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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - October 4, 2026, 12 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: In the United Kingdom, the Green Party has become the
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  Speaker 1: first mainstream European party to pass a controversial motion declaring
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  Speaker 1: Zionism as racism. Delegates at the party's annual conference voted
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  Speaker 1: in favour of the resolution, which describes Zionism as Israel's
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  Speaker 1: foundational ideology that has created and maintains an apartheid regime.
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  Speaker 1: The motion further supports the establishment of a single democratic
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  Speaker 1: Palestinian state in all of historic Palestine, a proposal critics
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  Speaker 1: say would effectively eradicate the state of Israel. Senior party
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  Speaker 1: figures reportedly opposed the resolution, and an amendment aimed at
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  Speaker 1: protecting Jewish members from expulsion, if they identify as Zionist
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  Speaker 1: also failed to pass. The World Zionist Organization has strongly
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  Speaker 1: condemned the decision, calling it shameful, scandalous and tainted with antisemitism.
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  Speaker 1: and a recycling of modern blood libels. Security concerns are
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  Speaker 1: also highlighted following reports of an alleged plot by a
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  Speaker 1: FlyJubai copilot to deliberately crash a passenger plane into Tel
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  Speaker 1: Aviv skyscrapers. Italian outlet Coriella della Sera, citing Israeli intelligence,
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  Speaker 1: reported that Hammam al-Hammami attacked the pilot and attempted to
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  Speaker 1: disable the aircraft before passengers intervened. Israeli authorities are reportedly
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  Speaker 1: treating this as a lone wolf incident. This situation is
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  Speaker 1: compounded by revelations that Israel's state controller had warned two
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  Speaker 1: years ago about the need to re-examine foreign aircraft security
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  Speaker 1: arrangements and adopt an integrated approach, a warning that appears
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  Speaker 1: to have been largely overlooked according to J-Post. Investigations into
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  Speaker 1: the copilot's background and potential radicalisation are ongoing, with Australian
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  Speaker 1: authorities involved. Regionally, a significant development in Yemen as President
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  Speaker 1: Rashid al-Alami announced the commencement of a full-scale military operation
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  Speaker 1: across all fronts. The objective is to liberate Yemen from
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  Speaker 1: Houthi control, marking a major escalation in the ongoing conflict there. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: in Iran, human rights advocates are raising alarms over the
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  Speaker 1: demolition of a watchtower at Gohardasht prison, also known as
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  Speaker 1: Rajshah prison. Footage shared on Persian media shows the destruction,
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  Speaker 1: which critics fear may be intended to erase critical evidence
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  Speaker 1: of past state crimes against humanity. including the executions of
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  Speaker 1: political prisoners following the 1979 revolution. Back in Israel, a
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  Speaker 1: conference for senior IDF command staff, led by Chief of
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  Speaker 1: Staff Eyal Zamia, has reviewed lessons learned from the October
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  Speaker 1: 7 events. Zamia emphasised the critical need for IDF expansion
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  Speaker 1: to address future threats and acknowledged the army's failure on
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  Speaker 1: that day. During the conference, the Chief of Staff also
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  Speaker 1: awarded an Appreciation Certificate to Sergeant V from Unit 820.
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  Speaker 1: who had previously warned that Hamas was preparing for a
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  Speaker 1: large-scale surprise attack. For continuing coverage of antisemitism around the world,
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  Speaker 1: slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank you for listening to
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