Latest / Israel Today: Ongoing War Report / Northern Israel Explosion Kills Teen; UK Links Iran to Plot
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- 0:08Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
- 0:12Speaker 1: Tragedy struck northern Israel today as an explosion involving unknown
- 0:16Speaker 1: ordnance occurred on the Ramim Ridge between Kibbutz Manara and
- 0:19Speaker 1: Kibbutz Yifta. The incident, which involved students from Ort Malot
- 0:23Speaker 1: Yeshiva High School on an annual field trip, was declared
- 0:26Speaker 1: a mass casualty event by the IDF. Official Majin David
- 0:30Speaker 1: Adom data reports one 14-year-old boy was killed, with 24
- 0:34Speaker 1: others wounded, including two in serious condition, 10 moderately and
- 0:38Speaker 1: 12 lightly. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was briefed on the situation,
- 0:43Speaker 1: and the IDF is investigating the circumstances of the blast.
- 0:47Speaker 1: The Minister of Education visited the injured in hospital in Saifd.
- 0:51Speaker 1: In international security news, British Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced
- 0:55Speaker 1: that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford Air Base
- 0:58Speaker 1: was highly likely to have been coordinated in Iran and
- 1:02Speaker 1: almost certainly directed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC.
- 1:08Speaker 1: Prime Minister Burnham stated that Britain will not tolerate such
- 1:10Speaker 1: threats and will take action against Iran's networks. US officials
- 1:15Speaker 1: indicated a suspected plot involving Iran to launch a drone attack,
- 1:20Speaker 1: a threat that US President Donald Trump cited for the
- 1:22Speaker 1: removal of American bombers from the base. Five British men
- 1:26Speaker 1: were arrested near the base in connection with the incident,
- 1:29Speaker 1: but were later released on bail. Iran has rejected the
- 1:32Speaker 1: allegations as unfounded and malicious speculations. On security matters concerning
- 1:37Speaker 1: Judea and Samaria, Defence Minister Israel Katz responded to a
- 1:41Speaker 1: Supreme Court call to expedite the return of residents to
- 1:44Speaker 1: the Jenin, Tulqam and Nur al-Sham's refugee camps. Minister Katz
- 1:49Speaker 1: asserted that the IDF's continued long-term presence is a crucial
- 1:53Speaker 1: security and operational necessity, not a legal matter. He stated
- 1:58Speaker 1: it is required to save Israeli lives from severe threats
- 2:01Speaker 1: and externally supported elements aiming to promote October 7th-style attacks.
- 2:06Speaker 1: The minister emphasised that it is not the Supreme Court's
- 2:08Speaker 1: place to interfere with such security considerations. In concerning news
- 2:13Speaker 1: from the United Kingdom, new government figures show that 3,000
- 2:16Speaker 1: 162 antisemitic hate crimes were recorded in England and Wales
- 2:21Speaker 1: over the past year, averaging nearly nine incidents reported to
- 2:25Speaker 1: police each day. The report is described as a warning
- 2:28Speaker 1: to British society, emphasising that antisemitism must never become normalised. Domestically,
- 2:34Speaker 1: the Reservists' Economic Party, through former MK Dr Einat Wilf,
- 2:39Speaker 1: has unveiled a seven-point national policy plan designed to counter
- 2:43Speaker 1: anti-Israel narratives internationally. The proposal calls for significant expansion of
- 2:48Speaker 1: the foreign ministry and integration of the war of consciousness
- 2:52Speaker 1: into national security. In a separate development, hundreds of ultra-Orthodox
- 2:56Speaker 1: children from Breslov schools were reportedly organised by administrators to
- 3:00Speaker 1: protest draft evader arrests outside a military prison, a move
- 3:05Speaker 1: the education ministry has called improper and prohibited, stating strict
- 3:09Speaker 1: action will be taken for continuing coverage of antisemitism around
- 3:13Speaker 1: the world. Listen to Antisemitism, watch from Clockwork Media. Find
- 3:17Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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