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Dozens Killed in Houthi Strike on Yemeni Camp · 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 Yemen, an attack on a military training camp by
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  Speaker 1: Iran-backed Houthi rebels has resulted in significant casualties. Officials report
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  Speaker 1: dozens of soldiers were killed, with some sources citing 53
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  Speaker 1: dead and 200 wounded. This strike, along with repeated regional
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  Speaker 1: missile and drone attacks on infrastructure, has led Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 1: to cancel a major international investment conference. Meanwhile in Syria,
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  Speaker 1: Damascus has expressed concerns about a potential offensive by Druze
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  Speaker 1: armed groups in the southern Sueda province, a region facing
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  Speaker 1: sensitive security challenges for the government of Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara.
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  Speaker 1: A senior Syrian government official told the Jerusalem Post that
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  Speaker 1: Israel is encouraging and supporting these armed groups. The official
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  Speaker 1: cited intensified Israeli aerial reconnaissance over Sueda and surrounding areas,
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  Speaker 1: and claimed an Israeli helicopter had delivered weapons to the province.
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  Speaker 1: This development adds to ongoing tensions in southern Syria. On
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  Speaker 1: the political front, former US President Donald Trump has publicly
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  Speaker 1: endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, hailing him as a great
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  Speaker 1: warrior and terrific leader, and predicting a tremendous victory in
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  Speaker 1: Israel's upcoming elections. This marks an unprecedented explicit endorsement from
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  Speaker 1: a former US president. Separately, Jonathan Pollard has criticised US
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  Speaker 1: ambassador Mike Huckabee's embrace of the settler violence narrative, arguing
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  Speaker 1: it undermines Jewish communities. An analysis also questions whether Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Netanyahu might have sacrificed critical Israeli security interests to
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  Speaker 1: secure this endorsement. A new report by the Institute for
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  Speaker 1: National Security Studies highlights how the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is
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  Speaker 1: profoundly reshaping everyday Jewish life across diaspora communities in the US, Canada, France,
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  Speaker 1: the UK and South America. The report details impacts such
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  Speaker 1: as normalising hostility, dividing communities, diminishing political influence and fuelling antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: It points to a March 2026 Pew poll showing 60%
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  Speaker 1: of Americans view Israel unfavourably, a sentiment particularly strong among
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  Speaker 1: young adults. In the disputed territories, the Joint List Party
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  Speaker 1: is dedicating its political broadcast to showcasing drone footage of
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  Speaker 1: what it describes as destruction and devastation in Gaza. Claiming
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  Speaker 1: this reality has been largely hidden from the Israeli public.
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  Speaker 1: In stark contrast, data from the Shin Bet and the
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Ministry indicates a significant decline in terror attacks in
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  Speaker 1: the West Bank over the past two years. Major attacks
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  Speaker 1: have decreased by over 86% between January-August 2024 and the
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  Speaker 1: same period in 2026, with overall incidents falling by 30%.
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  Speaker 1: In other news, a 31-year-old man was injured with a
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  Speaker 1: penetrating wound in Malot Tarshiha and is in moderate condition. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Moti Leitner stated at the Choosing Education Conference that the
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  Speaker 1: Haredi community needs the IDF to guard borders, protect cities
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  Speaker 1: and prevent future October 7 events, arguing the focus should
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  Speaker 1: be on the community's need for the military. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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