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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 6, 2026, 10 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: Tensions remain high in the region, with Iran issuing a
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  Speaker 1: strong warning about future responses to attacks. Iranian Parliament Speaker
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  Speaker 1: Mohammad Bagha Galibaf stated that the era of proportional responses
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  Speaker 1: is over, cautioning that any future attack on Iranian interests
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  Speaker 1: would be met with a faster, heavier and more painful response.
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  Speaker 1: He described Iran's recent strikes on US bases as only
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  Speaker 1: the beginning. Adding to these heightened geopolitical concerns, Iran also
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  Speaker 1: announced it will declare a prohibited zone in the coming
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  Speaker 1: days near the vital Strait of Hormuz. According to the
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  Speaker 1: Times of Israel, traffic in the strait has already dipped
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  Speaker 1: to its lowest point since May, amidst reported US-Iran clashes.
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  Speaker 1: The US Energy Secretary has also commented, suggesting that while
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  Speaker 1: a nuclear deal may not materialise, Iran's ability to build
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  Speaker 1: a bomb could potentially be destroyed. Meanwhile, the IDF confirmed
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  Speaker 1: strikes launched this morning in response to a Hezbollah drone attack.
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  Speaker 1: The military stated these strikes targeted Hezbollah terrorists, weapons depots,
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  Speaker 1: infrastructure and buildings used to advance attacks. One significant target
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  Speaker 1: was a command centre, identified within the compound of the
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  Speaker 1: former Gander Hospital in Nabati Al Forka, where Hezbollah terrorists
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  Speaker 1: involved in artillery and surveillance activity had recently been operating.
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  Speaker 1: according to the IDF. In the West Bank, IDF Chief
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  Speaker 1: of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia has characterised the current
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  Speaker 1: period as tense and volatile across all sectors, particularly with
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  Speaker 1: Jewish holidays approaching. He stressed the military's need to maintain
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  Speaker 1: a posture of readiness for surprise attacks. This warning comes
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  Speaker 1: as the IDF conducted a snap exercise to test its
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  Speaker 1: response to multi-front scenarios. In line with this heightened alert,
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  Speaker 1: Israeli forces conducted a raid in the Akraba area of Samaria,
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  Speaker 1: arresting 10 Hamas terrorists. During the operation, troops also seized
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  Speaker 1: a rocket, an M16 rifle, explosives and other weapons. Separately
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  Speaker 1: in the West Bank village of Qusra, Israel police announced
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  Speaker 1: the arrest of two Israeli teenagers suspected of involvement in
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  Speaker 1: recent violent attacks. Police reported finding suspicious items, including an
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  Speaker 1: airsoft rifle, a knife and tear gas, in one suspect's vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: Police stated their aim is to bring all individuals involved
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  Speaker 1: in the Kusra attacks to justice. Turning to the ongoing
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  Speaker 1: efforts in Gaza, US envoy Jad Kushner described the scale
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  Speaker 1: of the territory's militarization as beyond your comprehension, telling reporters
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  Speaker 1: in Kiev that demilitarizing Gaza is not going to be easy.
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  Speaker 1: He also revealed that the US had worked with Hamas
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  Speaker 1: for over four months on an agreement committing to demilitarization,
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  Speaker 1: noting that sending a government into a place with active
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  Speaker 1: weapons presents significant challenges. On the domestic political front, significant
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  Speaker 1: shifts are occurring ahead of the upcoming election. Former Ministers
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  Speaker 1: Gilad Erden and Ayelet Shaked announced they will not be running,
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  Speaker 1: citing the difficulty in forming a broad unity government. Erden's
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  Speaker 1: unity party is withdrawing from the race, as he believes
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  Speaker 1: the public is primarily focused on leadership rather than coalition building.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to the complex political landscape, A new KAN News
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  Speaker 1: poll projects that the joint party of Józ Händel and
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  Speaker 1: Professor Jaron Zelika could enter the Knesset with four seats.
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  Speaker 1: According to the poll, this projection would leave neither the
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu bloc nor the Eisenkot bloc with enough seats to
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  Speaker 1: form a government independently, potentially forcing broad coalition negotiations. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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