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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 17, 2026, 04 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: In Gaza, a source close to the Board of Peace
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  Speaker 1: has criticised Israel's current strategy of targeting individual Hamas officials,
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  Speaker 1: arguing it's insufficient for dismantling the organisation and potentially jeopardises
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  Speaker 1: a phased disarmament agreement. This comes as Israel maintains its
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  Speaker 1: stance that the IDF will not withdraw until Hamas is
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  Speaker 1: genuinely disarmed. Meanwhile, the Houthi threat to maritime traffic remains
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  Speaker 1: a significant strategic problem. The group's control over key points
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  Speaker 1: in Yemen's Bab al-Mandab Strait has disrupted regular commercial shipping
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  Speaker 1: to Israel's port of Eilat for nearly three years. Recent
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  Speaker 1: Houthi advances are also making this an urgent issue for
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, potentially creating a window for regional cooperation to
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  Speaker 1: restore Eilat's shipping access. On the security front, an indictment
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  Speaker 1: details a plot to attack the Amdok's building. where the
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  Speaker 1: accused allegedly used a volunteer firefighting role to scout the location.
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  Speaker 1: In a separate incident, police reported that an undocumented immigrant
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  Speaker 1: from Shechem fatally struck a cyclist in Herzliya while driving
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  Speaker 1: a stolen vehicle. Concerns for Jewish community safety were highlighted
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  Speaker 1: by Arik Barbing, a former head of the Shin Bet.
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  Speaker 1: He warned that providing complete security for every synagogue is
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  Speaker 1: impossible and urged licensed gun owners to carry weapons during
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  Speaker 1: Yom Kippur prayers. emphasising they are the first line of defence.
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  Speaker 1: On the domestic front, Justice Minister Yariv Levin has transferred
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  Speaker 1: authority to the Shin Bet to determine security arrangements for
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  Speaker 1: party leaders without official state positions, as reported by jpost.com.
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  Speaker 1: In legal and political news, a former Attorney General who
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  Speaker 1: approved investigations into Prime Minister Netanyahu is set to testify
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  Speaker 1: on October 11, just weeks before an election, according to UNIT.
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  Speaker 1: Also from UNIT, A veteran fighter pilot has refuted claims
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  Speaker 1: from a documentary, asserting that civilian risk assessments are integral
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  Speaker 1: to strike planning. And Gadi Ezenkot revealed a past conversation
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  Speaker 1: with Prime Minister Netanyahu concerning defence appointments, according to a
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  Speaker 1: report from Telegram. Internationally, British MP Tahir Ali has called
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  Speaker 1: for military action against Israel from the parliamentary stage. In
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  Speaker 1: more positive news, a remarkable archaeological discovery has been made
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  Speaker 1: near Kiryat Ghat. a 2,000-year-old, 25-ton Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh.
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  Speaker 1: This find provides evidence of a previously unknown Jewish settlement
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  Speaker 1: dating back to the Second Temple period. Reports from Iran
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  Speaker 1: also suggest underlying dissent, with an Iranian patriot, Arash, reportedly
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  Speaker 1: disliking the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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