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Riyadh Airport Attacked; US Explores Israeli Yemen Action · 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: We begin with the latest developments from the region. A
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  Speaker 1: deadly Houthi missile attack struck King Khalid International Airport in
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  Speaker 1: Riyadh on Saturday, October 10, killing 12 people and injuring
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  Speaker 1: 309 others, marking the most severe attack on Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 1: in over a decade. Following this assault, Iran-backed Houthi military
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  Speaker 1: spokesman Yahya Sari warned on X that airports and Saudi
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  Speaker 1: airspace could face further attacks, though he excluded airports serving
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  Speaker 1: the holy cities of Mecca and Medina. In the wake
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  Speaker 1: of the Riyadh attack, sources indicate that US officials explored
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  Speaker 1: the potential for Israel to take military action against targets
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  Speaker 1: in Yemen. Meanwhile, Iran's security chief Mohsen Razi stated that
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  Speaker 1: the US response to Iran's seven conditions for reopening the
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  Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz was insufficient. halting negotiations over the crucial
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  Speaker 1: global energy chokepoint. Turning to the US-Israel relationship, former Biden
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  Speaker 1: administration official Phil Gordon has issued a stark warning, telling
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post that ties have collapsed and the damage
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  Speaker 1: may be irreparably permanent. Gordon cited a dramatic decline in
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  Speaker 1: American support for Israel over the past year, affecting a
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  Speaker 1: new generation of Americans, and suggested that President Biden should
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  Speaker 1: have applied more pressure on Israel to conclude the Gaza
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  Speaker 1: war sooner. Globally, new evidence reveals that widespread pro-Palestinian protests
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  Speaker 1: were coordinated in advance by the London-based Global Alliance for Palestine,
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  Speaker 1: or GAFP, a coalition of approximately 200 organisations. GAFP provided
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  Speaker 1: campaign materials including slogans and media messaging, urging protesters to
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  Speaker 1: use language that is disciplined, credible, urgent and impossible to ignore.
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  Speaker 1: With slogans such as Israel Kills, the media justifies... Israel's
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministry described the coordinated effort as a calculated effort
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  Speaker 1: to hijack headlines, dominate the narrative and demonise Israel. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the prosecution of
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  Speaker 1: participants in the NAZA documentary, citing severe information security offences
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  Speaker 1: and damage to Israel's diplomatic and security interests, labelling the
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  Speaker 1: film false and misleading. Separately, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal
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  Speaker 1: Zamir has cautioned about potential escalation involving Iran, which could
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  Speaker 1: lead to a postponement of Israel's October 27 election. Political
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  Speaker 1: alliances are also forming ahead of upcoming elections. Figures like
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  Speaker 1: Ben Jeeva face deadlines to form partnerships, with October 16 approaching.
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  Speaker 1: In other domestic political news, Naftali Bennett has stated he
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  Speaker 1: will not sit with Netanyahu in any government coalition. In
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  Speaker 1: sports news, Foreign players for Maccabi Tel Aviv are reportedly
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  Speaker 1: lobbying Euroleague owners to bring games back to Israel, asserting
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  Speaker 1: that it is safe to live there. For continuing coverage
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