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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 28, 2026, 12 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: In international security news, five suspects arrested in connection with
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  Speaker 1: a foiled bomb plot targeting the UK's RAF Fairford airbase
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  Speaker 1: have been released on bail. UK counter-terrorism policing is investigating
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  Speaker 1: potential geopolitical motivations and foreign state involvement. Iran's embassy in
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  Speaker 1: London has denied any links. labelling accusations as Iranophobia propaganda.
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  Speaker 1: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had previously threatened the base. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Israel is responding strongly to international measures concerning its territories.
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  Speaker 1: The Dutch ban on products from the West Bank, East
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  Speaker 1: Jerusalem and the Golan Heights has been described by Israel's
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  Speaker 1: foreign ministry as outrageous and offensive. Political director Gilad Cohen
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  Speaker 1: stated its leading to Israelis being singled out and subjected
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  Speaker 1: to luggage inspections at Dutch airports. In response, Israel has
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  Speaker 1: revoked the status of Dutch diplomats based in Ramallah. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband told anti-Israel protesters they were
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  Speaker 1: right and vowed to tighten sanctions targeting Judea and Samaria.
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  Speaker 1: A new academic study offers a different perspective, examining and
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  Speaker 1: rejecting prominent accusations against Israel. The research concludes that claims
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  Speaker 1: of apartheid and genocide are not established, and settler colonialism
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  Speaker 1: is an inadequate classification. after analysing legal definitions and historical contexts.
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  Speaker 1: Updated satellite imagery from Google Earth reveals extensive destruction across Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: showing areas where the IDF reports clearing Hamas terrorists from schools, mosques,
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  Speaker 1: hospitals and residential buildings. Domestically, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is
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  Speaker 1: accusing Arab states of orchestrating a false blood libel campaign
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  Speaker 1: aimed at destabilising his government. He denied reports that he
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  Speaker 1: received prior warnings from Egypt and the UAE, about the
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  Speaker 1: October 7th attacks, suggesting these claims are designed to replace
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  Speaker 1: his government with a left-wing coalition. A controversy has emerged
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  Speaker 1: involving Likud election candidate Itzik Bonzal, who expressed regret that
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  Speaker 1: former hostage Yoshev Lifshitz had not been returned to Hamas,
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  Speaker 1: following her criticism of the Prime Minister's handling of the
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  Speaker 1: hostage crisis. Bonzal later apologised, citing his emotions as a
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  Speaker 1: bereaved father. Lifshitz, in turn, accused Netanyahu of sending Bonzel
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  Speaker 1: to incite against her. In legal news, Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu is reportedly not legally contesting the findings of the
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  Speaker 1: case 3000, Submarine Affair State Inquiry, which had issued him
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  Speaker 1: an interim warning that his actions endangered national security and
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  Speaker 1: Israel's foreign relations. On the northern front, thousands gathered in
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  Speaker 1: Lebanon to mark the second anniversary of Hezbollah leader Hassan
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  Speaker 1: Nasrallah's death. However, A notable absence of high-ranking Lebanese officials
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  Speaker 1: and political figures was observed, which analysts suggest indicates Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: is facing significant political challenges and losing ground within Lebanon.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF reports intercepting a drone carrying weapons that crossed
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  Speaker 1: from the east into Israeli territory during the night. IDF
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  Speaker 1: forces from the Yoav Brigade secured the drone, which was
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  Speaker 1: carrying nine Kalashnikov-type weapons, magazines and a pistol. In a
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  Speaker 1: clarification regarding international rhetoric, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese issued
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  Speaker 1: an apology for misinterpreting the term muselman used in Nazi camps.
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  Speaker 1: She retracted a statement linking it to an argument about antisemitism,
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  Speaker 1: originally meaning hatred of all Semitic peoples, confirming it was
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  Speaker 1: coined specifically to denote hatred of Jews. Turning to economic ties,
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  Speaker 1: three Israeli carriers will begin offering non-stop service to Marrakesh
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  Speaker 1: by November, with Israel also planning flights to Casablanca. This
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  Speaker 1: expansion follows recent agreements to upgrade diplomatic relations between Israel
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  Speaker 1: and Morocco. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find it at clockworkmedia.org
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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