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Houthi Escalation Targets Saudi Infrastructure · 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 escalating tensions in the region as Yemen's
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  Speaker 1: Iran-aligned Houthi forces have intensified missile strikes against Saudi Arabia.
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  Speaker 1: A loud blast was heard at Riyadh's main international airport
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, leading to the evacuation of passengers and significant
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  Speaker 1: flight disruptions. Major airlines, including Etihad and Qatar Airways, cancelled
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  Speaker 1: multiple flights to Riyadh, with some cancellations extending into Monday.
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  Speaker 1: This incident follows two previous airport attacks earlier in the week.
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  Speaker 1: Adding to the concern, the Houthis also struck the Shedgham
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  Speaker 1: gas processing plant in Saudi Arabia's Gawar oil field, the
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  Speaker 1: world's largest conventional oil field, overnight. These attacks target critical
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  Speaker 1: energy infrastructure and civilian transportation hubs, prompting warnings from the
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  Speaker 1: Houthis for airliners to avoid Saudi airspace, which they've declared
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  Speaker 1: a zone of military operations. Closer to home, the IDF
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  Speaker 1: and Shin Bet have conducted operations in Khan Yunis, Gaza,
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  Speaker 1: eliminating key terrorist figures. Earlier this week, they neutralised Mohamed
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  Speaker 1: Abu Shalouf, identified as a company commander in the military
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  Speaker 1: wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who had participated in the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 massacre. Yesterday, in another targeted strike, they eliminated
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  Speaker 1: Musa Atif Musa Abu Dan, a Hamas-Nakba terrorist. Both individuals
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  Speaker 1: were reportedly advancing terror plots against IDF forces and Israeli
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  Speaker 1: civilians and were working to rebuild Hamas's capabilities. On the
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic front, reports indicate that the United States had previously
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  Speaker 1: pressed Israel to conduct a solo strike operation against Iran.
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  Speaker 1: Sources told Mariv that this occurred over the past two weeks,
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  Speaker 1: with Washington aiming to shift the political risks of such
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  Speaker 1: a military action to Israel, particularly ahead of the US
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  Speaker 1: mid-term elections. The intention was reportedly to shield then-President Trump
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  Speaker 1: from potential negative consequences. However, US officials have since backed
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  Speaker 1: down from this demand, at least for now, according to
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  Speaker 1: these reports. In a separate security development, UAE prosecutors revealed
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  Speaker 1: details of a foiled terror plot targeting Israel. An Omani
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  Speaker 1: copilot had allegedly planned to crash a passenger aircraft near
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  Speaker 1: Israel's Ben Gurion airport and carry out a suicide attack
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  Speaker 1: on the airport terminal. Investigators detailed his radicalisation process, which
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  Speaker 1: began in Melbourne, Australia, in 2017, after consuming extremist material
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  Speaker 1: glorifying the September 11 attacks. He reportedly used two previous
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  Speaker 1: flights to tell Aviv to study the airport, before attempting
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  Speaker 1: the attack on his third flight. 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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