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Iran Mines Tankers; Trump Claims Israel Aid Deal · 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 a significant maritime incident, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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  Speaker 1: announced that four oil tankers were destroyed after striking naval
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  Speaker 1: mines while attempting to traverse a prohibited route south of
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement, the IRGC said
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  Speaker 1: the tankers were still ablaze and two other vessels had
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  Speaker 1: been seized. The Corps stated the tankers were in violation
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  Speaker 1: of regulations and wanted to pass covertly through an unauthorised
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  Speaker 1: route in the Strait of Hormuz, with the IRGC claiming
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  Speaker 1: US military support. An earlier incident on Sunday saw two
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  Speaker 1: oil tankers hit Iranian mines and another tanker struck by
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  Speaker 1: an unknown projectile, according to the UK Maritime and Trade
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  Speaker 1: Operations Centre. Turning to US policy concerning Israel, the implications
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  Speaker 1: of the recent US mid-term elections are poised to reshape
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  Speaker 1: the relationship between Israel and Washington, according to jpost.com. Analysts
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  Speaker 1: point to potential shifts in US policy toward Iran amidst
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  Speaker 1: public opposition to war and the composition of a new Congress.
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump has claimed he reached a deal with
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end American military aid to Israel,
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  Speaker 1: a prospect described as a potential catastrophe that could threaten
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  Speaker 1: the collapse of Israel's most important strategic alliance. The aid
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  Speaker 1: package is valued at $ 4 billion annually. Meanwhile, a New
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  Speaker 1: York Times report indicates that US intelligence officials were divided
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  Speaker 1: over intelligence regarding Iran's chemical weapons, capability and preparations for
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  Speaker 1: potential strikes by Israel and the United States. President Trump
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  Speaker 1: has ruled out an immediate attack, pending a transition in January. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: political tensions are rising. Shin Bet and Israel Police arrested
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  Speaker 1: senior Balad activist Abd Abu Shahada in Jaffa over suspected
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  Speaker 1: security offences, placing a three-day gag order on the investigation.
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  Speaker 1: Sami Abu Shehadeh, chairman of Balad, condemned the arrest as
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  Speaker 1: a grave crime, alleging it was part of Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu's attempts to hijack elections and suppress Arab voters.
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  Speaker 1: Police have not publicly established a connection between the arrest
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  Speaker 1: and investigations into suspected election interference. In a separate development,
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  Speaker 1: Ayelet Kroiza, a former soldier from the IDF Spokesperson's Unit,
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  Speaker 1: announced she is joining Breaking the Silence, an organisation critical
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  Speaker 1: of Israeli military actions. She accused her former unit of
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  Speaker 1: manipulating information and prioritising image over transparency. The IDF Spokesperson's
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  Speaker 1: Unit responded, stating her remarks do not reflect the unit's
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  Speaker 1: values or worldview. On the legislative front, Prime Minister Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: currently lacks the votes to advance legislation. though he retains
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  Speaker 1: authority for military operations, according to the Times of Israel.
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  Speaker 1: Opposition leader Benny Gantz has vowed to cancel outgoing coalition
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  Speaker 1: legislation he believes endangers democracy, reportedly referring to judicial and
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  Speaker 1: media overhaul laws. The report notes Netanyahu commands only 46 seats,
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  Speaker 1: indicating a weakening political position. In economic news, customs officials
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  Speaker 1: at Ashdod Port revealed the seizure of eight containers, carrying
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  Speaker 1: hundreds of thousands of cigarette boxes, valued at over 200
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  Speaker 1: million Israeli shekels. The smuggled goods, arriving from Egypt concealed
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  Speaker 1: within wheat flour shipments, are described as potentially the largest
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  Speaker 1: operation of its kind. The importer has been arrested, and
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  Speaker 1: authorities are examining suspicions that some cigarettes were intended for
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  Speaker 1: smuggling to the Gaza Strip for money laundering or terrorism
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