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US, Israel Plan Iran Strikes Amid Nuclear Tensions · 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 escalating regional tensions, United States President Donald Trump spoke
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  Speaker 1: with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, as reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: the US is preparing for renewed strikes on Iran. According
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  Speaker 1: to a report in the Wall Street Journal, President Trump
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  Speaker 1: discussed options for resuming military operations with senior military commanders.
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  Speaker 1: Defence officials assess that while the US military's central command
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  Speaker 1: is preparing for possible strikes, the White House may hold
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  Speaker 1: off before the upcoming US midterm elections unless a surprise
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  Speaker 1: attack is detected. These plans for renewed strikes on Iran
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  Speaker 1: reportedly extend beyond the midterms. Meanwhile, Iran's security chief has
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  Speaker 1: indicated Tehran is considering lifting its ban on nuclear weapons.
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  Speaker 1: a move that comes as Iranian officials are reportedly prolonging
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  Speaker 1: negotiations to buy time amidst an economic crisis. Defence officials
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  Speaker 1: assess Iran will not agree to abandon its nuclear programme
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  Speaker 1: or stop producing ballistic missiles. The US and Israel are
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  Speaker 1: closely coordinating on Iran, with reports of additional US naval
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  Speaker 1: assets and marine units being deployed to the region. Earlier
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  Speaker 1: this week, Israeli air force jets flew near the Iranian
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  Speaker 1: border in a practice sortie. while the US has transferred
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  Speaker 1: air defence systems, including a Patriot system, to the region
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  Speaker 1: amid potential escalation. Turning to antisemitism, in Florida, Jerry Sneed, 31,
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  Speaker 1: was arrested on Wednesday, October 28, for allegedly posting social
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  Speaker 1: media threats targeting Lakefront Estates, an Orthodox Jewish community in
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  Speaker 1: Glades County. Authorities report that Sneed shared photos of the
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  Speaker 1: neighbourhood and a firearm, which was found in his possession
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  Speaker 1: upon arrest. He faces charges including threats to commit a
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  Speaker 1: mass shooting or act of terrorism and unlawful use of
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  Speaker 1: a communication device. In regional diplomatic developments, Syrian Foreign Minister
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  Speaker 1: Assad al-Shaybani announced on Saturday that Syria is considering joining
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  Speaker 1: the Mecca alliance, a mutual defence pact signed in August
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  Speaker 1: by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan. Al-Shaybani stated that the
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  Speaker 1: alliance treats an attack on one member as an attack
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  Speaker 1: on all, emphasising that Gulf security is inseparable from Syria's security.
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  Speaker 1: A final decision on Syria's membership has not yet been announced.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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