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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 10, 2026, 09 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 regional developments, Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis have seized control of
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  Speaker 1: the historic port city of Mokka, gaining significant leverage over
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  Speaker 1: the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, a critical chokepoint for global energy
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  Speaker 1: supplies and commodities. Intelligence uncovered on a captured Houthi commander's
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  Speaker 1: laptop suggests an IRGC plan for a phased advance on
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  Speaker 1: the strait. Meanwhile, Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a Rosh
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  Speaker 1: Hashanah warning to Iran, stating that any attack on Israel
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  Speaker 1: would be met with a powerful response, including severe damage
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  Speaker 1: to its energy facilities, potentially setting its progress back decades.
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  Speaker 1: This comes as IDF intelligence chief Shlomi Binder's efforts have
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  Speaker 1: reportedly brought Iran's nuclear programme to zero enrichment, destroying much
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  Speaker 1: of its centrifuge fleet and forcing facilities out of operation.
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  Speaker 1: though concerns remain about surviving centrifuges and enriched uranium. In Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: a new documentary titled NAZA is drawing attention, featuring testimony
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  Speaker 1: from 24 Israeli military and intelligence figures. The film alleges
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  Speaker 1: the use of mass surveillance combined with AI technology to
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  Speaker 1: identify targets for assassination, detailing what directors describe as AI-enabled
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  Speaker 1: mass killings. Separately in the Jerusalem area, security forces have
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  Speaker 1: sealed a tunnel dug near the Palestinian village of Al-Jib,
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  Speaker 1: which was found in an advanced stage of excavation, its
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  Speaker 1: entrance concealed within an ancient cistern. On the international stage,
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  Speaker 1: the United States is reportedly pressing its NATO allies to
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  Speaker 1: withdraw from the Rome Statute and dismantle the International Criminal Court.
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  Speaker 1: US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker made the demand in
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  Speaker 1: a closed-door meeting, though allies like France and the Netherlands
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  Speaker 1: have indicated they will not comply. In parallel, Britain and
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  Speaker 1: 11 other nations have imposed new sanctions on goods from
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  Speaker 1: Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The Trump administration has
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  Speaker 1: maintained a low profile, described as a deliberate strategy to
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  Speaker 1: avoid confrontation. Domestically, the sanctions on settlements are being debated
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  Speaker 1: as potentially election season theatre, with Israel responding diplomatically by
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  Speaker 1: recalling ambassadors and expelling personnel. Separately, Democrats faction head Yair
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  Speaker 1: Golan has filed a defamation lawsuit, seeking NIS 2.55 million
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  Speaker 1: against Sarah Netanyahu. Alleging her remarks implied he had advanced
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of the October 7th attack. Diaspora Affairs Minister Amikai
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  Speaker 1: Chikli also stated he would not apologise to Gaza border communities,
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  Speaker 1: instead pointing blame at those who pushed for the Oslo
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  Speaker 1: Accords and disengagement. In a positive development, the Jewish National
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  Speaker 1: Fund USA and the Jerusalem Post are honouring 25 young Vizionaries.
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  Speaker 1: for their work supporting Israel and promoting Zionism, particularly in
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  Speaker 1: the context of post-October 7th global antisemitism and renewed debates
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  Speaker 1: about Zionism. Finally, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage told the
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem Post that a Reform government would aim to rebuild
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  Speaker 1: the UK-Israel relationship based on shared interests, undoing what he
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  Speaker 1: called damage done under the Labour Party. I'm Noah Levi,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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