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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 15, 2026, 02 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: We begin with significant concerns raised by Israel regarding Iran's
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  Speaker 1: nuclear program. Israel Atomic Energy Commission Director General Moshe Edry
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  Speaker 1: stated that Iran possesses over nine tons of nuclear material
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  Speaker 1: outside the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards. He detailed this
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  Speaker 1: includes 440 kilograms of enriched uranium, an amount he described
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  Speaker 1: as equivalent to more than 10 nuclear devices. Edry accused
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  Speaker 1: Iran of remaining committed to expanding its missile and military
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  Speaker 1: nuclear capabilities, continuing efforts to rebuild its missile production infrastructure,
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  Speaker 1: and attempting to fortify and hide its nuclear program, all
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  Speaker 1: in direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions. He cited
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  Speaker 1: Iran's repeated threats against Israel, the United States, and Gulf
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  Speaker 1: states as evidence of its intentions. In a separate development,
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  Speaker 1: Iran's state broadcaster, IRIB, claimed that its air defence systems
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  Speaker 1: shot down a US military MQ-1 drone over the Strait
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  Speaker 1: of Hormuz. According to IRIB's claims, this would mark the
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  Speaker 1: third such drone downed by Iran on Tuesday. Turning to
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  Speaker 1: regional security and diplomacy, a rare, unannounced military summit was
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  Speaker 1: held in Germany last week, organised by US Central Command
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  Speaker 1: Chief Admiral Brad Cooper. The meeting brought together military commanders
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  Speaker 1: from the United States, Israel and several Arab nations, including
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt,
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  Speaker 1: discussions focused on the conflict with Iran, with US officials
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  Speaker 1: reassuring participating nations of the US commitment to the region.
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  Speaker 1: The IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamia, reportedly
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  Speaker 1: briefed the Arab delegations on Israel's operations on its various fronts.
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  Speaker 1: This engagement signals a strengthening of ties, potentially in line
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  Speaker 1: with the Abraham Accords. In parallel, Israel's ambassador to the
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  Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates, Yossi Shelley, suggested that another country, possibly Kuwait,
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  Speaker 1: could join the Abraham Accords within the next four to
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  Speaker 1: six months. In developments concerning international bodies, a new report
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  Speaker 1: by the NGO UN Watch alleges that the United Nations
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  Speaker 1: Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, has overstated its completion of
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  Speaker 1: reforms promised to donor governments. This comes after revelations of
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  Speaker 1: UNRWA employee participation in the October 7 massacre. UN Watch
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  Speaker 1: stated that many of these reforms were implemented, on paper only.
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  Speaker 1: They quoted Executive Director Hillel Neuer saying, Issuing a policy
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  Speaker 1: is not the same as enforcing it. Closing a recommendation
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  Speaker 1: does not mean the underlying problem has been solved. This
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  Speaker 1: situation follows the suspension of approximately $ 450 million in funding
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  Speaker 1: by international donors. Domestically, survivors and family members of victims
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  Speaker 1: from the October 7 Hamas massacre have released a collection
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  Speaker 1: of documents they've dubbed the October 7 files. They are
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  Speaker 1: demanding accountability and a thorough investigation into the events, blaming
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for policy decisions and ignored warnings
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  Speaker 1: they claim led to the disaster. On the political front,
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  Speaker 1: post-deadline polls indicate a deepening deadlock in Israel, with neither
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  Speaker 1: the Change bloc nor the current coalition appearing able to
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  Speaker 1: secure the 61 Knesset seats needed for a majority. In
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  Speaker 1: related domestic security news, an IDF probe is examining testimony
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  Speaker 1: from Unit 820 and information security concerns, as well as
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  Speaker 1: whether classified material was used in a documentary. Finally, on
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  Speaker 1: the economic front, Malaysian authorities have detained shipments bound for
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  Speaker 1: Israel at its ports. This action signals a significant tightening
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  Speaker 1: of oversight and a stricter interpretation of customs laws to
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  Speaker 1: include transit cargo. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim stated that
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  Speaker 1: his country will not allow our country to be used
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  Speaker 1: as a route for the transfer of shipments that support
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  Speaker 1: or contribute to Israel's military capabilities and its atrocities against
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  Speaker 1: Palestinians and other innocent people. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies,
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