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Hostage Escape, Oct 7 Deniers, Gaza Politics, and Israeli Protests · 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 remarkable account of resilience from within Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Former hostage Avinatun, or revealed to N12s, Avda that he
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  Speaker 1: spent approximately six months planning and executing an escape attempt
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  Speaker 1: from his captivity, or described digging through sandbags in his
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  Speaker 1: underground cell, using a garbage bag to hide from a
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  Speaker 1: security camera, and a 60-metre extension cable for the task.
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  Speaker 1: He even prepared a bag with clothing, his will and
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  Speaker 1: letters to his parents. However, his breakthrough led to recapture,
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  Speaker 1: after which Orsaid he faced significantly harsher conditions, including torture
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  Speaker 1: and beatings. In a chilling exchange, Or recounted a Hamas
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  Speaker 1: terrorist telling him that future October 7th-style attacks would continue
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  Speaker 1: as long as a Jew lived in Israel, or responded
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  Speaker 1: by asserting that Gaza, like Israel, was his home. On
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  Speaker 1: the approaching third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, another
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  Speaker 1: former hostage, Emily Damery, spoke out strongly against the denial
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  Speaker 1: and distortion of Hamas's atrocities. In a video message, Damery
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  Speaker 1: emphasised that the attack was a planned act of terrorism
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  Speaker 1: involving murder, rape and kidnapping. She also decried the rising
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  Speaker 1: tide of antisemitism, globally following October 7, and offered thanks
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  Speaker 1: to international supporters, including members of the British Parliament. Damery
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  Speaker 1: shared details of her own ordeal. including injuries sustained at
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  Speaker 1: Shifa Hospital that led to the amputation of two fingers,
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  Speaker 1: and expressed gratitude for her release in early 2025 and
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  Speaker 1: her subsequent marriage. We also hear a harrowing first-hand account
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  Speaker 1: from Yamit, a former police officer who was shot during
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  Speaker 1: the Hamas attack on the Nova festival. Yamit recounted hiding
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  Speaker 1: from terrorists with another officer, their desperate plan to reserve
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  Speaker 1: a final bullet to avoid capture. and the hours of
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  Speaker 1: extreme danger until her husband reached her under fire to
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  Speaker 1: bring her to safety. She shared that the experience has
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  Speaker 1: left her with significant psychological trauma, making it difficult for
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  Speaker 1: her to leave home alone. Turning to Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: a source from the Board of Peace confirmed ongoing efforts
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  Speaker 1: to advance a Gaza roadmap. Speaking to I24 News, the
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  Speaker 1: source stated that their actions are strategically timed ahead of
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  Speaker 1: Israeli elections later this month. aiming to facilitate a future
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian technocratic administration, demilitarization, and a transfer of authority. This
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  Speaker 1: comes amid reports from Israeli security sources indicating Hamas is
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  Speaker 1: increasingly pursued and facing weapon shortages. Military Intelligence Chief Major
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  Speaker 1: General Shlomi Binder reportedly presented figures to the Security Cabinet
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  Speaker 1: indicating that 4,000 of the 6,000 individuals who infiltrated Israel
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  Speaker 1: from Gaza on October 7 have been killed. Separately, police
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  Speaker 1: in Modion responded to a public disturbance involving Haredi men
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  Speaker 1: protesting and clashing with officers during an operation to arrest
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  Speaker 1: a draft dodger. Footage from the scene showed soldiers attempting
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  Speaker 1: to manage the protesters being pepper-sprayed. This incident follows last
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  Speaker 1: week's large anti-draft march in Jerusalem by Haredi protesters organised
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  Speaker 1: by the extremist Jerusalem faction. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, Listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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