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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 3, 2026, 06 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: We begin with a significant judicial decision. Israel's High Court
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  Speaker 1: of Justice has unanimously struck down a law that provided
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  Speaker 1: exemptions from arrest for Haredi Yeshiva students evading military service.
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  Speaker 1: The court cited a fundamentally defective legislative process and ruled
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  Speaker 1: the law unconstitutional due to its discriminatory nature. stating it
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  Speaker 1: deprived the IDF of essential enforcement tools. The existing draft
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  Speaker 1: enforcement mechanisms remain in place. In the north, the IDF
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  Speaker 1: announced Thursday the completion of clearing two large Hezbollah underground
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  Speaker 1: infrastructures on the Ali Al-Taha Ridge in southern Lebanon. These
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  Speaker 1: extensive facilities, funded and built by Iran over two decades,
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  Speaker 1: served as command centres and weapon storage. The IDF reported
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  Speaker 1: discovering plans for terrorist attacks originating from these tunnels, which
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  Speaker 1: allowed operatives to remain underground. Efforts to neutralize these structures
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  Speaker 1: are ongoing. On the U.S.-Israel front, U.S. Ambassador to Israel
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  Speaker 1: Mike Huckabee celebrated the United States' 250th anniversary in Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: highlighting the deep value of the Partnership for Intelligence, Defense
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  Speaker 1: and Technology. Ambassador Huckabee also directly condemned violence perpetrated by
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  Speaker 1: Israelis against Palestinians in the West Bank, stating that violence
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  Speaker 1: is violence, and must be condemned regardless of the perpetrator,
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  Speaker 1: emphasising impartiality. In related US administration news, Special Assistant to
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  Speaker 1: the President Martin Marx has been active in Jewish outreach,
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  Speaker 1: including arranging meetings with community leaders and facilitating security grants.
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  Speaker 1: That's our report for now. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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