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Shin Bet Thwarts Terror Cell in Southern Israel · 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: Security forces have uncovered a terror cell operating within Israel,
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  Speaker 1: reportedly modelled after Palestinian battalions in the West Bank. According
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  Speaker 1: to the Shin Bet, the cell was based in the
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  Speaker 1: Bedouin community of Segev Shalom, near Beersheba, and comprised Israeli citizens.
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  Speaker 1: Investigations have revealed plans for attacks targeting the Segev Shalom
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  Speaker 1: police station, the Beersheba Central Bus Station, and the Forum
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  Speaker 1: nightclub in Beersheba. The Shin Bet stated that one individual,
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  Speaker 1: identified as an ISIS supporter, was planning a stabbing attack,
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  Speaker 1: while another was willing to carry out bombings. The agency
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  Speaker 1: also revealed that 72 residents from southern Israel have been
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  Speaker 1: arrested this year for activities endangering state security, with many
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  Speaker 1: being Israeli citizens. In domestic political developments, scrutiny continues over
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  Speaker 1: the events leading up to the October 7 attack. The
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  Speaker 1: Likud party stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former military secretary,
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  Speaker 1: Avi Gill, knew about early warning signs on the morning
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  Speaker 1: of October 7 and chose not to wake the Prime Minister.
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  Speaker 1: This follows an interview by Avi Gill, where he indicated
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  Speaker 1: discrepancies between official reports submitted to the state controller and
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  Speaker 1: the actual events, suggesting the submitted document did not reflect
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  Speaker 1: the whole truth. The Yashar party has called for legal
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  Speaker 1: action concerning suspicions that Prime Minister Netanyahu provided false or
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  Speaker 1: distorted information about pre-massacre failures. Prime Minister Netanyahu responded on X,
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  Speaker 1: dismissing the reports as a left's campaign of lies. The
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  Speaker 1: New York Times has reported, citing anonymous sources, that a
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  Speaker 1: senior US embassy aide in Jerusalem, David Milstein, allegedly suppressed
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  Speaker 1: negative reports about Israeli activities in the West Bank. According
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  Speaker 1: to the report, Milstein used his position to favour the
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu government and the Trump administration by For instance, downplaying
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  Speaker 1: Israeli inaction against settler extremists and blocking embassy staff, reports
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  Speaker 1: concerning the deaths of Palestinian Americans. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee
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  Speaker 1: has strongly refuted the allegations, criticising the Times for using
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  Speaker 1: anonymous sources and threatening potential litigation. Former US Ambassador David
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  Speaker 1: Friedman also defended Milstein, calling the report a hit piece. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: an incident in Bnei Brak saw Ofer Winter, chairman of
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  Speaker 1: the People of Israel party, confronted by anti-draft Haredi protesters.
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  Speaker 1: As Winter was attempting to speak with Haredi individuals enlisting
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  Speaker 1: in the IDF, demonstrators from the Jerusalem faction reportedly hurled
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  Speaker 1: insults at him, including Nazi, dog and antisemite. Winter is
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  Speaker 1: advocating for a servant's law concerning ultra-Orthodox enlistment. Protests organised
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  Speaker 1: by the Jerusalem faction elsewhere reportedly disrupted public order and traffic.
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  Speaker 1: In southern Lebanon, an Israeli military officer Captain Eliyav Haim T. Zapalamus,
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  Speaker 1: was killed and three soldiers were lightly wounded on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: during an operational accident when a military vehicle tipped over.
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  Speaker 1: The incident highlights the inherent risks faced by IDF forces
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  Speaker 1: during operational activities in the region. For continuing coverage of
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