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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 18, 2026, 02 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 the southern Hebron Hills, police have opened an investigation
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  Speaker 1: into a violent incident where a Palestinian woman was attacked
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  Speaker 1: with a stick. Jpost.com reports that IDF forces arrived at
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  Speaker 1: the scene but did not locate the suspect, who had fled.
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  Speaker 1: Police are continuing their search for the individual. This is
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  Speaker 1: a developing situation. On the domestic political front, jpost.com reports
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  Speaker 1: that the Likud party has filed a petition with the
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  Speaker 1: Supreme Court and the chairman of the Central Elections Committee.
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  Speaker 1: The party is demanding the removal of three campaign videos
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  Speaker 1: from Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party. Likud alleges these videos misleadingly
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  Speaker 1: edit and present journalistic sources and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's
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  Speaker 1: remarks concerning the period leading up to the October 7th attacks.
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  Speaker 1: claiming it constitutes unfair interference with their election campaign. Also
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  Speaker 1: from jpost.com, a reflection on the Yom Kippur of 2023,
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  Speaker 1: just 13 days before the October 7 massacre. That day
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  Speaker 1: was marked by intense internal divisions within Israel, fuelled by
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  Speaker 1: protests against judicial reform and public religious displays. The report
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  Speaker 1: notes that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar may have viewed these
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  Speaker 1: internal conflicts, such as clashes over prayer partitions in public spaces,
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  Speaker 1: as a sign of Israel's vulnerability. The piece suggests this
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  Speaker 1: deep division left the nation dangerously exposed to external threats,
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  Speaker 1: despite Israel ultimately rallying together. Shifting to a more personal story, jpost.com
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  Speaker 1: highlights the resilience of Noam Efrat, a second-generation Israeli farmer
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  Speaker 1: and reservist. Efrat returned to his family's farm in Kadesh Barnea,
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  Speaker 1: just 300 metres from the Egyptian border. Since October 7th,
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  Speaker 1: He has served over 300 days in IDF reserve duty,
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  Speaker 1: meticulously balancing his significant military commitment with the demanding work
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  Speaker 1: of growing cherry tomatoes. He is now raising his own
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  Speaker 1: family in the quiet desert landscape. For continuing coverage of
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