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US Ready for Iran Offensive, Israel Votes · 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 international affairs, reports indicate US military forces are prepared
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  Speaker 1: to launch a significant new offensive against Iran, with authorization
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  Speaker 1: needed only 96 hours in advance. Military planners are reportedly
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  Speaker 1: developing a campaign substantially broader than previous strikes, with potential
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  Speaker 1: targets including Iran's nuclear facilities, military installations, and energy infrastructure.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as the US reportedly urged Israel to delay
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  Speaker 1: its own planned strikes against Iran last week, with a
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  Speaker 1: coordinated operation potentially slated for after the upcoming US midterm elections. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Israelis are heading to the polls for an election shaped
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  Speaker 1: by the fallout from the October 7 attack, disputes over
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  Speaker 1: ultra-orthodox military service, and economic concerns. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: has made the threat from Iran and its proxies a
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  Speaker 1: central theme of his final campaign push, warning of potential
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  Speaker 1: attacks to disrupt the election and evoking fears of a
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  Speaker 1: second holocaust. He stated Israeli intelligence detected signs of such interference.
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  Speaker 1: His main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, has criticised Netanyahu's approach as
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  Speaker 1: hysterics and scare tactics. Final polls suggest a fragmented political outcome,
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  Speaker 1: with no single party expected to secure a majority in
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  Speaker 1: the Knesset. Netanyahu himself faces ongoing corruption charges, which he denies.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to election security concerns, police are deploying an increased
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  Speaker 1: number of officers, bracing for potential public order disruptions, particularly
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  Speaker 1: after exit polls are released. On the ground in the
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  Speaker 1: Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet have reportedly killed
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  Speaker 1: a Hamas military intelligence commander. Meanwhile, in the Hebron Hills
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  Speaker 1: region of Judea and Samaria, eight new settlement sites are
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  Speaker 1: being established. This initiative, advanced by an adjunct minister in
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  Speaker 1: the Defence Ministry, follows a recent deadly terrorist attack. Six
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  Speaker 1: agricultural farms have already been set up, with two new
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  Speaker 1: communities planned. In another regional development, radical Syrian jihadis have
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  Speaker 1: released a video depicting a full-fledged invasion of Israel's northern
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