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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 15, 2026, 10 AM 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: Concerns over potential war crimes in Gaza have been amplified
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  Speaker 1: this week, with the UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk
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  Speaker 1: accusing Israel of such. Turk cited the recovery of hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of bodies, including women and children, from the rubble of
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  Speaker 1: buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes. He stated these discoveries revive
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  Speaker 1: concerns raised in a 2024 UN report that found Israeli
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  Speaker 1: strikes may have violated international humanitarian law. Palestinian civil defence
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  Speaker 1: reports recovering over 630 bodies and human remains from beneath
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  Speaker 1: destroyed buildings across Gaza since November 2025, with Palestinian authorities
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  Speaker 1: estimating more than 8,000 people remain buried. Volkarturk urged access
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  Speaker 1: to all of Gaza to recover bodies, noting Israeli bulldozing
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  Speaker 1: of areas, with no respect for the dead underneath. UN
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  Speaker 1: officials also indicated Israeli restrictions on items like DNA kits
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  Speaker 1: and excavators are impeding recovery efforts. The Prime Minister's Office
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  Speaker 1: and Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request
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  Speaker 1: for comment. Israel has repeatedly rejected allegations that it deliberately
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  Speaker 1: targets civilians, stating it acts in accordance with international law
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  Speaker 1: while fighting Hamas terrorists. Amid this, a new film titled
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  Speaker 1: NAZA has sparked controversy, alleging the IDF approved or planned
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  Speaker 1: strikes with AI assistants that killed hundreds of Gazan civilians.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF has denied these allegations, calling information in interview
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  Speaker 1: clips completely false. The film's co-director has accused Israeli media
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  Speaker 1: of ignoring Gazan civilian deaths throughout the war. The Times
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  Speaker 1: of Israel reports the film is being weaponised by Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: and the right, linking centre-left candidates to anti-Israel narratives and
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  Speaker 1: stoking conspiracy theories. On the regional front, reports indicate intensifying
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  Speaker 1: Houthi attacks, which have now reached Islam's holiest city, Jeddah
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  Speaker 1: and Taif in Saudi Arabia. In this context, diplomatic and
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  Speaker 1: security officials confirm Saudi Arabia and Israel are in contact,
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  Speaker 1: holding discussions through US Central Command. The aim is to
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  Speaker 1: provide Saudi Arabia with intelligence assistance to help defend against
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  Speaker 1: Houthi attacks. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, the government is pressing the
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  Speaker 1: UN Security Council to establish a multinational force that would
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  Speaker 1: replace the UN interim force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, whose mandate
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  Speaker 1: expires at the end of the year. This comes as
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  Speaker 1: the US opposes UNIFIL's mandate extension, while France seeks a
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  Speaker 1: temporary extension to avoid a security vacuum. Discussions are underway
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  Speaker 1: regarding a potential UNIFIL-like force. Domestically, the far-right Religious Zionist
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  Speaker 1: Party released a video depicting the arrest of top judicial figures,
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  Speaker 1: including the Supreme Court president, as part of its campaign
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  Speaker 1: launch for future judicial reform ahead of upcoming elections. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Yair Golan's Democrats Party is reportedly preparing a detailed list
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  Speaker 1: of demands for potential coalition negotiations, focusing on issues of democracy,
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  Speaker 1: the rule of law, and the judicial system. In Thailand,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's ambassador acknowledged cultural gaps and instances of Israeli tourist
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  Speaker 1: misbehaviour have led to anti-Israeli protests and concerns about importing
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  Speaker 1: Middle East conflict. She stated it's difficult to label the
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  Speaker 1: rhetoric as anti-Semitic, but noted the appearance of signs like
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  Speaker 1: Jews out, at rallies, and a Rosh Hashanah dinner cancellation
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  Speaker 1: due to fear of violence. Rabbi Yehuda Kaplan, a special
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  Speaker 1: envoy on anti-Semitism for the US State Department, expressed concern
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  Speaker 1: over rising anti-Semitic rhetoric in Thailand. On a more uplifting note,
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli sculptor has transformed a drawing by eight-year-old Holocaust
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  Speaker 1: victim Jiri Mahler into a powerful bronze memorial, more than
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  Speaker 1: 80 years later. For continuing coverage of anti-Semitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Anti-Semitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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