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Houthi Attack on Riyadh Prompts Saudi-Iran Diplomacy · 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 developments in the region. Yemen's Iran-aligned
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  Speaker 1: Houthis carried out a deadly attack on Riyadh's King Khalid
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  Speaker 1: International Airport on Saturday, killing at least 13 people and
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  Speaker 1: injuring over 300. This incident marks the deadliest attack in
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  Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia in over a decade. The strike has led
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  Speaker 1: to widespread aviation disruptions, with major airports in Riyadh and
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  Speaker 1: Dammam closing, and significant cancellations and delays reported in Jeddah.
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  Speaker 1: In the wake of this escalation, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister
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  Speaker 1: held his first publicly reported conversation with his Iranian counterpart.
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  Speaker 1: The two discussed regional tensions and efforts to de-escalate. Iran's
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  Speaker 1: foreign minister indicated Tehran's readiness to assist in facilitating dialogue
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  Speaker 1: between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Turning to the United States,
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  Speaker 1: A former Biden administration official has issued a stark warning
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  Speaker 1: about the state of US-Israel relations. Phil Gordon, who previously
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  Speaker 1: served as National Security Advisor to Vice President Kamala Harris,
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  Speaker 1: stated in an interview that US support for Israel has
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  Speaker 1: collapsed and the damage to the relationship may be irreparably permanent.
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  Speaker 1: Gordon cited missed opportunities to end the Gaza war and
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  Speaker 1: criticism of its conduct as contributing factors to a rapid
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  Speaker 1: and comprehensive decline in in American public sympathy for Israel.
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  Speaker 1: He believes this deterioration could be long-lasting, potentially extending beyond
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  Speaker 1: current political careers. In a different development concerning military capabilities,
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  Speaker 1: Israel's battlefield medicine has demonstrably cut combat casualty mortality rates
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  Speaker 1: in half, according to reports. Rates have fallen from 15%
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  Speaker 1: in the 2006 Lebanon war to 7.1% during the recent
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  Speaker 1: Swords of Iron campaign. These advancements, which include integrated doctors,
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  Speaker 1: field plasma, and real-time data networks, are now being studied
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  Speaker 1: by the US Army as it seeks to overhaul its
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  Speaker 1: own wartime medical capabilities. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you
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