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Houthi Attacks on Saudi Aramco Spur Oil Price Surge · 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: Concerns are mounting over regional escalations. Houthi attacks targeting Saudi
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  Speaker 1: Aramco facilities and airports have led to staff evacuations and
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  Speaker 1: driven global oil prices higher, with Saudi Arabia reporting interception
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  Speaker 1: of drones over Riyadh and Medina. This development occurs amidst
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  Speaker 1: intensifying fighting with Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group. Meanwhile, Israeli intelligence
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  Speaker 1: suggests Iran and its proxies may be considering attacks aimed
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  Speaker 1: at influencing upcoming Israeli elections, a scenario that has defence
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  Speaker 1: officials concerned about potential miscalculations. Adding to the regional picture,
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  Speaker 1: Iran has deployed artillery and heavy weaponry to its northwestern
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  Speaker 1: Kurdish regions bordering Iraq, intensifying its crackdown on opposition groups
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  Speaker 1: like PJAK. In a separate tactic, Hezbollah is reportedly recruiting
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  Speaker 1: convicted felons in Latin America, training them in Lebanon and
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  Speaker 1: deploying them to scout targets, employing a strategy of plausible deniability.
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  Speaker 1: In Judea and Samaria, tensions remain high following settler violence
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  Speaker 1: against international journalists and European diplomats. While arrests were made,
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  Speaker 1: a Jerusalem court ordered the release of nine of the
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  Speaker 1: ten suspects to house arrest, a move drawing criticism. Separately,
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  Speaker 1: activists from the Tsav 9 movement blocked aid trucks entering Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: demanding the territory's demilitarisation and Hamas's dismantling. An incident in
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  Speaker 1: Yitzhar saw a 12-year-old cyclist critically injured. Across the Atlantic,
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  Speaker 1: in Manhattan, a Harbod Hassid was stabbed in the Diamond District.
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  Speaker 1: The Manhattan Shomrim and the New York Police Department's Hate
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  Speaker 1: Crimes Task Force are investigating the incident as a possible
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  Speaker 1: anti-Semitic attack. Domestically, as Israelis prepare for elections, Peace with
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  Speaker 1: the Palestinians is conspicuously absent from the political discourse. Instead,
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  Speaker 1: discussions focus on the state's character and security. A significant,
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  Speaker 1: yet lesser-known, aspect of the upcoming political landscape is the
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  Speaker 1: power the next government will hold to appoint 10 out
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  Speaker 1: of 15 Supreme Court judges. On the economic front, Prime
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  Speaker 1: Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister Eli Cohen visited the Leviathan
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  Speaker 1: gas platform. highlighting projected gas revenues expected to exceed 350
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  Speaker 1: billion shekels. In a gesture of goodwill, Prime Minister Netanyahu
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  Speaker 1: has invited India's Prime Minister and the pilot who assisted
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  Speaker 1: in rescuing a fly-Jubai flight to light a torch at
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  Speaker 1: Israel's Independence Day ceremony. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media. Find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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