Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Italian Probe Targets Israeli Officials Amid Gaza Aid Woes
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Italian prosecutors have placed Defense Minister Israel Katz and 12
- 0:15Speaker 1: other senior Israeli military, police and prison officials under investigation
- 0:20Speaker 1: over alleged torture, kidnapping, personal injury, robbery and damage. The probe,
- 0:26Speaker 1: initiated after complaints from Italian citizens detained by Israeli authorities
- 0:31Speaker 1: following Gaza flotilla missions, in 2025 and 2026, expands an
- 0:36Speaker 1: investigation previously focused on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia. Military
- 0:42Speaker 1: Chief Eyal Zamia is also named among the suspects. While
- 0:46Speaker 1: being placed under investigation in Italy does not imply guilt,
- 0:49Speaker 1: it could lead to a trial if charges are deemed warranted.
- 0:52Speaker 1: In Gaza, the IDF announced on Friday that it killed
- 0:56Speaker 1: Hamas Nukpar Sel Commander Mahawalid Omar al-Husseini in the southern
- 1:00Speaker 1: Gaza Strip. According to the military, al-Husni infiltrated the Kibbutz
- 1:05Speaker 1: Rehm military base during the October 7 massacre and continued
- 1:08Speaker 1: to plan terror attacks. The announcement followed separate Gaza strikes
- 1:12Speaker 1: where the IDF and Shin Bet jointly killed two terrorists
- 1:15Speaker 1: involved in weapon smuggling. Mohamed Mohamed Abd al-Khalek Hala, a
- 1:20Speaker 1: Hamas commander who participated in the October 7 massacre, killed
- 1:24Speaker 1: in northern Gaza, and Ahmad Jabrin Tawqif Dalhan, a Palestinian
- 1:28Speaker 1: Islamic jihad terrorist killed in Khan Yunis. Meanwhile, a year
- 1:32Speaker 1: after a ceasefire, billions of dollars pledged for Gaza's reconstruction
- 1:36Speaker 1: have largely failed to reach the population. A report indicates
- 1:40Speaker 1: that only about $ 280 million of the billions promised by
- 1:43Speaker 1: entities like the US-led Board of Peace has been transferred.
- 1:47Speaker 1: This shortfall has contributed to a severe collapse in water,
- 1:50Speaker 1: sanitation and waste services, leading to the spread of infectious diseases,
- 1:55Speaker 1: especially among children and newborns. Residents displaced multiple times face
- 2:00Speaker 1: dire living conditions in crowded areas. struggling with contaminated water
- 2:05Speaker 1: and inadequate waste management. On the northern front, the IDF
- 2:09Speaker 1: reported launching an interceptor towards a suspicious aerial target, identified
- 2:14Speaker 1: in southern Lebanon. IDF spokesperson's statements indicated no alerts were
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- 2:43Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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