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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 19, 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: Veteran pro-Israel Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman has issued a stark
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  Speaker 1: warning regarding Israel's relationship with the United States. Sherman urged
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  Speaker 1: every Israeli official and voter to acknowledge a dramatic erosion
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  Speaker 1: of American support. He highlighted a CNN analysis showing a
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  Speaker 1: 67-point shift in Israel's net favorability in the U.S., from
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  Speaker 1: plus 51 points in 2018 to minus 16 points currently.
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  Speaker 1: Polling cited also indicates that 55% of Americans believe US
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  Speaker 1: military assistance to Israel should be reduced or ended. Sherman
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  Speaker 1: emphasised that beyond the annual aid package, access to American
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  Speaker 1: weapons and diplomatic support are at risk, arguing that Israel
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  Speaker 1: has not adequately invested in its diplomatic apparatus and warning
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  Speaker 1: that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir's presence in the cabinet
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  Speaker 1: poses an existential threat. He stressed the importance of Israel
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  Speaker 1: improving its international standing, noting that an ignorance of Jewish
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  Speaker 1: history can lead to a dangerous disconnect. In regional developments,
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  Speaker 1: the UN Security Council has ordered the withdrawal of UN
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  Speaker 1: peacekeepers in Lebanon, UNIFIL, at the end of 2026. The
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  Speaker 1: head of UNIFIL, Major General Deodato Abignara, told Reuters that
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  Speaker 1: ensuring other UN agencies and Lebanese troops can assume the
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  Speaker 1: force's tasks before it withdraws is critical, raising concerns over
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  Speaker 1: humanitarian aid continuity. Meanwhile, Iran's judiciary announced the execution of
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  Speaker 1: Hossein Pedran, who was convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities stated that Pedran provided sensitive intelligence on military and
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  Speaker 1: missile facilities in Isfahan province, with some information linked to
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  Speaker 1: sites struck during the June 2025 Israel-Iran war. Separately, a
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  Speaker 1: report circulating on Telegram claims hackers breached the IRGC's network
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  Speaker 1: and uncovered evidence suggesting that at least 100,000 Iranians were
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  Speaker 1: murdered by the regime during January protests. While the precise
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  Speaker 1: number requires independent verification, the report criticises the international community's
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  Speaker 1: silence as hypocrisy. Gazan photographer and journalist Motaz Azaza, who
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  Speaker 1: gained prominence during the war, revealed in a recent interview
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  Speaker 1: that he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten by a Gazan
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  Speaker 1: mob on October 7, 2023. He chose not to publish
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  Speaker 1: the footage, fearing it could put the Palestinians involved at
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  Speaker 1: risk and noting he did not want to be indirectly
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  Speaker 1: responsible for their deaths. Azaza also offered rare public criticism
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  Speaker 1: of Hamas's leadership, accusing the group of bringing disaster upon
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  Speaker 1: Gaza and questioning the achievements of their military campaign for
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  Speaker 1: the Strip's residents. He criticised their prolonged refusal to agree
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  Speaker 1: to a deal, stating tens of thousands of lives could
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  Speaker 1: have been saved. In a separate development, a preliminary report
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  Speaker 1: indicates suspected terrorist infiltration in the Yitzhar settlement, with details
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  Speaker 1: currently under investigation. In Israeli domestic politics, President Isaac Herzog
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  Speaker 1: has granted a request to clear the criminal record of
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  Speaker 1: soldier Elora Zaria, who was convicted of manslaughter for shooting
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  Speaker 1: a wounded Palestinian terrorist in Hebron in 2016. Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz welcomed the decision, calling it, correct, humane and worthy,
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  Speaker 1: and a message of support to IDF soldiers and their families.
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  Speaker 1: Katz signed the request despite the differing opinion of Chief
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  Speaker 1: of Staff Eyal Zamia. Separately, Ahmad Tibai declared on Meet
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  Speaker 1: the Press that there is a plan to replace the
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  Speaker 1: Knesset Speaker and the current Netanyahu government with an Eisenhower block,
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  Speaker 1: stressing that Arab parties are indispensable for achieving this political change.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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  Speaker 1: a comprehensive view. Thank you.