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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-05 at 13:01 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 1.01pm in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In direct Israel-Iran clashes, Israel sees rising risk that Tehran
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  Speaker 1: may escalate toward an attack, potentially striking Israel directly or
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  Speaker 1: using proxies to erode defences and pressure Washington back to
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  Speaker 1: talks as economic and political leverage shrinks. In Iranian retaliation,
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  Speaker 1: Former NSC chief Jacob Nagel estimates that six to nine
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  Speaker 1: months of sustained economic pressure could create the conditions for
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  Speaker 1: an effective popular uprising in Iran, while warning Tehran still
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  Speaker 1: has the ability to retaliate. He says the United States
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  Speaker 1: is pursuing a strategy of applying sustained economic pressure on
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  Speaker 1: Iran rather than immediate strikes, arguing that Washington is seeking
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  Speaker 1: to weaken Tehran by targeting its main sources of revenue.
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  Speaker 1: Nagel adds that the United States is a superpower that
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  Speaker 1: can almost do whatever it wants, and notes that Iran
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  Speaker 1: continues to export fuel despite the pressure, though he questions
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  Speaker 1: the accuracy of reported figures. In regional impacts, reports from
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  Speaker 1: Damascus indicate that Syria's health minister Massab Al-Ali spent his
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  Speaker 1: weekend firing at the Damascus fair, with one response noted.
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  Speaker 1: In the conflict with Iran and its regional proxies, Iranian
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  Speaker 1: assessments indicate Tehran is coordinating with Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas,
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  Speaker 1: The Houthis in Yemen and pro-Iranian militias in Iraq for
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  Speaker 1: abroad coordinated attack on Israel on several fronts simultaneously. The
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  Speaker 1: plan envisions combining Iranian forces with these regional allies in
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  Speaker 1: a single campaign, with prearranged communications for routine and wartime periods.
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  Speaker 1: Hamas planning documents seized after the war suggested a desire
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  Speaker 1: to connect and prepare external fronts, namely Lebanon, Syria and Sinai,
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  Speaker 1: as part of a coordinated effort. In Israeli domestic politics,
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  Speaker 1: Lapid unveils Yes Atid elections slate after a wave of
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  Speaker 1: departures ahead of a joint run with Bennett, with about
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  Speaker 1: 40% of slots in Bennett's Be'etchad slate allocated to Yes
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  Speaker 1: Atid and Merav Ben Ari, Noam Tibon and Merav Cohen
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  Speaker 1: among its highest-ranked candidates. Separately, a gunman opened fire on
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  Speaker 1: police in Netanya, in the Kuryat Hasharan area, and was
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  Speaker 1: shot dead by officers. Police report no casualties among officers.
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  Speaker 1: In anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish hate, a 52-year-old man from northern Queensland,
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  Speaker 1: Australia has been charged with two hate crime offences following
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  Speaker 1: alleged anti-Semitic threats targeting the Queensland Zionist Council. He is
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  Speaker 1: accused of calling for Jews and Israelis to be expelled
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  Speaker 1: from Australia, among other demands. Police moved to protect the
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  Speaker 1: identity of the council representative who received the message. And
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  Speaker 1: the council, along with the Zionist Federation of Australia, warned
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  Speaker 1: that anti-Zionism has increasingly become a tool for a modern
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  Speaker 1: form of anti-Jewish hatred. noting that such rhetoric often presents
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  Speaker 1: itself as political commentary while targeting Jews and Israelis. In
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  Speaker 1: Israeli economy and business, Rome and Athens have become de
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  Speaker 1: facto gateways for Israelis travelling to North America, offering more routes,
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  Speaker 1: lower fares and the chance to turn a layover into
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  Speaker 1: a vacation, with Terminal 4 and Terminal 5 serving as
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  Speaker 1: shorthand references to Rome's Fiumicino and Athens' Eliphtherios Venizlos for
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  Speaker 1: cross-continental travel. Thank you for tuning in to This Israel Today.
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  Speaker 1: ongoing war report update. I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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  Speaker 1: so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view. Find the
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