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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 15, 2026, 03 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: Turning to regional security, Saudi Arabia has requested intelligence assistance
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  Speaker 1: from Israel, mediated by US Central Command, to defend against
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  Speaker 1: escalating Houthi attacks. Diplomatic sources report that the Houthi military
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  Speaker 1: has intensified strikes over the and assaults on civilians near
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  Speaker 1: the Yemen-Saudi border. The Houthis have also seized strategically located
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  Speaker 1: Red Sea islands and imposed a blockade on the Bab
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  Speaker 1: al-Mandeb Strait, raising significant regional security concerns. In response, the
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  Speaker 1: United States and Saudi Arabia intend to expand southern shipping
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  Speaker 1: routes through the Strait of Hormuz to counter the Houthi
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  Speaker 1: closure of the Bab al-Mandeb. This is part of a
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  Speaker 1: broader US-led effort to build a new coalition against the Houthis,
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  Speaker 1: with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's planned visit to
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  Speaker 1: Egypt being a key element. Reports indicate Riyadh launched airstrikes
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  Speaker 1: in response to recent attacks, with Strait of Hormuz traffic
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  Speaker 1: dwindling amid the regional escalation. The conflict with Iran has
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  Speaker 1: also impacted the US military. A Pentagon inspector general's report
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  Speaker 1: details dozens of aircraft lost, strategic inventory shortfalls, and $ 184
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  Speaker 1: million in embassy damage. In response to portrayals of the
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  Speaker 1: Gaza conflict, The IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia,
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  Speaker 1: has ordered steps against the British-Israeli documentary, NAZA. Zamia described
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  Speaker 1: the film, which won an award at the Venice Film
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  Speaker 1: Festival and frames the conflict as genocide, as an attack
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  Speaker 1: on the State of Israel, based on blood libels, deliberate
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  Speaker 1: distortions of reality, and grave, false accusations against IDF soldiers
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  Speaker 1: and commanders. An examination is underway into possible legal measures
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  Speaker 1: against the filmmakers. with a focus on whether leaked classified
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  Speaker 1: information was used. Domestically, the documentary, The BB Files, is
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  Speaker 1: set to be screened within the European Parliament in Brussels
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  Speaker 1: on September 29. This screening occurs exactly four weeks before
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  Speaker 1: Israel's upcoming general elections. The film, based in part on
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  Speaker 1: leaked police interrogation footage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
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  Speaker 1: his family from 2016 to 2018, is not an official
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  Speaker 1: European Parliament event. In other news, Shin Bet and YAMAM
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  Speaker 1: forces have arrested a 19-year-old resident of Kvarkasim on suspicion
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  Speaker 1: of planning a terrorist attack. Investigations revealed the suspect sought
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  Speaker 1: combat guides, saved instructions for making explosives, and attempted to
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  Speaker 1: produce them. Authorities state the suspect was influenced by recent
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  Speaker 1: significant events, including the October 7 massacre and the 2021 unrest,
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  Speaker 1: and tactical gear and weapons were seized during his arrest.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to Israel Today
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