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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 5, 2026, 11 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: IDF Colonel, Reserve, Oren Zinni, a former commander at the
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  Speaker 1: Tz'er Lim training base, has praised the extraordinary operational and
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  Speaker 1: intelligence capabilities of Israel's security forces, particularly the Shin Bet.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking on 103FM, Zinni highlighted the success of recent operations
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  Speaker 1: in both the South and the North. including targeted eliminations
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  Speaker 1: and what he described as the arrest of the head
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  Speaker 1: of Hamas's Shin Bet. He noted a policy shift has
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  Speaker 1: enabled troops to operate in previously inaccessible areas, leading to
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  Speaker 1: what he called the IDF's penetration of the enemy's most
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  Speaker 1: complex strongholds, against both Hamas and Hezbollah, in a way
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  Speaker 1: that is suffocating them from within. Zinni stated this deserves
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  Speaker 1: immense credit. However, Zinni cautioned that these tactical achievements could
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  Speaker 1: be jeopardised by future diplomatic agreements. He warned against any
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  Speaker 1: agreement that would force the IDF to withdraw from its
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  Speaker 1: current positions in Gaza and Lebanon before its missions are complete.
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  Speaker 1: If we do not maintain our hold in these areas,
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  Speaker 1: the enemy will escape with its forces and munitions, and
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  Speaker 1: we won't be taken seriously, he explained. Drawing on his experience,
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  Speaker 1: Zinni recalled the 2,000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon under Ehud
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  Speaker 1: Barak as a significant retreat that led to the loss
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  Speaker 1: of equipment and weapons, stating Israel paid a heavy price.
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  Speaker 1: He added that the reality on the northern border prior
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  Speaker 1: to October 7th demonstrated how deeply Hezbollah had entrenched itself
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  Speaker 1: and that Israel was just one minute away from an
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  Speaker 1: October 7 scenario on the northern border as well. Zinni
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  Speaker 1: expressed concern that future agreements will likely require Israel to
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  Speaker 1: withdraw from both fronts to arbitrary lines, limiting its operational
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  Speaker 1: freedom and preventing the completion of its tasks. In domestic
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  Speaker 1: political news, MK Mosh Gafni and Rabbi Yuri Maklev Key
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  Speaker 1: figures within the ultra-Orthodox Dijel Hartora party are preparing to
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  Speaker 1: depart the Knesset. Rabbi Dov Lando, the spiritual leader of
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  Speaker 1: the Dijel Hartora faction of United Torah Judaism, conveyed his
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  Speaker 1: thanks for their years of service, according to Lando's office.
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  Speaker 1: The stated reason for their departure is the need to
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  Speaker 1: refresh the party's presence in the Knesset, though Rabbi Lando
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  Speaker 1: requested that Gaffney continue as the party's chairman. Dijel Hartora
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  Speaker 1: and specifically Rabbi Lando and Moshe Gaffney have been prominent
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  Speaker 1: in recent months, notably in their advocacy for the Basic Law.
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  Speaker 1: Torah Study Bill, which passed in its final reading earlier
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  Speaker 1: this year, the party also previously signalled a willingness to
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  Speaker 1: pursue the dissolution of the Knesset over the Haredi Conscription Bill.
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  Speaker 1: In a letter earlier this year, Rabbi Lando expressed a
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  Speaker 1: loss of trust in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and stated
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  Speaker 1: his priority was solely for Haredi Judaism and the Yeshiva world,
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  Speaker 1: calling for the Knesset's dissolution. This came after reports of
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  Speaker 1: a crisis between Gaffney and Netanyahu's office, following the Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister's announcement that there was no coalition majority to pass
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  Speaker 1: the controversial conscription bill. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for
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