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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - September 29, 2026, 08 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 Syria, the internal security forces claim to have dismantled
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  Speaker 1: a three-person Hezbollah cell plotting sabotage in the Yarmouk Basin
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  Speaker 1: area of Daraa. According to a Tuesday post on Xslash Twitter,
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  Speaker 1: the cell was preparing rocket launch platforms, which the ISF
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  Speaker 1: stated have been dismantled. This operation comes amid Israeli security
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  Speaker 1: assessments that Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharar is diverting resources toward
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  Speaker 1: building a large standing army and acquiring weapon systems, rather
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  Speaker 1: than infrastructure or civilian welfare. Meanwhile, a Belgium-based organisation, the
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  Speaker 1: Hind Rajab Foundation, has filed a criminal complaint in Vietnam
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  Speaker 1: against an Israeli reservist. The foundation alleges the reservist's involvement
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  Speaker 1: in the destruction of civilian property during the war in Gaza.
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  Speaker 1: The complaint names an Israeli reservist, identified as HG, who
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  Speaker 1: served as a D9 bulldozer operator, accusing him of documenting
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  Speaker 1: and participating in demolitions in Gaza City, Khan Yunis and Rafah.
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  Speaker 1: The foundation, which has pursued IDF soldiers travelling abroad, claims
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  Speaker 1: HG documented the destruction of the Arbas police station and
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  Speaker 1: Palestine Square. According to the foundation's translation of a social
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  Speaker 1: media post, the soldier described their unit's activities as, we
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  Speaker 1: look for suspicious things. When we find something, we call
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  Speaker 1: the senior commanders, and when there is nothing there, we
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  Speaker 1: complete the demolition and flatten everything. As of Monday, there
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  Speaker 1: was no indication that Vietnamese authorities had taken action on
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  Speaker 1: the complaint. Turning to antisemitism, a report by the Community
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  Speaker 1: Security Trust indicates a significant rise in incidents at British universities.
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  Speaker 1: The CSD recorded 178 university-related antisemitic incidents between the 2024
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  Speaker 1: to 2026 academic years, with a 14% increase in 2025-26 alone.
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  Speaker 1: This represents a nearly 80% rise compared to the period
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  Speaker 1: before the October 2023 Hamas attacks. Most incidents involved abusive behaviour,
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  Speaker 1: but the report also noted two incidents of extreme violence
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  Speaker 1: in 2024-25 and six assaults over the two-year period. The
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  Speaker 1: CSD also reported that 16 antisemitic incidents during this time
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  Speaker 1: were perpetrated by university staff. In the Netherlands, Jigal Markasoa,
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  Speaker 1: president of the Jewish Communities, warns that the country is
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  Speaker 1: the first in line to make life more complicated for
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  Speaker 1: Jewish people. This comes after the Dutch government's implementation of
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  Speaker 1: a ban on all Jewish-made goods originating from the West Bank,
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  Speaker 1: East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Markasoa told the Jerusalem
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  Speaker 1: Post that the ban is indicative of a wider problem,
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  Speaker 1: citing instances where Jewish children were not allowed to rent
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  Speaker 1: halls for events and where Israeli flags were removed. He
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  Speaker 1: believes the ban came to fruition via Hamas media information,
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  Speaker 1: with politicians repeating terms like genocide without full knowledge. Marcus
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  Speaker 1: also noted that 35-40% of Jews living in the Netherlands
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  Speaker 1: are Israeli and that the majority of the government is
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  Speaker 1: currently not on their side. On the international stage, US
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  Speaker 1: President Donald Trump stated that Iran will eventually give up
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  Speaker 1: its nuclear ambitions, calling it a central US objective. Speaking
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  Speaker 1: at a White House event, Trump contrasted the US approach
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  Speaker 1: to Iran with that of North Korea, which he attributed
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  Speaker 1: to a different president and past failures. He also commented
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  Speaker 1: on an investigation near RAF Fairford, a British airbase used
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  Speaker 1: by US forces, criticising the decision to release five arrested
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  Speaker 1: men on bail, whom he described as seriously bad people. Domestically,
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  Speaker 1: opposition leader Yair Lapid addressed concerns following Prime Minister Benjamin
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's warning of a possible pre-election attack by Israel's enemies.
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  Speaker 1: Lapid stated there was no need for public panic, emphasising
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  Speaker 1: that security threats should be handled professionally and responsibly, and
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  Speaker 1: that Israel's security and IDF bases should not be used
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  Speaker 1: as election campaign backdrops. He also raised the issue of
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  Speaker 1: drafting Haredi draft dodgers to address combat troop shortages. Lapid
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  Speaker 1: insisted that elections should proceed at the proper time without delay.
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  Speaker 1: In the Israeli economy, Finance Minister Beitzal El-Smotrich announced a
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  Speaker 1: move to deepen state fuel subsidies to prevent an expected
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  Speaker 1: rise in gas prices. The price was poised to reach
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  Speaker 1: an all-time high of NIS 8.27 per litre amid global
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  Speaker 1: supply concerns. Smotrich described the tax reduction as appropriate at
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  Speaker 1: this time in order to push growth in the Israeli economy.
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  Speaker 1: This follows previous actions by the Finance Ministry to manage
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  Speaker 1: fuel prices since April 2022. For continuing coverage of antisemitism
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  Speaker 1: around the world, listen to Antisemitism Watch from Clockwork Media.
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockwickmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. Stay
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  Speaker 1: Keep in mind that this AI generated report may contain
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  Speaker 1: occasional inaccuracies, so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view.