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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 1, 2026, 01 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: Iran is reportedly intensifying planning for a broader and more
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  Speaker 1: forceful military retaliation should the United States resume large-scale attacks.
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  Speaker 1: Sources indicate potential targets could extend beyond US-linked assets to
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  Speaker 1: allied nations and even locations outside the Middle East. Tehran
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  Speaker 1: has also instructed allied groups in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for a coordinated response, though officials privately see
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic channels as unlikely to succeed in averting escalation. The
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  Speaker 1: attempted hijacking of a fly-Jubai flight has seen heroic passengers
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  Speaker 1: overpower the attacker, and Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to
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  Speaker 1: honour four of these rescuers for their civilian bravery. Hundreds
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  Speaker 1: of Israelis are now stranded in Dubai due to flight
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  Speaker 1: cancellations following the incident. Israeli carriers El Al and Arkia
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  Speaker 1: are planning special repatriation flights to bring them home. In
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  Speaker 1: a humanitarian gesture, Saudi medical teams rushed to the FlyJubai
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  Speaker 1: plane after its emergency landing in Saudi Arabia to treat
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  Speaker 1: the traumatised and wounded Israeli passengers. The Israeli embassy in
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  Speaker 1: Canberra also confirmed that Australian philanthropists Stephen and Carol Moss
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  Speaker 1: were among the passengers. This incident, however, has also triggered
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  Speaker 1: a swift surge of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories online. A study
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  Speaker 1: by the Combat Antisemitism Movement found nearly 3,000 posts on
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  Speaker 1: X within a 12-hour period blaming Israel, the Mossad, or
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  Speaker 1: Jews for the incident, with the first such claims appearing
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  Speaker 1: just 67 minutes after the aircraft transmitted its distress signal.
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  Speaker 1: This rapid proliferation demonstrates how established antisemitic tropes are quickly
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  Speaker 1: applied to breaking news. In Gaza, disturbing chants have been
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  Speaker 1: heard during Hamas funeral processions, including calls like, October 7
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  Speaker 1: will return. And Karibar Karibar, O Jews, October 7 will return.
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  Speaker 1: These slogans reveal a continued ideological commitment among supporters to
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  Speaker 1: repeat such attacks. On the domestic front, Israel's National Fraud
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  Speaker 1: Investigation Unit is reportedly investigating a senior official in a
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  Speaker 1: government company on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust and forgery.
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  Speaker 1: In more uplifting news, United Hatzalah held its annual Sukkot concert.
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  Speaker 1: celebrating its 20th anniversary with thousands of attendees and launching
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  Speaker 1: a fundraising drive for defibrillators. Additionally, a new US federal
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  Speaker 1: school choice program is set to offer scholarships for private education,
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  Speaker 1: including Jewish schools, a development welcomed by Haredi groups. For
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  Speaker 1: continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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