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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 3, 2026, 08 AM Eastern · 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: Tensions continue to simmer with Iran and its regional proxies.
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  Speaker 1: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning, stating
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  Speaker 1: that an Iranian attack on Israel would release the IDF
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  Speaker 1: from any restrictions. He vowed to destroy all national military
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  Speaker 1: and civilian infrastructure in Iran, threatening to send the country
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  Speaker 1: back to the Stone Age. Katz also claimed Israel had
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  Speaker 1: destroyed Iran's nuclear programme and assassinated former Supreme Leader Khamenei,
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  Speaker 1: and severely damaged its strategic capabilities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: also commented, suggesting that an attack by the Iranian regime
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  Speaker 1: would be one of their last decisions, as they know
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  Speaker 1: the significance of an attack against Israel. Adding to the
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  Speaker 1: reports of conflict, Tasnim news agency and telegram channel Newsil
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  Speaker 1: reported that three Iranian Air Force pilots were killed in
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  Speaker 1: US airstrikes in Iran on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a report by
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  Speaker 1: Global News, citing a declassified Canadian Security Intelligence Service document,
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  Speaker 1: details how the son of Iran's former vice president allegedly
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  Speaker 1: received over $ 2 million in Canadian government contracts while working
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  Speaker 1: to further the regime's missile programme and evade sanctions. In
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  Speaker 1: separate developments, Lebanese channels reported that Israel would be releasing
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  Speaker 1: mail at Kamel Ghazi. a 20-year-old detainee, through the Nakara
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  Speaker 1: crossing as a gesture of goodwill. Jpost.com also reported that
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  Speaker 1: Israel would release four or five Lebanese detainees arrested in
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  Speaker 1: recent months as a gesture to the Lebanese government. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to the disputed territories, the new British government plans to
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  Speaker 1: announce a comprehensive package of economic sanctions and other measures
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  Speaker 1: in the coming weeks, including a ban on goods from
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  Speaker 1: West Bank settlements, to prevent Israeli expansion. British Foreign Secretary
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  Speaker 1: Ed Miliband told the House of Commons that the UK
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  Speaker 1: needs a comprehensive reset of its policy regarding the West Bank.
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  Speaker 1: In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar warned that if
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  Speaker 1: the UK acts against Israel, the Jewish state would take
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  Speaker 1: retaliatory steps. In the West Bank, IDF forces entered the
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  Speaker 1: village of Al Mughayah to return livestock belonging to Israeli citizens.
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  Speaker 1: During a violent disturbance where rocks and blocks were thrown
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  Speaker 1: at the forces, the IDF responded with fire toward key instigators,
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  Speaker 1: resulting in the deaths of two Arabs, aged 17 and 19.
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  Speaker 1: In Ma'al Adumim, a terror activist released in the Jilad
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  Speaker 1: Shalit deal, suspected of major car thefts, was arrested as
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  Speaker 1: part of a special operation against vehicle theft. In Jerusalem,
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  Speaker 1: the Café Basmeta announced it will officially close on Saturdays
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  Speaker 1: following protests from the Haredi community, with the café stating
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  Speaker 1: it had become a focus of friction and hatred. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: A political dispute has emerged following comments by Shah's leader
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  Speaker 1: Aryeh Deri, who claimed on a podcast that the IDF
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  Speaker 1: doesn't want Haredi soldiers and that the idea of ultra-Orthodox
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  Speaker 1: soldiers gives the IDF a very big headache. Former Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Naftali Bennett responded strongly, stating that Aryeh Deri is
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  Speaker 1: harming IDF soldiers, lying and making excuses, and argued that
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  Speaker 1: Deri cannot sit in one more government in Israel. Bennett
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  Speaker 1: emphasised that the IDF is desperate for soldiers. The reports
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  Speaker 1: also noted comments by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, relayed by Bennett,
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  Speaker 1: that the IDF avoided waking him on the morning of
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  Speaker 1: the October 7 Hamas attacks for fear he would have
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  Speaker 1: activated the air force and prevented the militants from approaching
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  Speaker 1: the fences. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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  Speaker 1: Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe and informed. Keep
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  Speaker 1: in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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  Speaker 1: so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view. Thank you.