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Riyadh Airport Targeted in Houthi Escalation · 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: An explosion rocked Riyadh's main international airport on Saturday, with
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  Speaker 1: eyewitnesses and people briefed on the matter reporting a loud
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  Speaker 1: blast that prompted evacuations and flight cancellations. Major airlines like
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  Speaker 1: Etihad and Qatar Airways cancelled multiple flights to the Saudi capital.
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  Speaker 1: The incident comes amid an escalation of missile strikes by
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  Speaker 1: Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi Arabia, with the airport having
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  Speaker 1: been targeted twice earlier in the week. In southern Lebanon,
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  Speaker 1: the IDF reported launching an interceptor toward a suspected aerial
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  Speaker 1: target where IDF forces were operating. The results of the
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  Speaker 1: interception are currently under review and no alerts were activated.
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  Speaker 1: Despite diplomatic efforts, Iran's war machine production lines in Tehran
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  Speaker 1: are reportedly active and rebuilding. according to Mariv News Flash.
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  Speaker 1: A significant intelligence turnaround by AMAN is said to have
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  Speaker 1: caused panic in Tehran. Meanwhile, Bloomberg cited officials stating that
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  Speaker 1: Tehran remains well-stocked with missiles and can quickly add more.
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  Speaker 1: Sources also told Mariv that the United States had pressed
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  Speaker 1: Israel to conduct a solo strike operation against Iran in
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  Speaker 1: recent weeks, reportedly to manage political risks for then-President Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump ahead of US midterm elections. though the US has
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  Speaker 1: since backed down from this demand. In Palestinian political developments,
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  Speaker 1: President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections, originally set for
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  Speaker 1: November 28, 2026, to September 11, 2027. The official Palestinian
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  Speaker 1: news agency WAFA reported that the delay is attributed to
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  Speaker 1: obstacles including Israeli military attacks, settlement expansion, settler violence and
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  Speaker 1: restrictions on movement. Regarding the situation in Gaza, Former head
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  Speaker 1: of Shin, BET research Naomi Newman stated that Hamas continues
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  Speaker 1: to control the territory, generating an estimated US $ 2- 5 million
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  Speaker 1: daily through heavy taxes and by selling humanitarian aid on
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  Speaker 1: the black market. Newman told KAN News that Hamas creates
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  Speaker 1: dependency and that its income sources must be dried up.
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  Speaker 1: In operational updates, at least eight terrorists were killed and
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  Speaker 1: more than 10 wounded in three Israeli drone strikes across
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  Speaker 1: Gaza city today. according to Telegram channel Selena Updates. Over
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  Speaker 1: the past three days, at least 18 terrorists have been
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  Speaker 1: killed and over 70 injured across Gaza. On the diplomatic front,
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  Speaker 1: former Biden administration official Phil Gordon alleged that Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a hostage deal on July 4, 2024,
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  Speaker 1: by introducing new conditions against the advice of his security chiefs,
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  Speaker 1: after Hamas had accepted the basic framework. Gordon stated this
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  Speaker 1: delay led to thousands more Palestinian deaths, and additional Israeli
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  Speaker 1: hostages being killed, criticising the Prime Minister's conduct of the war. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Netanyahu's promise of full accountability for the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 events in October 2023 has not yet resulted in
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  Speaker 1: the establishment of an Investigation Commission, with a dispute ongoing
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  Speaker 1: over appointing members between coalition and opposition representatives. In defence news,
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  Speaker 1: Morocco and Israel are in advanced talks for Morocco to
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  Speaker 1: acquire Israel's David Sling Air Defence System, according to German
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  Speaker 1: defence website ES & T. Separately, controversy surrounds the recent
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  Speaker 1: Nobel Peace Prize award to Navi Pillay, chair of the
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  Speaker 1: UN Commission of Inquiry targeting Israel. Critics question the award,
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  Speaker 1: stating Pillay amplifies propaganda from terrorist groups and that the
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  Speaker 1: Commission's accusations against Israel have been repeatedly debunked. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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