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Rafah Firefight Ends Hamas Leader Yahya Sinwar's Life · 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 significant developments from Gaza. IDF soldiers have
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  Speaker 1: recalled the intense firefight in Rafah that ultimately led to
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  Speaker 1: the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, according to World
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  Speaker 1: Israel News. They described the operation, from the initial spotting
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  Speaker 1: of the target to the moments of confirmation. Also from Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: Mariv News Flash reports that Hamas terrorists were liquidated with
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  Speaker 1: drills in hand while attempting to steal the Treasury of
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  Speaker 1: Combat Engineering. Turning to domestic politics, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: has publicly criticised the Israeli military police for arresting dozens
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  Speaker 1: of Haredi men at Ben Gurion Airport. Speaking to the
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  Speaker 1: ultra-orthodox radio station Kol Barama, Netanyahu described the arrests as
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  Speaker 1: a deliberate attempt to harm the process of drafting Haredim
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  Speaker 1: without coercion. adding that young men not engaged in Torah
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  Speaker 1: study should enlist. This comes amid heightened tensions as Haredi
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  Speaker 1: parties are demanding that a conscription law be approved before
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  Speaker 1: the next government is sworn in, with some stating there
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  Speaker 1: will be no negotiations without a law approved in three readings,
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  Speaker 1: according to Mariv News Flash. The IDF, however, affirmed that
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  Speaker 1: all individuals arrested are required to enlist and will be
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  Speaker 1: tried according to the law, emphasising the routine enforcement of
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  Speaker 1: the defence service law. In ongoing legal proceedings, former Attorney
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  Speaker 1: General Avichai Mandelblit testified in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criminal trial.
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  Speaker 1: Mandelblit stated he approved questioning Netanyahu as a suspect, but
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  Speaker 1: could not recall if he explicitly authorised mentioning bribery in
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  Speaker 1: the formal warning for Case 4000, according to jpost.com. The
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  Speaker 1: trial encompasses charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: families of slain Gaza hostages have issued an open letter
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  Speaker 1: to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Likud party, urging them
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  Speaker 1: to stop using the phrase We brought everyone home in
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  Speaker 1: their election campaign, according to jpost.com. The families accused the
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  Speaker 1: ruling party of exploiting their loved one's deaths for political gain,
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  Speaker 1: stating their bodies returned in coffins. They called for Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: to take responsibility and establish a state commission of inquiry
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  Speaker 1: into the failures of October 7. A notable political development
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  Speaker 1: sees former National Security Council head and long-time Likud politician
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  Speaker 1: Tzakai Hengbi announce he will vote for Avigdor Liberman's Yisrael
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  Speaker 1: Beiteinu in the upcoming election. As reported by Jpost.com and
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  Speaker 1: the Times of Israel, Hengbi cited growing disagreements with elements
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  Speaker 1: of the Israeli right, particularly over ultra-Orthodox exemptions from military service,
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  Speaker 1: attitudes towards the judiciary, and the conduct of political leaders.
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  Speaker 1: lamenting what he described as messianic and racist voices within
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  Speaker 1: the Prime Minister's bloc. Turning to regional tensions, US War
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  Speaker 1: Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A
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  Speaker 1: meeting that offers insight into the current high level of
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  Speaker 1: military alert, according to Israel Hayem. Despite US President Donald
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  Speaker 1: Trump's public statements indicating no intention to strike Iran before
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  Speaker 1: the elections, Netanyahu has reportedly been holding daily discussions, with
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  Speaker 1: senior administration officials. The question of whether Iran's nuclear facilities
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  Speaker 1: might be attacked before the US elections remains a point
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  Speaker 1: of focus. In other domestic news, authorities have arrested 21 suspects,
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  Speaker 1: including soldiers, in a multi-million shekel fraud crackdown in connection
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  Speaker 1: with Gaza operations, according to jpost.com. The investigation revealed a
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  Speaker 1: scheme where heavy machine contractors allegedly teamed up with IDF soldiers.
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  Speaker 1: to inflate operational reports and forge hours for heavy machinery
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  Speaker 1: during the Swords of Iron campaign. In business news, Mariv
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  Speaker 1: News Flash reports that Elbit has announced it is conquering
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  Speaker 1: a new target, this time underwater, with details emerging about
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  Speaker 1: a deal in Canada. And in other news, Mariv News
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  Speaker 1: Flash reports an Arkea plane travelling from New York to
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  Speaker 1: Israel transmitted a distress signal over the Atlantic Ocean, leading
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  Speaker 1: to a change in its flight path. Mariv also notes
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  Speaker 1: a grim forecast for traffic jams. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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