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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 29, 2026, 01 PM 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: Iran has reportedly offered a reward of up to $ 40, 000
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  Speaker 1: for citizens who capture or kill American soldiers, an initiative
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  Speaker 1: detailed by Iran's army spokesperson Mohamed Akraminia. This move adds
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  Speaker 1: to regional tensions, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns
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  Speaker 1: of potential enemy attacks before upcoming elections. Stating Israel's retaliatory
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  Speaker 1: reach is long, an Iranian IRGC colonel claimed Israel intends
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  Speaker 1: to attack before the election due to Netanyahu's fear of imprisonment.
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  Speaker 1: The IRGC also sent an open letter to US midterm voters,
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  Speaker 1: urging them to reject US President Trump's policies. In Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF has eliminated Azal Dean-Albic, identified as the commander
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  Speaker 1: of the Northern Gaza Strip Brigade and a key figure
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  Speaker 1: in the October 7th Tufan Al-Aqsa operations room. Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz affirmed that Hamas leaders abroad are also targets.
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  Speaker 1: Reports indicate Hamas lost four senior military leaders in September,
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  Speaker 1: including the commanders of the Rafah and Khan Yunis brigades. Internationally,
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  Speaker 1: the UK's Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case
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  Speaker 1: into Doctors Without Borders, MSF-UK. This follows allegations from UK
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  Speaker 1: lawyers for Israel of connections between the medical charity and
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  Speaker 1: terrorist organisations active in Gaza. citing personnel accused of ties
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  Speaker 1: to groups like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Shifting to policy,
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  Speaker 1: UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is set to announce a
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  Speaker 1: more progressive foreign policy on Israel at the Labour Party conference.
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  Speaker 1: His government intends to take stronger measures, building on recent
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  Speaker 1: actions such as Prime Minister Andy Burnham's criticism of Israeli
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  Speaker 1: settlement expansion in the West Bank's E1 area and sanctions
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  Speaker 1: on goods from settlements. In New York City, Mezorin Mamdani
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  Speaker 1: has unveiled the first municipal strategy of its kind in
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  Speaker 1: the United States to combat antisemitism. The plan features significant investments,
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  Speaker 1: including $ 26 million for hate crime prevention and $ 6. 4 million
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  Speaker 1: for community organisations, addressing an 8% rise in antisemitic incidents. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that the IDF faces
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  Speaker 1: collapse from a severe manpower shortage if ultra-Orthodox men are
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  Speaker 1: not drafted. calling it the most serious threat to national security. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli peace activist Mao Zinon, who lost parents on October 7,
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  Speaker 1: addressed the UN Security Council, criticising the Israeli government for
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  Speaker 1: using the atrocities to wage a devastating war of revenge.
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  Speaker 1: For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to
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  Speaker 1: Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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