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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 8, 2026, 05 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: Reports have emerged this week alleging that UAE President Mohammed
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  Speaker 1: bin Zayed warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Hamas's intentions
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  Speaker 1: roughly 10 days before the October 7th massacre. According to
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  Speaker 1: these accounts, the UAE President conveyed that Hamas leader Yahya
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  Speaker 1: Sinwar was preparing a significant attack referred to as a
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  Speaker 1: zilzal or earthquake, and the mother of all surprises. However,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu's office has categorically denied these reports, calling
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  Speaker 1: them an absolute lie, and stating that no such conversation
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  Speaker 1: took place during the period in question. Former Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Naftali Bennett has publicly confirmed the accuracy of the report,
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  Speaker 1: asserting that Netanyahu bears personal and direct responsibility for the
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  Speaker 1: failures preceding the attack. Other figures, including Yair Lapid, and
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  Speaker 1: former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, have also commented
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  Speaker 1: on the mounting evidence of warnings and alleged failures to act.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to this, reports from October 1, 2023, indicate that
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  Speaker 1: then-Shin Bet chief Ronan Barr recommended the targeted assassination of
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  Speaker 1: Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas figures to Prime Minister Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: warning that Hamas was preparing something extreme. This recommendation was
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  Speaker 1: reportedly not accepted, and according to some accounts, the information
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  Speaker 1: was not fully shared with the heads of Israel's security establishment.
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  Speaker 1: In regional developments, Iran's threats against the United States have
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  Speaker 1: coincided with a noticeable dip in commodity vessel traffic through
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz at the start of this week,
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  Speaker 1: according to Kapler data. Iran has warned that energy infrastructure
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  Speaker 1: across the Gulf, including US oil and gas interests, is vulnerable.
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  Speaker 1: Goldman Sachs has consequently raised its oil price forecasts, anticipating
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  Speaker 1: that shipping disruptions in the Middle East may persist into
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  Speaker 1: next year. Meanwhile, traffic has increased through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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  Speaker 1: In other conflict-related news, Amir Tsarfati reported overnight that the
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  Speaker 1: Houthis struck Saudi oil refineries. The IDF, meanwhile, conducted strikes
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  Speaker 1: against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Hamas targets in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to operations in Judea and Samaria, a brigade-level operation
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  Speaker 1: by the IDF, Border Police, and Shin, Bet in the
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  Speaker 1: village of Akraba in Shomron, resulted in the neutralisation of
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  Speaker 1: an armed terrorist who threw explosives. The operation also foiled
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  Speaker 1: an immediate attack, led to the arrest of four wanted individuals,
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  Speaker 1: including an attack planner and three arms dealers, and the
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  Speaker 1: discovery of weapons. Additional terrorists were apprehended in Judea and Samaria. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: Britain is reportedly threatening an economic ban on Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: In the United States, An incident occurred at the Camfield
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  Speaker 1: Fair in Ohio, where an armed individual lunged at Jewish
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  Speaker 1: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The attacker was arrested by police,
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  Speaker 1: who found two handguns and brass knuckles in his possession.
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  Speaker 1: Dr Acton was reported to be unharmed. Domestically, the Likud
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  Speaker 1: party announced reserved slots on its Knesset list for Talik
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  Speaker 1: Jivili and Elisha Medan, amidst an internal battle over Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remaining reserved positions. the Likud court is
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  Speaker 1: scheduled to convene to decide on the process for approving
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  Speaker 1: these slots. In related news, dual Israeli-American citizen Oren Dabronsky,
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  Speaker 1: who was personally chosen by Prime Minister Netanyahu for a
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  Speaker 1: reserved Likud position, has withdrawn from the Knesset race due
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  Speaker 1: to his US citizenship requirements. Netanyahu has indicated Dabronsky will
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  Speaker 1: serve as AI minister. ADF, David Pater is also mentioned
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  Speaker 1: as one of Netanyahu's secured candidates within Likud. On the
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  Speaker 1: political personnel front, Roy Concol, former spokesperson for Yair Lapid,
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  Speaker 1: is joining Benny Gantz. Additionally, a statement from a group
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  Speaker 1: named Winter asserts their determination to remove Attorney General Ghali
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  Speaker 1: Baharevmiyara from office. In economic news, the UNET Global Aliyah
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  Speaker 1: Summit is currently addressing critical issues for new immigrants, focusing
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  Speaker 1: on healthcare, jobs, banking, housing, and the essential first steps
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  Speaker 1: for those arriving in Israel. In other developments, Police have
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  Speaker 1: arrested three suspects in connection with a fragmentation grenade attack
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  Speaker 1: on a Japonica restaurant in Rosh Pina nearly two months ago.
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  Speaker 1: This attack was part of a wider wave of violence
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  Speaker 1: against the chain's branches, which investigators are looking into potentially
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  Speaker 1: as part of disputes involving crime organisations. Meanwhile, the IDF
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  Speaker 1: is investigating a security breach in the southern Golan Heights,
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  Speaker 1: where a Syrian civilian reportedly entered an IDF post area undetected.
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  Speaker 1: Initial investigations suggest this was not a terrorist attack. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: newly revealed documents from a secret meeting in November 1993
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  Speaker 1: between then-Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Jordan's King Hussein show
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  Speaker 1: how the two leaders helped lay crucial groundwork for the
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  Speaker 1: Israel-Jordan peace treaty, marking what the Peres Center for Peace
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  Speaker 1: calls a testament for peace. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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  Speaker 1: for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay safe
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