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US Strikes Iran's Qeshm Island · 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: The United States has struck Iran's Keshem Island, an event
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  Speaker 1: confirmed by US officials to the Wall Street Journal. This
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  Speaker 1: strike follows earlier reports of explosions on the island, which
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  Speaker 1: is situated on the Strait of Hormuz. According to a
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  Speaker 1: senior US official, a US fighter jet destroyed an Iranian
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  Speaker 1: SAM launcher on Keshem Island, after it was used to
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  Speaker 1: fire an anti-aircraft missile. The official noted that similar covert
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  Speaker 1: self-defence strikes have occurred frequently in recent weeks, but have
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  Speaker 1: been kept secret to avoid escalation with Iran. These actions
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  Speaker 1: are described as the latest in a series of limited,
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  Speaker 1: purposefully secret US military operations aimed at protecting shipping in
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  Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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  Speaker 1: US Central Command did not immediately respond to a request
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  Speaker 1: for comment. In Sweden, two stickers reading JUFRI ZONE appeared
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  Speaker 1: on a shoe store in central Stockholm this past Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: The stickers, placed alongside a boycott movement sticker declaring the
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  Speaker 1: premises an apartheid-free zone, were affixed by provocative Swedish street
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  Speaker 1: artist Dan Park, who claimed it was a blunt translation
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  Speaker 1: of the boycott campaign's meaning. This incident highlights the infiltration
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  Speaker 1: of overt anti-Semitic expressions into public spaces under the guise
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  Speaker 1: of political protest. Following public backlash, the store owner removed
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  Speaker 1: both stickers. Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Ziv Nevo Coleman, responded
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  Speaker 1: on X, calling the discussion abhorrent and noting how normalised
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  Speaker 1: antisemitism has become. Sacha Reutemann, CEO of the Combat Antisemitism Movement,
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  Speaker 1: also commented, drawing parallels to Nazi terminology and stating that
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  Speaker 1: hatred of Israel legitimises attacks on Jews. The incident has
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  Speaker 1: led to calls on social media directed at the Swedish
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  Speaker 1: government for decisive enforcement measures. Domestically, Hebrew media outlets report
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  Speaker 1: that prosecutors intend to charge Tzakai Braverman, the Prime Minister's
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  Speaker 1: Chief of Staff, over the 2024 Bild leak affair. This
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  Speaker 1: development follows a hearing last month that cleared the way
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  Speaker 1: for a potential indictment. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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