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Iran Expects US Strikes Amid Maritime Tensions · 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: Concerns are mounting within Iran that hostilities with the United
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  Speaker 1: States may resume, with leaders viewing US strikes as an inevitability.
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  Speaker 1: Regional diplomats report a mood in Tehran, reflecting an expectation
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  Speaker 1: that further US strikes are imminent, alongside forceful rhetoric warning
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  Speaker 1: Washington against renewed conflict. the Iranian army spokesman accused the
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  Speaker 1: US of seeking to destroy Iran's Islamic civilisation through an
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  Speaker 1: illegal war, while an IRGC spokesman cautioned that while initiating
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  Speaker 1: another war would be strategically irrational for Washington, the possibility
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  Speaker 1: cannot be ruled out. Amid this heightened tension, Iran has
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  Speaker 1: intensified attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, with
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  Speaker 1: two UAE tankers reportedly sunk. In response, the US military
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  Speaker 1: destroyed an Iranian-affiliated DAO in the Gulf of Oman, after
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  Speaker 1: it was observed conducting surveillance and targeting US Navy ships,
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  Speaker 1: according to US Central Command. Meanwhile, reports indicate that Yemen's
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  Speaker 1: Iran-backed Houthis are seeking Chinese components to develop advanced ballistic
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  Speaker 1: missiles capable of striking Saudi Arabia and Israel. In other developments,
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism continues to be a concern. American organisers cancelled a
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  Speaker 1: study trip for Jewish educators to Reggio Emilia, Italy, citing
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  Speaker 1: antisemitic pressure. from pro-Palestinian activists and safety concerns. In the
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  Speaker 1: United Kingdom, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has definitively ruled out
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  Speaker 1: any future cooperation with the Green Party following their adoption
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  Speaker 1: of a motion defining, Zionism is racism, which Burnham unequivocally
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  Speaker 1: condemned as anti-Semitic. The US Justice Department's anti-Semitism czar, Lee Otero,
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  Speaker 1: is also set to speak at a Michigan synagogue for
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  Speaker 1: a Department of Justice event that doubles as a fundraiser
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  Speaker 1: for the Zionist Organization of America. In the disputed territories,
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  Speaker 1: violence erupted in Jerusalem's Abu Tor neighborhood, where a 20-year-old
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  Speaker 1: man was critically injured and two others moderately wounded. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: IDF and Shin Bet forces conducted raids on two West
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  Speaker 1: Bank charities, which security forces allege raise money for the
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  Speaker 1: PFLP and provide legal aid to terrorists. The IDF also
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  Speaker 1: reported exposing Hamas infrastructure concealed behind the facade of a
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  Speaker 1: charity organization. Families of American victims of the October 7
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  Speaker 1: massacre are calling for a US congressional inquiry into the
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  Speaker 1: failures surrounding the attack, noting that Israel has not yet
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  Speaker 1: established a state commission of inquiry. The demand was made
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  Speaker 1: during a memorial ceremony at the US State Department in Washington. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: protests against the IDF's CODCOD program, which trains Haredi men
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  Speaker 1: for technology roles, continued in Bnei Brak, leading to the
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  Speaker 1: arrest of two protesters attempting to breach an IDF office.
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  Speaker 1: Political figures, including MK Avigdor Liberman, condemned the actions, labelling
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  Speaker 1: the protesters as terrorists. On another front, a petition filed
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  Speaker 1: to the High Court of Justice highlights that low-income reservists
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  Speaker 1: are losing municipal property tax discounts for 2026 as their
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  Speaker 1: reserve payments push them above income limits after a protection
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  Speaker 1: measure expired. In Israeli business, an explosion and suspected hazardous
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  Speaker 1: material leak occurred at the Intel plant in Kiryat Gat,
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  Speaker 1: resulting in two serious injuries. Finally, President Isaac Herzog travelled
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  Speaker 1: to Azerbaijan for the CICA summit, where he met with
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  Speaker 1: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Bahrain's foreign minister to discuss
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  Speaker 1: deepening strategic relations and strengthening the Abraham Accords. For continuing
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  Speaker 1: coverage of antisemitism around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch
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  Speaker 1: Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today ongoing
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