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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 27, 2026, 04 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: In the ongoing efforts to dismantle Hamas and bring perpetrators
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  Speaker 1: of the October 7th attacks to justice, an IDF official
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  Speaker 1: confirmed over the weekend that Saha Saka, a terrorist documented
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  Speaker 1: transporting Noah Agamani to Gaza on October 7, 2023, was
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  Speaker 1: killed in strikes in the central Gaza Strip. Saka's death
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  Speaker 1: marks a reprisal for his documented involvement in the massacre
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  Speaker 1: and hostage-taking. Adding to the ongoing scrutiny of the lead-up
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  Speaker 1: to the October 7 attacks, former Defence Minister Yoav Garland
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  Speaker 1: confirmed that Israel received a warning from Hamas through a
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  Speaker 1: Shin Bet channel, in which Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar allegedly
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  Speaker 1: threatened to shake the prisons. Garland also stated that Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kept senior security officials, including himself, out
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  Speaker 1: of the loop regarding sensitive conversations with US officials during
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  Speaker 1: the war. In a development highlighting the global reach of
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  Speaker 1: terrorist threats, a Gazan man who formerly served as bodyguard
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  Speaker 1: to Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has been arrested in London.
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  Speaker 1: According to reports, Mossad and German intelligence services uncovered a
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  Speaker 1: plot allegedly facilitated by this individual, who had obtained UK
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  Speaker 1: citizenship and European travel rights. German officials warn this represents
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  Speaker 1: a dangerous shift in Hamas's tactics, as they seek to
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  Speaker 1: expand terrorist activity into Europe, with the plot reportedly targeting
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  Speaker 1: Jewish communities and Israelis. The indictment in Germany describes him
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  Speaker 1: as a vital figure in the foiled plan, which involved
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  Speaker 1: smuggled weapons and planned attacks. Turning to regional diplomacy, Iran's
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  Speaker 1: Foreign Minister Arbas Arachi stated that Tehran has submitted a
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  Speaker 1: proposal to the United States, transmitted via Qatari mediators, aimed
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  Speaker 1: at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and ending regional hostilities. However,
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump has reportedly rejected the proposal. Arakchi
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  Speaker 1: indicated that any move toward opening the vital waterway depends
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  Speaker 1: on Iran's demands being met. The Iranian president has also
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  Speaker 1: expressed a loss of trust in the US as a
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  Speaker 1: negotiation partner, signalling a hardening stance. Meanwhile, in Lebanon, a
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  Speaker 1: growing number of Shiite voices are reportedly blaming Hezbollah, rather
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  Speaker 1: than Israel, for the extensive devastation in south Lebanon. two
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  Speaker 1: years after Hassan Nasrallah's assassination. Internationally, a Canadian Jewish journalist,
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  Speaker 1: Neil Herland, is facing disciplinary proceedings from his employer, CBC News.
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  Speaker 1: This follows his documentation of an anti-Israel protest outside a
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  Speaker 1: Toronto synagogue on Yom Kippur, where Jewish worshippers were allegedly
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  Speaker 1: harassed with slurs. Herland's reporting was defended by a synagogue representative,
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  Speaker 1: who stated his video accurately depicted the hostile atmosphere outside
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  Speaker 1: the building. On the diplomatic front concerning regional security, US
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  Speaker 1: intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia has not ruled
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  Speaker 1: out eventually developing nuclear weapons. This assessment comes as Congress
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  Speaker 1: reviews a landmark agreement that would help Riyadh build a
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  Speaker 1: civilian nuclear industry with American assistance. Domestically, Israeli politics are
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  Speaker 1: also in focus. Democrats Chairman Yair Golan has stated his
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  Speaker 1: belief that an Arab party should be included in the
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  Speaker 1: next government. emphasising the need for appropriate Arab representation. This
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  Speaker 1: comes as multiple Knesset seat polls published recently show unusually
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  Speaker 1: wide disparities in projections, leading to an unclear outcome for
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  Speaker 1: the upcoming elections, with varying predictions for the strength of
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  Speaker 1: parties like Likud and Gadi-Eisenkot's Yashar. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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