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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 23, 2026, 06 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: Israeli security officials are expressing concern over a heightened risk
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  Speaker 1: of broader regional escalation due to multiple converging flashpoints, including
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  Speaker 1: US-Iran tensions and the activities of Iranian proxies like Hezbollah
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  Speaker 1: and the Houthis. According to Waller, the defence establishment is
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  Speaker 1: monitoring various arenas, preparing for the possibility that a deterioration
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  Speaker 1: in one could affect the entire region. Iran itself is
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  Speaker 1: reportedly producing surface-to-surface missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, while simultaneously
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  Speaker 1: strengthening its relationships with proxies in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.
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  Speaker 1: UNIT reports that Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisers have helped plan
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  Speaker 1: operations and analyse battlefield intelligence for Houthi advances in Yemen.
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  Speaker 1: On the Lebanese border, Lebanese military expert Hisham Jaber stated
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  Speaker 1: that Hezbollah's decision to fight alongside Hamas after October 7
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  Speaker 1: led to the destruction of its deterrence, calling the conflict
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  Speaker 1: an act of stupidity that brought catastrophe to Lebanon. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: Jordan's King Abdullah Ai has voiced concerns that Israel's regional
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  Speaker 1: actions represent a threat, citing Syria as a warning. Jordan
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  Speaker 1: is focused on preventing spillover from Syria and maintaining stability
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  Speaker 1: in the southern region. a contrast to Israeli policies like
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  Speaker 1: seeking a demilitarized southern Syria. In Gaza, a significant development
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  Speaker 1: is the upcoming unveiling of a six-month, $ 2. 45 billion recovery
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  Speaker 1: plan for the territory by US President Donald Trump's Board
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  Speaker 1: of Peace. This plan reportedly includes funding for temporary housing,
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  Speaker 1: rubble removal, hospital repairs, economic recovery, and the deployment of
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  Speaker 1: a multinational security force. On the ground, an Israeli airstrike
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  Speaker 1: in western Khan Yunis killed two Palestinians. Israel's Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz stated that the
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  Speaker 1: strike targeted Mohamed Abu Elwen, who they identified as a
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  Speaker 1: senior Hamas finance official, reiterating the goal to dismantle the organisation.
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to travel to the
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  Speaker 1: United States to address the UN General Assembly amid concerns
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  Speaker 1: of growing diplomatic isolation. Reports suggest that while US President
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  Speaker 1: Trump is willing to meet with Iranian officials, he has
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  Speaker 1: indicated no interest in meeting Netanyahu at this time, a
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  Speaker 1: situation described as a genuine diplomatic crisis affecting Israel's security initiatives.
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  Speaker 1: In Israeli domestic politics, former Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman has
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  Speaker 1: sparked controversy with a proposal for Jordan to assume security
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  Speaker 1: and administrative responsibility for parts of the West Bank, specifically
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  Speaker 1: areas A and B. Prime Minister Netanyahu and Finance Minister
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  Speaker 1: Beit Sarlel Smotrich strongly criticised the idea, with Netanyahu accusing
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  Speaker 1: Liberman of moving to the left. Liberman later clarified that
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  Speaker 1: his proposal envisioned an Israeli-Jordanian confederation. A recent poll also
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  Speaker 1: indicates that roughly 550,000 first-time Jewish voters, potentially representing 10
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  Speaker 1: to 12 Knesset seats, show a strong right-wing ideological tilt
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  Speaker 1: but are divided among multiple parties. Internationally, Vincent Reynward, a
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  Speaker 1: French national with multiple prior convictions for similar offences, has
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  Speaker 1: been sentenced to eight months in jail and ordered to
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  Speaker 1: pay damages to Jewish groups. The conviction stems from his
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  Speaker 1: denial of Nazi gas chambers and anti-Semitic remarks. Separately, Syrian
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  Speaker 1: President Ahmed al-Shara stated that Syria had been close to
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  Speaker 1: reaching a 90% security agreement with Israel before Israel withdrew
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  Speaker 1: from negotiations. suggesting a deal could have opened the door
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  Speaker 1: to broader peace talks. Additionally, a clarification has been issued
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  Speaker 1: regarding French President Emmanuel Macron's remarks at the UN General Assembly.
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  Speaker 1: A French diplomatic source explained that comments perceived as downplaying
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  Speaker 1: Hamas activity in the West Bank were a translation misinterpretation,
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  Speaker 1: with the intended meaning being that Hamas has never governed
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