Speaker 1: concerns that Prime Minister Netanyahu might seek to ignite regional
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  Speaker 1: conflict as a response to declining poll numbers for the
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  Speaker 1: Likud party. Adding to the election dynamics, an estimated 70,000
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  Speaker 1: Israelis living abroad have returned or are expected to return
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  Speaker 1: for Tuesday's vote, potentially influencing the results. In legal proceedings,
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  Speaker 1: former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit continued his testimony in Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial. Professor Yaron Zelika has criticised Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: accusing him of spreading lies, but also stated he does
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  Speaker 1: not rule out serving in a Netanyahu-led government. On the
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  Speaker 1: security front, a smuggling drone was intercepted at the Gaza border.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities issued a strong statement declaring, we will not return
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  Speaker 1: to October 7th, underscoring a commitment to prevent past security failures.
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  Speaker 1: In Judea and Samaria, security forces apprehended three suspects in
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  Speaker 1: connection with military-grade weapons and ammunition. In economic news, Local
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  Speaker 1: investors reacted strongly to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statements regarding
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  Speaker 1: the use of crypto and blockchain to counter Western banking sanctions.
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  Speaker 1: This positive reaction led the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to
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  Speaker 1: open the trading day with gains. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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