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Northern Israel Blast Kills Teenager · 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: A tragic incident unfolded in northern Israel on Monday when
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  Speaker 1: a Hezbollah cluster munition detonated during a school field trip,
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  Speaker 1: killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring 24 others. Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu visited the injured students in hospital, where one
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  Speaker 1: recounted how a fellow student handled the unexploded ordnance before
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  Speaker 1: it exploded. the Education Ministry has since announced that group
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  Speaker 1: trips to the border area would be diverted. President Isaac
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  Speaker 1: Herzog called the event a horrific disaster, emphasising the heavy
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  Speaker 1: price Israel pays in its complex security reality. Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz extended wishes for a swift recovery to the injured.
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  Speaker 1: In response to such dangers, the Home Front Command has
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  Speaker 1: distributed information on the life-threatening risks of approaching unexploded ordnance.
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  Speaker 1: On the international front, 29 nations, including the United States,
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  Speaker 1: the United Kingdom, Canada and most EU states, have jointly
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  Speaker 1: condemned Iran for lethal plotting, arson, sabotage, cyberattacks and other
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  Speaker 1: hybrid operations. This statement supports Britain's attribution of a September
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  Speaker 1: 27 incident at RAF Fairford, a British air base, to Iran.
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  Speaker 1: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was cited as remaining willing
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  Speaker 1: to carry out hostile activity abroad. Iran's embassy in London
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  Speaker 1: has categorically rejected these accusations. Concerns over potential Iranian plots
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  Speaker 1: also led the US to pull B-1 bombers from RAF
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  Speaker 1: Fairford earlier this month. Elsewhere in the region, reports indicate
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  Speaker 1: Iran struck another oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz,
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  Speaker 1: a critical chokepoint for global oil transit. In Saudi Arabia,
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  Speaker 1: footage emerged of a Houthi missile attack on King Khalid
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  Speaker 1: International Airport. An IDF investigation determined that a mysterious object
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  Speaker 1: that infiltrated northern skies was a balloon-carrying electronic equipment, though
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  Speaker 1: its intent remains unclear. In Gaza, reports suggest Israel is
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  Speaker 1: advancing its Yellow Line operation deeper into Gaza City. Meanwhile
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank, Israeli police detained three foreign nationals,
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  Speaker 1: including the president of an anti-Israel organisation, for photographing IDF
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  Speaker 1: soldiers and a security checkpoint near Hebron, they are facing deportation.
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  Speaker 1: In Huwara, a former Knesset member reportedly went to a
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  Speaker 1: garage and temporarily lost contact, but police located him without incident.
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  Speaker 1: In the United Kingdom, Britain's Interior Minister announced a public
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  Speaker 1: inquiry into the deaths of two Jewish men during a
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  Speaker 1: terrorist attack at a Manchester synagogue in October 2025, ensuring
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  Speaker 1: all evidence can be heard. Separately, a campaign against antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: investigation identified five National Health Service staff members, including doctors,
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  Speaker 1: who allegedly shared social media posts containing claims that Zionists
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  Speaker 1: control the world and calling Hamas the resistance. Domestically, Yisrael
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  Speaker 1: Bey Tay new chairman M.K. Avigdor Lieberman has declared universal conscription,
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  Speaker 1: including for the ultra-Orthodox and Arab communities, as a non-negotiable
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  Speaker 1: prerequisite for forming a future government. He also proposed establishing
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  Speaker 1: an Israeli constitution through expert panels and a national referendum. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Sources claim President Herzog raised the prospect of a unity
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  Speaker 1: coalition to avoid further elections if results are inconclusive, though
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  Speaker 1: Herzog's office denies this. The Attorney General has also ordered
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  Speaker 1: an expansion of the investigation into Goldknopf's real estate holdings.
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  Speaker 1: On the economic front, Hebrew University is launching a new
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  Speaker 1: Centre for Advanced Medical Education, funded by a $ 30 million gift.
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  Speaker 1: The initiative aims to combat the brain drain of medical professionals.
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  Speaker 1: a problem exacerbated by the October 7th massacre, with the
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  Speaker 1: goal of training more doctors within Israel. For continuing coverage
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  Speaker 1: of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from
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  Speaker 1: Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi,
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