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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 26, 2026, 07 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: Iran is insisting that diplomacy remains the only path to
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  Speaker 1: resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel. This
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  Speaker 1: comes after US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian peace
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  Speaker 1: proposal designed to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end
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  Speaker 1: regional fighting. Iranian Foreign Minister Arbus Arachi posted on social
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  Speaker 1: media that only a negotiated solution can get them out
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  Speaker 1: of this deadlock, and that our conditions are clear. Iran
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  Speaker 1: had presented the proposal earlier this week at the UN
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  Speaker 1: General Assembly, transmitted via Qatari mediators. President Trump, however, stated
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  Speaker 1: he rejected the plan, arguing that desperation was driving Iran's
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  Speaker 1: push for an agreement on the key waterway, saying, they
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  Speaker 1: want to make a deal to open the Hormuz Strait
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  Speaker 1: immediately because they're losing so badly. Earlier, Arakchi, who had
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  Speaker 1: accused Israel of having a completely free hand to do
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  Speaker 1: whatever it wishes, was seen smiling and dismissing a reporter's
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  Speaker 1: question about his government's alleged execution, torture and imprisonment of
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  Speaker 1: over 900 Iranians this year, while Iran itself claimed to
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  Speaker 1: be a victim of terrorism. Despite Trump's public statement, mediators
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  Speaker 1: had not officially relayed the US rejection to Iran at
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  Speaker 1: the time of reporting, with Arakchi stating they were awaiting
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  Speaker 1: the mediators' definitive views. In the Gaza Strip, the IDF
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  Speaker 1: has eliminated Sahar Zaka, identified as a terrorist who infiltrated
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  Speaker 1: Israel on October 7. The strike occurred in the Nusirat
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  Speaker 1: refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Domestically, Israeli opposition
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  Speaker 1: leaders met Saturday evening to coordinate their strategy ahead of
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming October elections. Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett, Gadi Eisenkot
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  Speaker 1: and Avigdor Liberman signed a document outlining shared principles and
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  Speaker 1: pledging cooperation. The leaders aim to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: and expressed confidence in their bloc's ability to win a
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  Speaker 1: majority and fix Israel. The document focuses on increasing voter
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  Speaker 1: turnout and avoiding attacks against each other, though it did
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  Speaker 1: not address how the leader of the opposition bloc would
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  Speaker 1: be determined. Finally, a report this week debunks claims of
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  Speaker 1: a massive walkout during Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent speech at
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  Speaker 1: the UN General Assembly. While footage showed dozens of diplomats leaving,
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  Speaker 1: the report states that over 120 countries, representing two-thirds of
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  Speaker 1: the world, remained in the hall, including all five veto powers.
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  Speaker 1: The report suggests the appearance of a larger exodus was
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  Speaker 1: amplified by diplomatic protocol and a Palestinian mission request for
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  Speaker 1: countries to bring multiple staff members to join any walkout.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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