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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 5, 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: We begin with significant developments in the ongoing conflict. Hamas
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  Speaker 1: announced that Ali al-Ahmadi, identified by the terror group as
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  Speaker 1: the de facto leader inside the Gaza Strip, and a
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  Speaker 1: former close aide to Yahya Sinwar involved in the October
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  Speaker 1: 7th attacks, survived an Israeli assassination attempt over the weekend.
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  Speaker 1: According to the IDF, a strike targeted al-Ahmadi in a
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  Speaker 1: Gaza City apartment building used for terror activity. While Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: health officials reported five people were killed in the incident,
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  Speaker 1: Israel assessed the operation may have failed to eliminate the
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  Speaker 1: senior Hamas figure. Al-Ahmadi is considered the most influential Hamas
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  Speaker 1: operative currently in Gaza, involved in rebuilding the group for war.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to regional conflicts, Iran-backed Houthi rebels have captured the
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  Speaker 1: town of Turba in southwestern Yemen. advancing toward the provincial
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  Speaker 1: capital of Taiz. World Israel News reports this development revives
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  Speaker 1: Yemen's civil war after a four-year ceasefire. The town is
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  Speaker 1: strategically located on a key road connecting Taiz to the
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  Speaker 1: port city of Aden. Saudi military spokesperson Major General Turki
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  Speaker 1: al-Malki vowed full operational support to the Yemeni government forces
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  Speaker 1: until the Houthis are eliminated. In security news from Judea,
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  Speaker 1: initial reports from the IDF indicate that three occupants of
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  Speaker 1: a Palestinian vehicle may have attempted a planned ramming attack
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  Speaker 1: against an IDF Hummer-Nirbne name. IDF forces opened fire, injuring
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  Speaker 1: the vehicle's occupants. No Israeli forces were harmed. Separately, a
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem resident has been indicted for alleged contact with a
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  Speaker 1: foreign agent, accused by prosecutors of being asked to photograph
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  Speaker 1: sensitive locations in the city, including Jewish residential areas and
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  Speaker 1: security sites. And in southern Syria, an unusual incident saw
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  Speaker 1: a terrorist approaching an IDF post eliminated. The IDF and
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  Speaker 1: Shin bet also eliminated a Noba department commander who infiltrated
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  Speaker 1: Israel during the October 7 massacre. In the realm of antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: leading Jewish organisations in the UK have expressed strong condemnation
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  Speaker 1: of a Green Party resolution branding Zionism as racism and
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  Speaker 1: calling for Israel's erasure, labelling it an antisemitic platform and
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  Speaker 1: an attack on the Jewish community. Meanwhile, TV host Bill
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  Speaker 1: Maher criticised mainstream media, suggesting they were slow to label
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  Speaker 1: the fly-jubai hijacking as terrorism, while readily accepting what he
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  Speaker 1: called Hamas propaganda that characterises Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Israel observed its National Remembrance Day for the October 7
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  Speaker 1: attacks and the ongoing Swords of Iron War. President Isaac Herzog,
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  Speaker 1: speaking at memorial ceremonies, urged national unity. warning against deep
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  Speaker 1: divisions and dangerous disputes during election campaigns. Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu also attended state memorial services on Mount Herzl. In
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  Speaker 1: a separate domestic security matter, an indictment has been filed
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  Speaker 1: against a mathematics lecturer at Bar-Ilan University for allegedly planning
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  Speaker 1: a violent nationalist ideological plot targeting hundreds of Israeli Arab citizens.
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  Speaker 1: The plan, reportedly named Hebrutayin Hebrui Hebruyad Hebrutayt, or the
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  Speaker 1: people will do a transfer, also involved attempts to recruit others.
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  Speaker 1: Testimony also continued in the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
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  Speaker 1: with Eiten Cable testifying that discussions primarily concerned government issues
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  Speaker 1: rather than the Israel-Hayem law, and remarking, this is how
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  Speaker 1: democracy is killed, in reference to certain media outlets. In Ranaana,
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  Speaker 1: three assistants at a private daycare have been arrested on
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  Speaker 1: suspicion of child abuse. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. 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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  Speaker 1: in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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  Speaker 1: so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view. Thank you.