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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 10, 2026, 05 PM Eastern · 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 southern Lebanon, the IDF has completed the dismantling of
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  Speaker 1: extensive Hezbollah underground infrastructure on the strategic Ali Al-Taha Ridge.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz announced
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  Speaker 1: in a joint statement that this operation finished establishing Israel's
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  Speaker 1: security zone in the area. The underground network, spanning over
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  Speaker 1: two kilometres, was described as strategic terrorist infrastructure, built over
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  Speaker 1: two decades with Iranian funding and planning, according to the statement.
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  Speaker 1: Troops discovered dozens of Iranian-made rockets, missiles and UAVs, alongside
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  Speaker 1: other weaponry, including machine guns and hundreds of mines and
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  Speaker 1: explosive devices. The complex also housed a command centre for
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah's Bada unit. Lebanon's national news agency reported a massive
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  Speaker 1: explosion on the ridge. causing tremors, which the USGS confirmed
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  Speaker 1: as a 4.1 magnitude tremor. Following these developments, Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu addressed Iran's nuclear ambitions. Speaking at the Western Wall
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  Speaker 1: ahead of Rosh Hashanah, he vowed, As long as I
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  Speaker 1: am Prime Minister, Iran will not have nuclear weapons. This
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  Speaker 1: statement came after remarks from US President Donald Trump, who
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  Speaker 1: indicated Tehran is attempting to rebuild its nuclear weapons capabilities.
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  Speaker 1: President Trump announced this evening that that Iran is trying
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  Speaker 1: to arm itself again with nuclear weapons. That is true,
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu stated, referencing past operations where Israel destroyed Iran's immediate
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  Speaker 1: nuclear bomb production ability. In Gaza, Israeli security forces eliminated
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  Speaker 1: senior Hamas terrorist Farah Hamd, the IDF, Israel Security Agency, ISA,
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  Speaker 1: and Israel police announced on Thursday that Hamd was responsible
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  Speaker 1: for a series of deadly West Bank attacks in the
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  Speaker 1: early 2000s, and later helped direct terrorism from Gaza. He
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  Speaker 1: was a former senior operative in Hamas's West Bank headquarters
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  Speaker 1: and had been involved in recruiting and directing operatives for attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Hamd had previously been apprehended and released to Gaza in
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  Speaker 1: 2011 as part of the Gilad-Shalit prisoner exchange, after which
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  Speaker 1: he continued to operate in Hamas's military wing. Regionally, Iran
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  Speaker 1: is reportedly pushing for Houthi expansion near the strategic Bab
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  Speaker 1: el-Mandeb Strait in Yemen. Iran-backed Houthi forces took control of
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  Speaker 1: the port city of Makkah on Thursday, extending their positions
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  Speaker 1: along the Red Sea coast. A source indicated to CAN
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  Speaker 1: News that Iran requested the Houthis strengthen their hold on
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  Speaker 1: the strait, a major chokepoint for global maritime traffic, as
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  Speaker 1: a complement to blocking the Strait of Hormuz. This comes
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  Speaker 1: as a joint command has been established following US intelligence
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  Speaker 1: that hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officers are working
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  Speaker 1: with the Houthis in Yemen. aiming to shut down the
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  Speaker 1: Bab el-Mandeb Strait. In naval news, the Israeli Navy recently
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  Speaker 1: intercepted a large Turkish flotilla of approximately 80 ships. A
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  Speaker 1: significant operation conducted roughly 800 kilometres from the country's coast.
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  Speaker 1: According to details from the Jerusalem Post, the mission involved
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  Speaker 1: units such as Shayetet-3 missile boats and Shayetet-13 Navy SEALs.
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  Speaker 1: Naval officials reportedly emphasised the critical role of finding the
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  Speaker 1: vessels and diagnosing their formation before executing takeovers, which involved
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  Speaker 1: flexible forward command centres and converted landing craft serving as
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  Speaker 1: mobile detention facilities for hundreds of personnel. The flotilla was
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  Speaker 1: described by senior naval officials as an attempt to delegitimise Israel. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: a new documentary titled NAZA, focusing on the killing of
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  Speaker 1: Gazan civilians and featuring interviews with IDF soldiers, received a
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  Speaker 1: significant reception at its premiere at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.
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  Speaker 1: The film, named after the Hebrew acronym for Collateral Damage,
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  Speaker 1: features interviews about what the filmmakers describe as premeditated, calculated
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  Speaker 1: and intentional mass killing. The filmmakers' reporting is based on
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  Speaker 1: outlets like Plus 972 magazine and The Guardian. Israel maintains
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  Speaker 1: its operations target Hamas and that it strives to avoid
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  Speaker 1: civilian casualties. accusing the group of embedding itself within the
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  Speaker 1: civilian population. On a diplomatic note, the Japanese government has
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  Speaker 1: lowered its travel advisory level for Israel from Level 3
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  Speaker 1: to Level 2. This decision follows dialogue between Japan's Foreign
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  Speaker 1: Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, and
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  Speaker 1: is seen as important for bilateral relations, potentially opening doors
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  Speaker 1: for more business and cooperation. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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