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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-04 at 19:01 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 7.01pm in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In US military role, President Trump said the United States
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  Speaker 1: may strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain very soon. Pickaxe Mountain sits
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  Speaker 1: near Iran's heavily damaged Natanz uranium enrichment facility and is
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  Speaker 1: a heavily fortified site that hosts two deeply buried tunnel complexes.
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  Speaker 1: Trump credited the US Space Force and space technology for
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  Speaker 1: the broad intelligence on movement around Pickaxe Mountain. We're leading
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  Speaker 1: in space. We know everybody that's moving at Pickaxe, we
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  Speaker 1: know everybody that's moving everywhere, all over Iran, and if
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  Speaker 1: anything goes bad we hit them. We hit them hard,
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  Speaker 1: he said. He characterised the situation as a military conflict,
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  Speaker 1: not a war, calling it small potatoes for the United States.
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  Speaker 1: He also addressed the Strait of Hormuz, saying Iran had
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  Speaker 1: placed mines which the United States removed with its minesweepers.
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  Speaker 1: Alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz are also being built,
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  Speaker 1: he said, noting that pipelines are being built all over
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East now. In the conflict with Iran and
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  Speaker 1: its regional proxies, the Israeli defence forces said it struck
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  Speaker 1: Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after Hezbollah launched a drone at
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  Speaker 1: Israeli soldiers. The soldiers shot down the drone, and no
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  Speaker 1: IDF soldiers were injured in the attack, which the military
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  Speaker 1: described as a blatant violation of the ceasefire. The incident
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  Speaker 1: occurred while troops were in the IDF security zone in
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  Speaker 1: southern Lebanon. Earlier, Defence Minister Katz announced that Lebanon's Ali
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  Speaker 1: al-Taha ridge tunnels had been cleared of Hezbollah terrorists, with
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  Speaker 1: several terrorists killed and others fleeing. Iran warned the United
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  Speaker 1: States that it would respond forcefully to any Israeli attack
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  Speaker 1: on the ridge complex. In US policy concerning Israel, An
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  Speaker 1: opinion piece argues that Israel is confronting a battle over
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  Speaker 1: its identity and legitimacy, and that the United States should
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  Speaker 1: pay attention before that battle reaches its shores. The author
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  Speaker 1: questions how truth is established in a world where photographs
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  Speaker 1: can be fabricated, voices cloned, history rewritten, and institutions may
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  Speaker 1: no longer agree on basic facts. The piece contrasts these
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  Speaker 1: concerns with well-known works of fiction to illustrate a broader
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  Speaker 1: anxiety about evidence and credibility. In Israeli domestic politics, NY
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  Speaker 1: Hasidic rabbis reportedly discussed Israel's draft crisis in meeting with Trump,
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  Speaker 1: appealing to the president for help with federal prisoners, schools
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  Speaker 1: and housing. In anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish hate, Spanish far-right activists
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  Speaker 1: raised Nazi-style salutes and sang a Spanish fascist anthem in
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  Speaker 1: Madrid amid anti-migrant protests. The protest group Nucleo National has
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  Speaker 1: about 2,000 members, many from neo-Nazi and Francoist groups. according
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  Speaker 1: to the Global Network on Extremism and Technology. The demonstrations
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  Speaker 1: in Madrid were part of mass protests called by Spain's
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  Speaker 1: Conservative People's Party and far-right Vox, drawing tens of thousands
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  Speaker 1: of people, with the protesters filmed performing the outstretched arm
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  Speaker 1: gesture and singing Cara al Sol as migrants arrived in Ceuta.
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  Speaker 1: In uplifting news, as the 25th anniversary of 9-11 approaches,
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  Speaker 1: this week's Haftarah from Isaiah offers a perspective on destruction,
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  Speaker 1: rebuilding and memory. urging resilience for Zion and Jerusalem. For
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  Speaker 1: Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's
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  Speaker 1: sake I will not be still, until her righteousness goes
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  Speaker 1: forth like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.
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  Speaker 1: The piece frames these reflections as a reminder of recovery
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  Speaker 1: after tragedy. Israel after Oct. 7. What Moses teaches us
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  Speaker 1: about survival and responsibility adds that surviving hardship is only
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  Speaker 1: the beginning. We must decide what we stand for, and
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  Speaker 1: the message concludes with Atum Nitzavim Hayim, you are still standing.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today, ongoing
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  Speaker 1: war report update. I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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