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Riyadh Airport Attack and Regional 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: We begin with a significant regional escalation. Houthi terrorists have
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  Speaker 1: carried out an attack on the international airport in Saudi
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  Speaker 1: Arabia's capital, Riyadh, killing 12 people and wounding 309, according
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  Speaker 1: to Saudi civil aviation authorities. The strike has led to
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  Speaker 1: the closure of Riyadh's airport and airspace warnings, testing the
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  Speaker 1: kingdom's new security partnerships with Turkey and Pakistan. This is
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  Speaker 1: the third attack on the airport in just one week,
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  Speaker 1: with earlier incidents claiming three lives. The Houthis have also
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  Speaker 1: threatened Saudi energy facilities, signalling a broader escalation and pulling
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  Speaker 1: Riyadh back into a conflict it had sought to contain.
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  Speaker 1: This development follows renewed fighting since July, with the Houthis
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  Speaker 1: advancing along Yemen's Red Sea coast and a government counter-offensive
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  Speaker 1: supported by Saudi airpower. In security news, the United Arab
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  Speaker 1: Emirates has arrested two additional Maldivian fly-Dubai pilots, in connection
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  Speaker 1: with a foiled terror, attack targeting an Israel-bound flight on
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  Speaker 1: September 30. Authorities are investigating whether the suspected perpetrator, an
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  Speaker 1: Omani copilot named Hammam al-Hammami, acted alone. UAE prosecutors have
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  Speaker 1: characterised the incident as a premeditated terrorist attack, alleging al-Hammami
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  Speaker 1: intended to seize control of the Boeing 737, and deliberately
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  Speaker 1: crash it into Ben Gurion Airport. The investigation revealed al-Hammami
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  Speaker 1: was radicalised in 2017 and deliberately pursued an aviation career,
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  Speaker 1: using previous flights to familiarise himself with the route. During
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  Speaker 1: the incident, he allegedly attacked the aircraft's captain with an
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  Speaker 1: emergency axe before being overpowered by other crew members and passengers,
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  Speaker 1: according to UAE prosecutors. On the domestic front, legal proceedings
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  Speaker 1: in the Netanyahu trial continue to draw attention. Prominent lawyer
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  Speaker 1: Shai Gizaz explained that under Israeli law, evidence gathered through
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  Speaker 1: potentially improper or illegal actions is not automatically disqualified, as
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  Speaker 1: Israel has not adopted the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine.
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  Speaker 1: Gizaz called the testimony of former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit
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  Speaker 1: dramatic and suggested it could impact the trial. Meanwhile, authorities
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  Speaker 1: are investigating a corruption probe in central Israel, focusing on
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  Speaker 1: alleged cash bribes for lucrative municipal contracts. Police suspect cash
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  Speaker 1: bribes secured municipal contracts, with the mayor's wife allegedly playing
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  Speaker 1: an unusually prominent role, according to a year-long undercover investigation.
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  Speaker 1: A mayor in central Israel has also been arrested on
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  Speaker 1: suspicion of corruption. Separately, a military exercise is scheduled in
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  Speaker 1: the Yarka to Mal Otashah area until Wednesday, involving troop
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  Speaker 1: movement and audible explosions, as part of the 2026 training programme.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities have confirmed there is no security concern associated with
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  Speaker 1: this exercise. In the Israeli business world, Amazon is reportedly
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  Speaker 1: in talks to acquire the Israeli startup Descartes for a
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  Speaker 1: deal potentially valued at around $ 7 billion. For continuing coverage
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