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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 14, 2026, 06 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: We begin with an incident in the Strait of Hormuz.
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  Speaker 1: Iran's IRGC reported that an oil tanker, identified as the Al-Gaia,
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  Speaker 1: exploded and caught fire after colliding with mines in the
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  Speaker 1: vital waterway. According to Iranian state media Fars, the timing
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  Speaker 1: of the incident was not specified. Reports of an attack
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  Speaker 1: on the ship first emerged on Sunday. the tanker was
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  Speaker 1: flying under a Panamanian flag. The Indian Ministry of External
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  Speaker 1: Affairs stated that of the 14 Indian crew members aboard,
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  Speaker 1: 13 were rescued, with search and rescue operations ongoing for
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  Speaker 1: the one missing individual. This development comes weeks after US
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump announced that all mines in the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz had been removed or destroyed. Turning to Gaza
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  Speaker 1: and the ongoing complexities in the disputed territories, a controversy
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  Speaker 1: is swirling around the Israeli documentary, NAZA. The film recently
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  Speaker 1: won a special jury prize at the Venice International Film Festival,
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  Speaker 1: but has drawn significant backlash in Israel. Former hostages held
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  Speaker 1: by Hamas, including Ron Braslavsky and Elia Cohen, have publicly
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  Speaker 1: condemned the filmmakers, with Braslavsky calling them traitors and Cohen
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  Speaker 1: stating the film erases what we've been through and reverses reality.
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  Speaker 1: The documentary is also drawing attention for its allegations, based
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  Speaker 1: on anonymous testimony from soldiers and intelligence personnel. that the
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  Speaker 1: army calculated expected civilian deaths before proceeding with airstrikes. The
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  Speaker 1: IDF has stated that this testimony cannot be verified and
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  Speaker 1: that targeting decisions are approved. Investigative journalist Aytan Fishpaja also
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  Speaker 1: reported on long-standing ties between the film's director, Yuval Avraham,
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  Speaker 1: and Ahmed Al-Nairuk, described as a Hamas-linked activist and vice-president
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  Speaker 1: of the Euromed Human Rights Monitor, an organisation designated by
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  Speaker 1: Israel as a terrorist entity. Meanwhile, on the ground in Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in northern Gaza City,
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  Speaker 1: resulting in one fatality and several injuries, some critical. This
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  Speaker 1: marks the seventh IDF drone strike reported in the Strip today,
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  Speaker 1: bringing the total fatalities from these strikes to three so far,
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  Speaker 1: according to a report from Telegram channel Abuel Express. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli domestic politics, the ruling Likud party announced it will
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  Speaker 1: request the disqualification of Arab-led parties Ram and the joint
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  Speaker 1: list from participating in the upcoming October elections. The Likud
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  Speaker 1: stated its reasoning includes the parties allegedly harming IDF soldiers,
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  Speaker 1: and their inability to clearly state that Hamas and Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: are terrorist organisations. The Joint List has strongly criticised the move,
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  Speaker 1: labelling it a racist move, and asserting that attempts to
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  Speaker 1: silence them will fail. These tensions arise amidst polls indicating
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  Speaker 1: a continued political deadlock, where neither the ruling bloc nor
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  Speaker 1: the opposition appears capable of securing a majority. Simultaneously, left-wing
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  Speaker 1: parties are reportedly seeking to bar Yehudit Yehudit from elections,
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  Speaker 1: citing accusations of racism and the erosion of state institutions.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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