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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 5, 2026, 01 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: Turning first to policy discussions surrounding the future of Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Zehat Party Chairman Moshe Feiglin has called for the annexation
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  Speaker 1: of the territory and its depopulation. In an interview with
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post, Feiglin stated, I want to see Gaza empty,
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  Speaker 1: adding that he believes all Arabs should leave the area.
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  Speaker 1: He framed this as a necessary response to the October
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  Speaker 1: 7th massacre. Feiglin, who is running in the upcoming October
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  Speaker 1: elections as part of a technical bloc with Finance Minister
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  Speaker 1: Beit Salel Smotrich's Religious Zionist Party, believes the current government
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  Speaker 1: should have used October 7th as an opportunity to annex Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: He expressed the view that children growing up in Gaza
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  Speaker 1: will continue to pose a threat to Israel, asserting, the
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  Speaker 1: baby that will be born in Gaza tomorrow will do
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  Speaker 1: exactly the same. to your baby that will be born
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  Speaker 1: tomorrow in Jerusalem. Feiglin suggested his approach would have brought
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  Speaker 1: peace to the region. In national remembrance, Israel today marked
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  Speaker 1: the third anniversary of the October 7th Hamas massacre. Flags
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  Speaker 1: across the country were lowered to half-mast, including at the
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  Speaker 1: Knesset in Jerusalem and at IDF bases like Zikkim, where
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  Speaker 1: the General Staff Forum held a memorial ceremony. IDF Chief
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  Speaker 1: of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir released a statement promising
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  Speaker 1: to implement lessons learned from the tragic events. Zamir vowed,
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  Speaker 1: We will not allow our enemies to build up their
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  Speaker 1: strength unhindered, and pledged to identify threats as they emerge
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  Speaker 1: and strike them with determination and force. He also affirmed
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  Speaker 1: a commitment to ensure that the people of Israel will
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  Speaker 1: never again be uprooted from their land. President Isaac Herzog
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  Speaker 1: is also expected to deliver a memorial speech on Mount Herzl.
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  Speaker 1: On the regional front, Mariv News Flash reported on a
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  Speaker 1: military incident in southern Syria, where a terrorist who approached
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  Speaker 1: an IDF post was eliminated. Separately, UNIT reported that IDF
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  Speaker 1: commanders are actively preparing for worst-case scenarios on Israel's southern
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  Speaker 1: borders with Egypt and Jordan. Mixed-gender units are being deployed
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  Speaker 1: to counter a persistent threat of drones carrying weapons and drugs,
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  Speaker 1: though authorities note a sharp decrease in smuggling activity. Mariv
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  Speaker 1: News Flash also covered a violent incident in Bat Yam
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  Speaker 1: on Yostel Street, where a man around 30 sustained a moderate,
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  Speaker 1: penetrating injury and was evacuated to Wolfson Hospital. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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