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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-06 at 00:02 · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: The time is now 12.01am in New York. I'm Noah
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  Speaker 1: Levi and this is the latest Israel Today, ongoing war report.
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  Speaker 1: In regional impacts in northeast Syria, new rules by Islamist
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  Speaker 1: authorities have tightened taxes and regulations on alcohol, pushing up
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  Speaker 1: prices and squeezing shoppers. Damascus's April move to bring the
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  Speaker 1: Semalca border crossing with Iraq under state control has reduced
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  Speaker 1: official imports. leaving the region more reliant on alcohol that
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  Speaker 1: arrives via smuggling, which carries higher costs. Ayaz Ibrahim, a
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  Speaker 1: shop owner in Kamishli, says, anything smuggled has a much
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  Speaker 1: higher price plus transport costs, so it's gone up a lot.
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  Speaker 1: The Kurdish-majority region, historically more liberal on drinking, is feeling
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  Speaker 1: the pinch as these controls change access and prices for residents.
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  Speaker 1: In the conflict with Iran and its regional proxies, IDF Colonel,
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  Speaker 1: Reserve Oranzini, praised security forces for operations against Hamas and
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  Speaker 1: for the arrest of the head of Hamas's Shin Bet,
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  Speaker 1: saying they have demonstrated extraordinary capability in both Gaza and
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  Speaker 1: the north. He warned against any future agreement that would
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  Speaker 1: force the IDF to withdraw from Gaza or from Lebanon
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  Speaker 1: before missions are completed, noting that current policy allows actions
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  Speaker 1: in areas previously out of reach and that there is
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  Speaker 1: a heavy price for hesitation. In Israeli domestic politics, Huckabee's
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  Speaker 1: West Bank message emphasises condemning violence and defending truth, arguing
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  Speaker 1: that wrongdoing should be condemned without indicting an entire society
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  Speaker 1: and that Israel's right to build in Area C must
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  Speaker 1: be defended. He urged clear judgments on violence by both
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  Speaker 1: Israelis and Palestinians, warning against distortions that turn individual acts
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  Speaker 1: into a blanket accusation. A separate analysis of election results
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  Speaker 1: finds that Rehoboth has historically been the city most accurately
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  Speaker 1: reflecting Israel's vote, followed by Petah Tikva, Haifa and Hadara,
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  Speaker 1: while Tel Aviv and Jerusalem rank lowest, just above the
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  Speaker 1: Ultra-Orthodox and Arab cities. In uplifting news, archaeologists in northwestern
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  Speaker 1: Turkey report the discovery of about 25 limestone turtle figurines
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  Speaker 1: dating to the Epiphalolithic period, roughly 14,500 to 11,200 BCE,
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  Speaker 1: inside Jadiyakaya Hill Cave. The largest figurine measures about 30
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  Speaker 1: centimetres long, and several pieces are clay-covered. The finds, uncovered
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  Speaker 1: by a team led by Deniz Sari of Bilesik University,
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  Speaker 1: and excavations conducted with a presidential decree, are said to
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  Speaker 1: indicate the cave was an important ritual site and add
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  Speaker 1: a new dimension to the region's prehistoric ritual context. Thank
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  Speaker 1: you for tuning in to this Israel Today, ongoing war
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  Speaker 1: report update. I'm Noah Levi. Stay safe and informed. Keep
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  Speaker 1: in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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