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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 7, 2026, 01 PM 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: The International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed that a Syrian
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  Speaker 1: nuclear reactor, destroyed by Israel in 2007, was an undeclared
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  Speaker 1: facility capable of producing fissile material for nuclear weapons. IAEA
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  Speaker 1: Director General Rafael Grossi described the findings, which indicate the
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  Speaker 1: reactor was nearly complete, as a historic breakthrough. The agency
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  Speaker 1: has resolved its outstanding safeguards questions with Syria's new authorities,
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  Speaker 1: who are cooperating. This development comes as concerns persist regarding
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  Speaker 1: Iran's nuclear programme. Despite significant damage inflicted by Israeli and
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  Speaker 1: US strikes in 2025 and early 2026, multiple sources tell
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  Speaker 1: the Jerusalem Post that the potential future danger remains real,
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  Speaker 1: though nothing is imminent. While most of Iran's nuclear facilities
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  Speaker 1: were made inoperable, A sizeable volume of centrifuges reportedly survived
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  Speaker 1: deep underground. The IAEA has been unable to verify Iran's
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  Speaker 1: programme since June 2025. In security news, a new poll
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  Speaker 1: reveals that 77% of Israelis fear an October 7-style attack
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  Speaker 1: originating from the West Bank. Following these findings, Defence Minister
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  Speaker 1: Israel Katz announced that the IDF is directed to prepare
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  Speaker 1: for an all-out war against senior Palestinian Authority officials and infrastructure,
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  Speaker 1: should such an attack be planned. This comes amid reports
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  Speaker 1: that PA security forces have grown significantly beyond the numbers
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  Speaker 1: permitted by the Oslo Accords. On the humanitarian front, a
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  Speaker 1: United Nations expert has warned that Israel's ongoing clearance of
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  Speaker 1: Gaza's estimated 61 million tonnes of rubble could destroy valuable
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  Speaker 1: evidence of atrocity crimes and hinder the recovery of human remains.
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  Speaker 1: The UN expert, Francesca Albanese, stated that the debris is
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  Speaker 1: part of a crime scene and graveyard. Meanwhile, IDF operations
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  Speaker 1: continue in Gaza, with recent strikes eliminating two terrorists from
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  Speaker 1: Hamas and Islamic Jihad involved in planting explosive devices against troops.
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  Speaker 1: In a personal case, Cameron Hekmati, a Jewish-Iranian-American citizen held
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  Speaker 1: in Tehran's Evin prison, has reportedly been released. However, according
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  Speaker 1: to Iranian sources and organisations assisting with his case, a
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  Speaker 1: travel ban remains in effect, preventing him from leaving Iran.
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  Speaker 1: Iranian authorities have not officially confirmed his release or the
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  Speaker 1: conditions under which he was freed. Hekmati was previously convicted
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  Speaker 1: for a visit to Israel over a decade ago. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to the economy, German shipping group Hapag Lloyd is working
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  Speaker 1: to improve its proposed $ 4. 2 billion cash purchase of ZIM
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  Speaker 1: integrated shipping services. The deal has faced heavy opposition in
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  Speaker 1: Israel from the government and ZIM's workers, who cite national
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  Speaker 1: security concerns over transferring Israel's shipping to a foreign company.
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  Speaker 1: Hapag-Lloyd states that an improved proposal aims to further strengthen
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  Speaker 1: Israel's maritime security and independence. On the diplomatic front, the
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  Speaker 1: United States Special Env, to monitor and combat antisemitism, Ambassador
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  Speaker 1: Rabbi Yehuda Kaplan has formally intervened in a dispute over
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  Speaker 1: the historic Snipisks Jewish Cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania. He issued
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  Speaker 1: a sharp letter warning against renewed development plans at the
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  Speaker 1: sacred burial site. Separately, the Republic of Nauru officially inaugurated
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  Speaker 1: its embassy in Jerusalem today, becoming the ninth country to
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  Speaker 1: establish an embassy in Israel's capital, further strengthening bilateral ties.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, two new petitions have been filed
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  Speaker 1: seeking to overturn the Central Elections Committee's decision to allow
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  Speaker 1: political parties to track voters in real time. These will
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  Speaker 1: be heard by the High Court of Justice. In other
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  Speaker 1: political news, Aliza Block has joined the Blue and White Party.
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  Speaker 1: and Otzma Yehudit held its first faction meeting with Gottlieb. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: in international business cooperation, Israel's Raf-L advanced combat systems, alongside
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  Speaker 1: German state officials from Lower Saxony, have signed a declaration
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  Speaker 1: of intent to explore transforming a Volkswagen plant in Osnabrück
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  Speaker 1: into a centre of excellence for defence technologies, and in
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  Speaker 1: a sign of growing international solidarity. A two-day conference in
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  Speaker 1: London brought together Jewish and Kurdish leaders, scholars and activists
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  Speaker 1: to build cooperation based on their shared history. Israeli Foreign
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  Speaker 1: Minister Gideon Saar sent a video address expressing support for
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  Speaker 1: the event. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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