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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 7, 2026, 01 AM 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: We begin with a strong statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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  Speaker 1: He issued a stern warning to Iran on Sunday against
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  Speaker 1: attacking Israel, vowing that Tehran would face a blow it
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  Speaker 1: cannot even imagine. Speaking at a Rosh Hashanah toast during
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  Speaker 1: a government meeting, Netanyahu declared Israel's determination to bring about
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  Speaker 1: the collapse of the Iranian regime, stating, This regime in Iran,
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  Speaker 1: its end is near. He asserted that Israel has emerged
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  Speaker 1: stronger from recent conflicts, while its enemies have been weakened,
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  Speaker 1: crediting strategic gains achieved with the United States in removing
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  Speaker 1: existential threats. The Prime Minister noted that Iran is currently
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  Speaker 1: refraining from attacking Israel because it understands the consequences, but
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  Speaker 1: warned that Tehran could still miscalculate. Do not try us,
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  Speaker 1: he urged adversaries. while praising IDF soldiers and security services
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  Speaker 1: for continuing to target terrorists on multiple fronts. Netanyahu identified
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  Speaker 1: the toppling of the Iranian regime as a foremost remaining mission,
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  Speaker 1: describing the government as increasingly vulnerable and fighting for its life.
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  Speaker 1: In parallel developments concerning regional tensions, reports indicate that US
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  Speaker 1: special forces concluded a four-month covert mission to clear mines
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  Speaker 1: in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Financial Times,
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  Speaker 1: as reported by jpost.com, The operation by US Navy SEALs
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  Speaker 1: aimed to make the vital waterway safer for commercial vessels,
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  Speaker 1: which had largely avoided it following US-Iran hostilities. Iran has
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  Speaker 1: stated it placed mines in international and Omani waters. The
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  Speaker 1: International Maritime Organization had estimated roughly 80 mines were deployed
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  Speaker 1: along important shipping routes. The covert operation took place amid
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  Speaker 1: ongoing exchanges of strikes between the US and Iran, while
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  Speaker 1: US President Donald Trump announced last week that all mines,
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  Speaker 1: in the straits international waters had been removed or destroyed.
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  Speaker 1: Sources familiar with the mission express uncertainty about whether the
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  Speaker 1: entire Strait of Hormuz has been cleared, noting that the
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  Speaker 1: mere possibility of mines can leverage pressure and increase insurance costs.
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  Speaker 1: Turning to Gaza, Jad Kushner stated on Sunday that the
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  Speaker 1: United States is only now beginning to grasp the staggering
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  Speaker 1: scale of the enclave's militarisation. Speaking in Kyiv, Kushner warned
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  Speaker 1: that dismantling the weapons and armed infrastructure across Gaza will
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  Speaker 1: be an enormous challenge. He revealed that Washington had worked
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  Speaker 1: with Hamas for over four months and that the group
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  Speaker 1: signed an agreement committing to demilitarization. Kushner stressed that civilian
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  Speaker 1: government cannot take hold while Gaza remains flooded with weapons,
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  Speaker 1: acknowledging that while Washington and Jerusalem agree on the ultimate
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  Speaker 1: goal for Gaza, there is friction over how to achieve it.
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  Speaker 1: He attributed some of these difficulties to Israeli politics. In Europe,
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  Speaker 1: The continent's leading rabbinical organisation is urging governments to move
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  Speaker 1: beyond physical security measures and confront the ideological and financial
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  Speaker 1: networks fuelling escalating anti-Semitic violence. The Conference of European Rabbis
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  Speaker 1: unveiled a seven-point manifesto in Brussels. President-Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
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  Speaker 1: warned that nearly every Jewish school and synagogue in Europe
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  Speaker 1: sits behind guards, steel barriers and concrete blocks, a reality
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  Speaker 1: he described as not normal for children. The plan calls
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  Speaker 1: for cutting extremist funding, cracking down on clerics who incite hatred,
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  Speaker 1: closing institutions that promote violence, and implementing tougher actions against
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  Speaker 1: online radicalisation and anti-Semitic intimidation. The rabbis contend that a
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  Speaker 1: Europe unable to protect its Jews cannot credibly claim to
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  Speaker 1: defend democracy. Domestically, Israel faces a concerning trend in its
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  Speaker 1: healthcare sector. The Jerusalem Post reports that Israel is losing
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  Speaker 1: doctors at an alarming rate. Between 2023 and 2025, 1,370
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  Speaker 1: Israeli doctors left the country for over a year, marking
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  Speaker 1: a 94% increase compared to a decade prior. After accounting
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  Speaker 1: for returning physicians, Israel recorded a net loss of 509
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  Speaker 1: doctors in 2023 and 2024, which is roughly five times
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  Speaker 1: the annual average of the previous decade. The report urges
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  Speaker 1: policymakers to identify reasons for doctors leaving and improve working conditions.
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  Speaker 1: while also suggesting an expansion of efforts to recruit more
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  Speaker 1: Jewish doctors from around the world through programmes like Nefesh B. Nefesh,
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  Speaker 1: which aims to facilitate Aliyah for physicians. I'm Noah Levi,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for listening to Israel Today Ongoing War Report.
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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  Speaker 1: so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view.