Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Germany Summons Iran Ambassador Over Assassination Plot
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Germany has summoned the Iranian ambassador in Berlin following an
- 0:15Speaker 1: attempted attack on Joseph Schuster, president of the Central Council
- 0:19Speaker 1: of Jews in Germany, and Volker Beck. The German foreign
- 0:23Speaker 1: ministry condemned Iran's activities, stating attacks on Jewish life will
- 0:27Speaker 1: not be tolerated and will have legal consequences. Berlin also
- 0:32Speaker 1: noted its prior efforts to add Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
- 0:35Speaker 1: to the EU's terrorist list. This follows a German court
- 0:38Speaker 1: sentencing two men for planning Shuster's assassination, reportedly guided by
- 0:43Speaker 1: Iran's intelligence service. In regional security, Egypt is seeking parliamentary
- 0:48Speaker 1: approval for air defence and logistical support for Saudi Arabia
- 0:52Speaker 1: against Houthi threats, with ongoing Red Sea tensions impacting Suez
- 0:56Speaker 1: Canal revenues. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited an air force
- 1:00Speaker 1: base expressing confidence in readiness and warning adversaries, Do not
- 1:05Speaker 1: test us. You will take even harder blows than you
- 1:07Speaker 1: have taken to date. Turning to the disputed territories, Britain's
- 1:11Speaker 1: Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has urged companies not to bid
- 1:15Speaker 1: on tenders for Israel's E1 West Bank settlement project, warning
- 1:19Speaker 1: of potential sanctions and legal repercussions for violating international law. Separately,
- 1:24Speaker 1: Fleur Hassan Nahoum, fifth on the People of Israel Party's list,
- 1:28Speaker 1: was reportedly attacked by Palestinians while touring the West Bank,
- 1:32Speaker 1: with a stone breaking her car window and injuring a passenger.
- 1:36Speaker 1: Legal experts are raising concerns that unchecked settler violence is
- 1:39Speaker 1: undermining Israel's rule of law and international standing. Professor Yuval
- 1:44Speaker 1: Shaini notes attacks have increased in severity, while prosecution rates
- 1:48Speaker 1: remain low, and enforcement is challenging. The IDF also revealed
- 1:52Speaker 1: a Hamas document from April 2024, detailing plans to detonate
- 1:56Speaker 1: explosives around Gaza refugee camps to create panic and smoke screens,
- 2:02Speaker 1: exploiting civilian populations for tactical advantage and escape. On the
- 2:06Speaker 1: domestic political front, Benny Gantz, chairman of the Blue and
- 2:09Speaker 1: White Party, announced his withdrawal from the upcoming October 27 elections,
- 2:15Speaker 1: citing polling data suggesting his party might not cross the
- 2:18Speaker 1: electoral threshold. Gantz stated he will continue to fight for
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