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[00:01:28] Selichot for the last time
[00:02:47] in southern Lebanon, two IDF soldiers were lightly injured yesterday. This
[00:02:51] incident occurred when an explosive device exploded near engineering
[00:02:54] equipment in the Wadi Saluki area. The IDF
[00:02:57] retaliated by attacking several areas in southern
[00:03:01] Lebanon. And today, the eve of Yom Kippur, the security system Carmela is hosted by
[00:03:05] C. Yes. The two soldiers were
[00:03:09] lightly injured after an IDF engineering vehicle ran over a Hezbollah
[00:03:12] device in the security zone in southern Lebanon.
[00:03:15] The soldiers were evacuated. Their families
[00:03:18] were notified. The IDF says that the assessment is that
[00:03:21] the device was placed before the ceasefire came
[00:03:25] into effect. The IDF retaliated by attacking a series of
[00:03:28] Hezbollah infrastructures in several areas
[00:03:32] in southern Lebanon. This incident demonstrates again that the ceasefire has not
[00:03:36] turned southern Lebanon into a clean area from mines. Even if
[00:03:39] the device was placed before the agreement, the fact that it remained on the ground and harmed
[00:03:43] the force indicates the extent of Hezbollah's infrastructure
[00:03:46] that has not yet been located and
[00:03:49] dismantled. The struggle for the reality in southern Lebanon continues.
[00:03:53] Hezbollah is trying to maintain capabilities
[00:03:56] and presence. The Lebanese army is struggling to dismantle all the
[00:04:00] foolishness. The IDF is not willing to rely solely on the oversight
[00:04:03] mechanism. As long as tunnels, devices, observation
[00:04:07] posts, and weapons remain on the ground, forces
[00:04:10] will continue engineering and operational activities,
[00:04:14] with the risk that any local incident could lead to an expansion
[00:04:17] of the circle, a circle of attacks
[00:04:19] and escalation on the border. And yes,
[00:04:22] leading up to Yom Kippur, as the IDF
[00:04:26] said, it prepared and completed extensive operational systems
[00:04:30] for the weekend and Yom Kippur, after staff work
[00:04:33] that lasted about a month and began even
[00:04:36] before Rosh Hashanah, a discussion was held
[00:04:39] under the leadership of the Operations Division.
[00:04:42] This year, a stronger assessment was built than last
[00:04:45] year, with an emphasis on defense at the borders, within
[00:04:48] the cities. A military source tells us, we are prepared
[00:04:51] on all fronts, including against Iran, constant readiness
[00:04:55] to transition from a ceasefire to renewed fighting,
[00:04:58] in defense and offense.
[00:05:01] In the last hours before the start of Shabbat,
[00:05:04] the units and reserves were reorganized, war games
[00:05:07] were conducted against surprise scenarios.
[00:05:11] Ah, yes. The threat is not just
[00:05:14] from the specific alert, but
[00:05:17] from the understanding that both Hezbollah and other
[00:05:20] enemies, even though they are deterred,
[00:05:23] are engaged in reorganization, and the message is that there will be no
[00:05:27] more reliance on quiet or on the enemy's intentions. The IDF
[00:05:30] is prepared in advance even
[00:05:33] for a surprise scenario during the holiday, with reinforced
[00:05:36] forces, available reserves, and quick transition
[00:05:40] plans from defense
[00:06:09] remember here is that of Yedioth Ahronoth. There
[00:06:12] is a large picture here of masses at the Selichot service at the Western Wall on the night
[00:06:34] Yedioth Ahronoth, there is also a reference to a special
[00:06:38] project by Pdoya Shvia, Eliya
[00:06:41] Cohen and his wife, Nova survivor Zivud Cohen, Rabbi Yeshay
[00:06:44] Yingelman, who was injured in Gaza, and singer Noam Bitan
[00:06:48] and Rachel Shapira who write about the prayer poem that is close
[00:06:52] to their hearts, a project for this day, for Yom
[00:06:56] Kippur Eve. There is also a reference on the front
[00:06:59] page of Yedioth to the news that
[00:07:02] President Herzog expunged the criminal record of Elor
[00:07:05] Azaria. We will also talk about this later in the program,
[00:07:09] and there is also here a picture, the
[00:07:12] headline of the one who remained, a picture of three
[00:07:16] soldiers, three tank crewmen
[00:07:19] who were documented two weeks before October 7, 2023, yes,
[00:07:22] saluting above the graves of the brigade's
[00:07:26] soldiers who fell in the Yom Kippur War, of course, then,
[00:07:29] as part of the commemoration of 50 years to that
[00:07:32] war. Two of those soldiers,
[00:07:35] Itay Sadon, may his memory be blessed, and Ofir Berkovitz, may his memory
[00:07:39] be blessed, fell in the maneuver in Gaza.
[00:07:43] First Sergeant Gabriel,
[00:07:46] that is the name we can publish here,
[00:07:49] not his family name is not detailed in the headline
[00:07:53] of Yedioth. First Sergeant Gabriel is the only one who remained alive. His face
[00:07:56] is also blurred here in this chilling picture in Yedioth
[00:08:00] Ahronoth. More in Yedioth
[00:08:03] in the headline by Shay, the demand for pre-military academies for a year of service and for
[00:08:07] combat units, so reports Yossi
[00:08:20] in the headline to the column by Amos Harel under
[00:08:24] the headline of annulment of vows. Netanyahu
[00:08:27] claims he fulfilled his promises for a decisive victory, Harel
[00:08:30] writes here, but most of the public believes that Israel did not win on any
[00:08:34] front. Instead of fulfilling his commitment to investigate the October
[00:08:37] 7 failure, he fuels conspiracies, so writes
[00:08:40] Amos Harel here. In the headline of Haaretz
[00:08:44] this morning, ah, a headline, a report by
[00:08:47] Zvi Barel, that everyone fears confronting the Houthis, and they aspire
[00:08:51] to gain recognition as the rulers of Yemen.
[00:08:54] The Houthis, wearing dresses and
[00:08:58] writes here, surprised intelligence officials in Israel and the United States
[00:09:02] and all Middle Eastern countries last week
[00:09:04] when they swiftly captured the western coast of Yemen and an important
[00:09:08] port near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Houthis not
[00:09:11] only inflicted a painful blow on Saudi Arabia,
[00:09:15] writes Zvi Barel here, but also joined a series of
[00:09:18] sub-state organizations that undermined the US
[00:09:22] doctrine of war on terror.
[00:09:25] Also in the headline of Haaretz this morning, a reference to an article by
[00:09:28] Noa Spiegel, about how the status of women in Israel has regressed
[00:09:32] years, but there is still a way to change direction. There is a
[00:09:35] picture here of a utility pole
[00:09:38] in a Haredi neighborhood, so it seems,
[00:09:42] on this utility pole there is a sign pasted: This sidewalk is reserved
[00:09:46] for men only. There is a reference here to Spiegel's
[00:09:49] article in the headline itself,
[00:09:52] and also in the headline of Haaretz about the anxiety of
[00:09:55] artificial intelligence that created a rare political consensus
[00:09:59] in the United States, but Trump doesn't care. Perhaps we can
[00:10:02] also refer to this
[00:10:15] in his speech at the UN. It seems that this was a speech that took place last
[00:10:19] year. Netanyahu went to the United States, the political
[00:10:22] drift. The Prime Minister, so Maariv writes, is expected to fly to New York
[00:10:26] on Wednesday morning for his speech at the main UN assembly on
[00:10:30] Thursday. Apparently, no meeting with the US President
[00:10:33] will take place, and this trip comes against the backdrop of
[00:10:37] European sanctions against the settlements and the stalemate in the American
[00:10:41] campaign against Iran.
[00:10:43] Also in the headline of Maariv this morning, about Israeli tourists
[00:10:47] on a giant cruise ship in Turkey. Authorities
[00:10:50] in Istanbul claimed that over 200 suspects
[00:10:53] in a prostitution ring were arrested.
[00:10:59] Also in the headline of Maariv, about the expunged criminal record of Elor
[00:11:03] Azaria. The President of the state made this decision
[00:11:06] yesterday. And also
[00:11:09] about Amichai, the 17-year-old who was run over
[00:11:13] and killed after a clash between a group of teenagers and a
[00:11:16] commercial vehicle driver who hit him while trying to flee the scene.
[00:11:20] A member of the rapid response team fired at him and lightly
[00:11:22] wounded him. The same
[00:11:25] driver
[00:11:47] Hayom, and here in the main headline, a large
[00:11:50] picture also from the Selichot service
[00:11:54] at the Western Wall. And the headline here talks about
[00:11:57] the American effect. Israel is considering complementary alliances.
[00:12:01] In the security system, a new strategy has been formulated: strengthening security
[00:12:05] and economic ties with India and Germany. The reason
[00:12:08] is President Trump's alignment with his partners in the Gulf against the
[00:12:12] Iranian axis. Also here in Israel Hayom, Lilach
[00:12:16] Shoval writes that Netanyahu is expected to go to the UN General Assembly after Yom
[00:12:19] Kippur. According to her, there is no plan for a meeting
[00:12:37] to this day. The first
[00:12:40] of them is Avinu Malkeinu, but this time performed
[00:12:43] by Miri Mesika. Here
[00:12:47] is Avinu
[00:12:48] Malkeinu.
[00:12:53] Hear
[00:12:55] our voices.
[00:12:59] Our Father,
[00:13:00] our King,
[00:13:04] we have sinned
[00:13:05] before You.
[00:13:09] Our Father,
[00:13:09] our King,
[00:13:16] have mercy
[00:13:17] on us.
[00:13:25] In our prayers.
[00:13:31] Our
[00:13:32] King.
[00:13:36] All
[00:13:37] the word.
[00:13:40] And a sword
[00:13:45] from us.
[00:13:50] Our King.
[00:13:53] Like this.
[00:15:37] Miri Mesika with her performance of Avinu
[00:15:51] and on the cover, a picture
[00:15:54] of victory, so says the headline. During
[00:15:57] 738 days of captivity, Elkana Buchbut longed
[00:16:00] to have another child, and now, almost a year
[00:16:04] after his return, he and his wife Rivka have a daughter. A joint
[00:16:07] interview, he returns to his decision, so Maariv writes
[00:16:11] here, his decision to fast on Yom Kippur even in the tunnels
[00:16:14] in Gaza. She recalls the sad holidays without him, and both
[00:16:18] tell of the daily struggle with the memories and the
[00:16:21] challenges. Our true rebirth is to create
[00:16:24] life.
[00:16:26] A truly moving headline. Here are interviews with both Elkana
[00:16:30] and Rivka.
[00:16:32] Also pictures of both of them, both from the
[00:16:36] delivery room and from the return, and also
[00:16:39] a chilling picture of the Buchbut family, Yosef Haim
[00:16:41] Muhana in Hamas captivity.
[00:16:44] Uh, the beginning of Shirley
[00:16:48] Golan's article says that Elkana Buchbut
[00:16:51] has not yet recovered. The jeans he is wearing, he says, barely fit him
[00:16:55] three years ago, and now, almost a year after his return from captivity
[00:16:59] in Gaza, these jeans are still several sizes
[00:17:01] too big for him, even when he uses a belt.
[00:17:05] Buchbut has not returned to work yet. He doesn't know if or when that will happen,
[00:17:09] and yet he is happy. Less
[00:17:11] than a year after his return, his wife Rivka gave birth to their daughter Michelle,
[00:17:15] and fulfilled a double dream, the couple's dream of having
[00:17:19] more children, and the dream of their
[00:17:22] eldest son, Re'em David, to have a brother or sister.
[00:17:25] Their picture from the hospital, beautiful and excited, holding their daughter who was
[00:17:29] born to them, is undoubtedly a picture of victory,
[00:17:32] a picture of someone who won his life back
[00:17:35] after 738 days in
[00:17:38] Hamas captivity, the victory of his wife who did not give up the struggle
[00:17:42] for his return, and the victory of those who stood by her side and supported her during sleepless nights
[00:17:45] in efforts to bring her man back. A moving article about
[00:17:49] Elkana Buchbut and Rivka Buchbut
[00:17:52] who brought a daughter into the world,
[00:18:07] three, 53 years since the Yom Kippur War. We are soon
[00:18:11] commemorating three years since October 7, and there are many
[00:18:15] references to closures
[00:18:18] of such and other circles around these
[00:18:21] dates.
[00:18:23] On the cover of Yedioth's holiday supplement, "Courage and Valor," four recipients of the
[00:18:27] Medal of Valor and Courage from Israel's wars discuss courage,
[00:18:31] fear, command responsibility, and comradeship in arms from then
[00:18:35] until today. Here in the article,
[00:18:38] an interview with several
[00:18:41] fighters who received decorations
[00:18:44] from Israel's wars. Gadi
[00:18:47] Reffen, recipient of the Medal of Valor from the Six-Day War, who rescued
[00:18:51] wounded in the Dotan Valley. Moshe Levy, with the Medal of Valor
[00:18:54] from Yom Kippur, who charged with
[00:18:57] a grenade in his single hand on the way to the Budapest outpost.
[00:19:00] Moshe Kravitz, Medal of Courage from the First Lebanon War, who took command
[00:19:04] under fire. And Hanoch Dyuba, recipient of the Medal of Courage from the Second Lebanon War, who rescued
[00:19:08] paratroopers under anti-tank missiles.
[00:19:12] There are pictures here of the fighters
[00:19:15] and their testimonies, their descriptions of what happened there
[00:19:19] in the war.
[00:19:22] The events that led to them receiving the highest
[00:19:25] honors.
[00:19:28] In the shade, Moshe Lavi recounts here, "I released the
[00:19:32] safety and threw the grenade into the Egyptian position. The shrapnel also hit
[00:19:35] me, and I said, 'That's it, I did my part. I can die now in peace.' But
[00:19:39] suddenly I felt a desire to stay alive after all. I got up
[00:19:42] and started moving back towards my
[00:19:45] soldiers." Moshe Kravitz recounts,
[00:19:49] "Towards sunset, we reached the last position, and then I saw a fireball
[00:19:53] advancing towards me. I quickly went down into the turret,
[00:19:56] and the tank shook. It was an anti-tank missile. I climbed back
[00:19:59] up and saw that the commander's cupola was obliterated. If I hadn't
[00:20:02] gone down in time," he tells reporter Yoav Keren, "If I hadn't
[00:20:06] gone down in time, you would be talking to me now
[00:20:28] these days 80 years since Operation 11 Points, the
[00:20:32] 11 points in the Negev. 80 years ago, on the eve of Yom Kippur,
[00:20:35] one of the largest operations in the history of the Yishuv
[00:20:39] period began, with the establishment of 11, 11 points
[00:20:42] in the Negev that secured the future
[00:20:45] of the South. Eight decades after the historic settlement on the land,
[00:20:49] and three years after the Black Shabbat, the kibbutz veterans explain
[00:20:52] why, despite the inconceivable cost, settlement on the border
[00:20:55] was the true shield of the state. There
[00:20:59] are interviews here with several of the kibbutz veterans
[00:21:02] in the Negev, including Shmuel
[00:21:05] Momos Bonim. Bonim,
[00:21:08] who is described here as being 97 years old, his eyesight has dimmed, but his mind
[00:21:12] is sharp and clear. "Look at the map," he instructs the reporter. "Do you
[00:21:16] see a kibbutz circled? Yes. Continue towards the Jordan River. Do you see
[00:21:20] Dir al-Balah also marked?" "I see." "Then listen carefully. Our platoon in the Palmach,"
[00:21:23] Shmuel recounts, "which was composed of members of Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev
[00:21:27] and Shoval, was stationed in an outpost in 1949. Facing us was
[00:21:31] an Egyptian platoon, and between us were minefields. And now, on October
[00:21:35] 7, my grandson Amrik, a member of Kibbutz
[00:21:38] Re'im, fought all day against the terrorists who came from Gaza. So
[00:21:42] nothing has changed. Between Re'im and the outpost where I was stationed, there are less than 10
[00:21:46] kilometers. I dreamed that my son, my father Mari, would not be a soldier,
[00:21:50] and he passed away in the Yom
[00:30:49] of Knesset.
[00:30:56] Listen and listen carefully, Ben Alf.
[00:31:00] I'm leaving the cashier and I'm going to beat you up.
[00:31:15] It's just fun to go to work. I'm
[00:31:18] a father, I'm a father, father.
[00:31:21] Main cashier, new season, tomorrow after
[00:31:25] the news, on Kan 11 and on Kan Box. In the case
[00:31:28] of the disappearance of Fatma Rajabi from Silwan,
[00:31:32] during Shabbat, our reporter Haim Goldich with
[00:31:35] the details. A development on Friday night in the investigation of the murder of Fatma
[00:31:39] Rajabi, 61 years old, who has been missing since the beginning
[00:31:41] of the week. On Friday night, the police found the body of a woman. The scene
[00:31:45] in East Jerusalem. The body, believed to be that of Rajabi, was transferred
[00:31:48] for further identification to the Institute of Forensic Medicine. In addition, Jerusalem
[00:31:52] district police arrested a suspect in his 60s, a resident of East
[00:31:55] Jerusalem, on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Fatma. Her family confirmed
[00:31:59] during Shabbat that it was her body, and they called on the village
[00:32:02] not to carry out revenge actions but to wait for the conclusions of the police
[00:32:05] investigation. Rajabi had been missing since the beginning of the week, and hundreds of volunteers from United
[00:32:09] Hatzalah, the police, security forces, and family members went to search for her.
[00:32:13] During the week, searches focused on the area of...
[00:32:45] because they launched missiles, missiles and drones towards the Saudi capital,
[00:32:49] Riyadh, and towards Saudi oil facilities in the west of the country, and this
[00:32:52] after many Saudi citizens in several targets in the kingdom received alerts
[00:32:56] on their mobile devices on Friday night regarding missile
[00:32:59] launches. This is actually another escalation
[00:33:03] by the Houthis against Saudi Arabia, after they attacked for the first time
[00:33:07] in this round of escalation the holy city of Mecca. With
[00:33:10] the details regarding the current escalation in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, reporter
[00:33:14] Desk Ararim.
[00:33:49] The armed forces of Yemen carried out two quality attacks using a large number of ballistic
[00:33:52] missiles, cruise missiles and drones, as announced last
[00:33:55] night in a comprehensive statement by Yahya Saree, the military spokesperson for the Houthis,
[00:33:59] who added that these launches were directed at sensitive targets in the Saudi
[00:34:03] enemy capital and at a facility of the Aramco oil company
[00:34:06] in Yanbu, as Saree claimed. As mentioned, this
[00:34:09] was not the first attack against the kingdom recently, as on Friday
[00:34:13] night, residents of the capital.
[00:34:45] And this is done by managing the current campaign according to its
[00:34:49] approach as a country responsible for the region's security and the blood
[00:34:52] of the Yemeni people. This was explained last night by
[00:34:55] Saudi analyst Mubarak Al-Ati in a television
[00:34:59] interview, why Saudi Arabia is not responding more harshly against
[00:35:02] the Houthis, which perhaps also answers the question of how Saudi Arabia reached
[00:35:05] such a situation with the Houthis. In parallel with the launches towards Saudi
[00:35:09] territory, the fighting continues between the military forces in Yemen supported
[00:35:12] by Saudi Arabia and the Houthis. With the media identified as anti-Houthi,
[00:35:47] If Turkey or Pakistan are involved in the attack on Yemen, then we
[00:35:50] will deal with them with an iron fist, just as we are disciplining Saudi Arabia
[00:35:53] today, we will also discipline them, just as we disciplined America
[00:35:57] and Britain, so we will discipline every country that is involved in aggression against
[00:36:00] Yemen," warned last night in an interview with an Iraqi television channel, one
[00:36:04] of the senior officials of the Houthi political bureau, Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, while hinting
[00:36:08] at the Mecca alliance, the strategic defense agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan
[00:36:11] and Turkey. These words from the Houthi official come despite reports in the
[00:36:15] Turkish media that Turkey and Pakistan are expected, as part of the
[00:36:18] Mecca agreement, to focus on protecting energy infrastructure,
[00:36:22] strategic facilities, and important population and government centers
[00:36:25] in Saudi Arabia, but not on carrying out operations
[00:36:32] in Yemen. And more importantly, more and more important targets in the kingdom are being attacked by
[00:36:36] the Iranian axis. It remains alone after, for now,
[00:36:39] and the emphasis is on for now, the strategic defense agreement with Turkey and Pakistan has not
[00:36:43] materialized, and neither have the good relations with the United States. This situation
[00:36:47] could, in one situation or another, lead Saudi Arabia to draw closer to those who have already
[00:36:51] fought the Houthi threat, in particular, and the direct axis
[00:36:54] in general, and that is the State of Israel.
[00:36:58] Europe raises its alert level against Russia, from Poland to
[00:37:01] the Baltic states, through France and Germany, more
[00:37:04] and more countries are preparing for the possibility that the war
[00:37:07] in Ukraine will spill over into NATO territory.
[00:37:11] Yoav Zehavi reports. Europe
[00:37:13] has recently raised its alert level against Russia. Just
[00:37:17] yesterday, Poland scrambled fighter jets and put its air defense systems
[00:37:20] and radar on alert following another wave of Russian
[00:37:24] attacks in Ukraine. In the end, there was no penetration
[00:37:27] into its territory, but Warsaw fears that this is exactly the scenario
[00:37:31] that Russia might try to test. Prime Minister
[00:37:34] Donald Tusk warned last week of the possibility that Russian
[00:37:37] drones or missiles would penetrate NATO territory, perhaps
[00:37:41] even cause damage, and then Moscow would claim it was an accident
[00:37:45] to see if the alliance would really respond, and in Europe, they are already
[00:37:48] translating this fear into increased
[00:37:50] military.
[00:37:58] German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said over the weekend,
[00:38:02] Germany heard the wake-up call and we are responding,
[00:38:05] we are stepping up a gear to be able to deter
[00:38:08] and defend. In the Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia
[00:38:11] and Estonia are strengthening air defense, and in France, President
[00:38:15] Macron ordered to tighten the defense of critical infrastructure against drones
[00:38:18] and cyber attacks, and at a meeting of NATO leaders
[00:38:21] in Copenhagen over the weekend, Danish Defense Minister, Jappe Broos,
[00:38:25] already used much harsher language.
[00:38:57] the war effort and carry out a quiet mobilization of additional
[00:39:01] troops. In Moscow, of course, they present the picture exactly
[00:39:04] the opposite. Putin accused Europe and NATO of escalation over the weekend.
[00:39:18] NATO is inflating and expanding, said the Russian president, and is already penetrating
[00:39:21] other regions of the world. Some European leaders openly declare that they
[00:39:25] are preparing for war with Russia. Let's say, there is currently no indication
[00:39:29] that a conventional Russian attack on one of the NATO countries is imminent,
[00:39:32] but the message emerging from recent days is clear,
[00:39:36] Europe is no longer willing to assume that the war with Russia
[00:39:39] will remain only within the borders
[00:39:53] is preparing for a possible escalation against Russia. I want to ask you how much?
[00:39:57] In your opinion, is this a real warning?
[00:40:00] So, are we combining all the warnings we
[00:40:04] are now hearing from European heads of state with
[00:40:07] the visit of John Ratcliffe, the head of the CIA,
[00:40:10] who visited Moscow on a rather
[00:40:14] unusual visit about three weeks ago,
[00:40:16] and there were all sorts of hints as to why he
[00:40:20] was traveling. One of the hints was that no reasons were actually given
[00:40:23] for it. Another hint was that he was traveling to warn
[00:40:27] and perhaps deter Putin from some kind of
[00:40:30] action, perhaps some miscalculation, perhaps some step he is about
[00:40:34] to take. And since in the last few days
[00:40:38] there have been such warnings
[00:40:41] from several sources, it is likely that some
[00:40:44] intelligence, quality intelligence, is circulating, indicating
[00:40:48] that Russia is indeed about to act, only it is likely
[00:40:51] that they do not yet know where, but
[00:40:54] it fits very well with the spirit of what we hear
[00:40:57] from the heads of intelligence services all over the world.
[00:41:01] The assessment so far was that Russia might
[00:41:03] try to take this step, perhaps advance this move
[00:41:07] during 2027, but when I
[00:41:11] hear that the Prime Minister of Finland, for example,
[00:41:14] warns his citizens and tells them
[00:41:17] to prepare for any possible scenario, then it
[00:41:21] sounds like it could happen before then.
[00:41:25] Let's remind, let's remind of course that Finland also holds a common border with Russia, they are really close neighbors,
[00:41:29] but look, we also heard in Yoav Zehavi's report, the Prime Minister of Poland
[00:41:33] estimated that an attack could happen in the coming
[00:41:36] months, and French President Macron said that this warning
[00:41:40] is well-founded, and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands said that the warning
[00:41:43] should be taken very seriously, there are even reports that Germany has started preparing hospitals
[00:41:47] in the country for the possibility of war, and the question arises first
[00:41:50] of all, after more than four years since the war
[00:41:54] between Russia and Ukraine began, what happened now that leads
[00:41:57] to this assessment in Europe, that leads
[00:42:00] to the fact that there are assessments for a war, perhaps broader, perhaps
[00:42:04] more limited, so first of all, Putin
[00:42:07] from his perspective is not in a good place. This morning again
[00:42:11] Ukrainian drones are landing in the heart of Moscow
[00:42:14] and setting fire to one of the largest refineries
[00:42:18] located in the Russian capital,
[00:42:21] and if we look at the battlefields in Ukraine, then
[00:42:24] Russia lost more territory this month than it managed
[00:42:28] to conquer, although it is about negligible amounts
[00:42:31] and 9 kilometers here and there, but
[00:42:34] still it seems that her forces are really
[00:42:37] in distress, and again according to the heads of intelligence
[00:42:40] and European army chiefs, Russia is losing every day,
[00:42:44] every day about a thousand soldiers killed and wounded, uh, think about
[00:42:48] it, that's 30 thousand soldiers a month at least, so
[00:42:51] with that money it really seems that in Ukraine
[00:42:55] there is great frustration, they are not succeeding in advancing there, certainly not
[00:42:58] succeeding in achieving the war goals as Putin described
[00:43:01] and defined them at the beginning
[00:43:04] of 2022, uh, so is it
[00:43:07] really when in the background there is... the international
[00:43:10] alliance crisis following the war
[00:43:14] in Iran and when there is some doubt that
[00:43:17] its alliance is a real alliance, since
[00:43:20] the connection between the United States and Europe is becoming more and more tense, if
[00:43:24] not cold, yes, among other things due to the war
[00:43:27] in Iran, but I think about what you are saying, there might be an attempt to perhaps
[00:43:31] transfer this war from the battlefield where he is less
[00:43:35] successful to European capitals which Russia first and foremost sees
[00:43:39] as weak capitals, countries that
[00:43:42] fail to create deterrence, and an attempt perhaps
[00:43:46] to test this alliance, yes, yes, see how
[00:43:49] you will cope, how you will cope with some relatively small kinetic action,
[00:43:53] it's not an invasion of 200 thousand Russian soldiers, they don't
[00:43:56] currently have that many soldiers they can deploy, but
[00:44:00] for example, from Makadaban,
[00:44:04] when Russia won't take responsibility for it, maybe special
[00:44:07] forces that also won't identify themselves as happened in Crimea
[00:44:10] in 2014. They didn't identify themselves as Russian soldiers, so
[00:44:14] will you really deploy all your forces because of an action
[00:44:18] that is questionable whether it's yours or not? That's very interesting what you're saying, because
[00:44:21] the Russian Foreign Minister, Lavrov, he warned this week that Europe will face
[00:44:25] war if NATO allies try to attack Moscow,
[00:44:28] and the question is whether they really fear an attack or if this is
[00:44:31] some kind of preparation of the ground for a Russian attack,
[00:44:35] maybe the excuses that will come after, maybe the background they are saying, here we
[00:44:38] were just trying to defend. First
[00:44:40] of all, it's much easier and more pleasant for Russia
[00:44:44] to sell this version of reality when it's fighting not only against
[00:44:48] Ukraine but against all of NATO, yes, since it's
[00:44:51] a strong alliance and on the surface, and then you can excuse the Russian
[00:44:55] distress because we're fighting against much larger forces, there's nothing
[00:44:58] to do.
[00:45:00] Against many, yes, yes, yes, that's exactly what they are trying to claim
[00:45:04] again since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, they keep repeating it, but there is
[00:45:08] a difference between mere rhetoric and actually
[00:45:12] trying to harm in one way or another
[00:45:15] one of the capitals because we hear again
[00:45:17] from Britain some suggestions to citizens to perhaps
[00:45:21] buy canned goods and therefore prepare
[00:45:25] themselves for such a period of distress. Where is Britain and where
[00:45:28] is Russia? Yes, these are not countries, this is amazing on
[00:45:32] the background, it's really incomprehensible, but I think, but again, I'm just connecting
[00:45:35] here between two arenas, yes,
[00:45:39] the Ukrainian-Russian one, uh,
[00:45:41] the European countries, when they see what happened here on October
[00:45:45] 7th, they are not willing to take a risk, so even if it's a false
[00:45:48] alarm, and even if nothing happens in the end, we don't know, how
[00:45:52] much these preparations, and we see more military deployments, for example,
[00:45:55] on the border of Poland and Lithuania
[00:45:58] and Russia, and we see more forces, European forces,
[00:46:01] yes, that are accumulating at the borders, so are
[00:46:04] the Europeans perhaps also hoping, perhaps in their hearts, that
[00:46:08] these extensive preparations, these expansions, perhaps deter
[00:46:11] the Russians from taking this step, just as Radcliffe perhaps tried
[00:46:15] to influence Putin? So that's very interesting what you're saying, because I thought about it, you know, if we
[00:46:19] borrow from concepts familiar to us, especially in these days here
[00:46:22] in Israel, could it be that Europe is trapped in a misconception? Could it be
[00:46:26] that the leaders, we also saw what happened in the war in Iran,
[00:46:30] where we saw European leaders not willing to stand by
[00:46:33] Trump in the fighting, could it be that European leaders are not ready for a confrontation with
[00:46:37] a country with an unpredictable leader like Putin, or are you saying that so far they are perhaps
[00:46:41] taking precautionary measures, precautionary measures to be
[00:46:44] ready for any scenario? How do you see this? Well, look, first
[00:46:47] of all, uh, when, uh, Trump started
[00:46:50] a war against Iran, he didn't. He didn't include Europeans and didn't invite
[00:46:54] them and didn't form a coalition with them, yes, like Bush did
[00:46:58] in 2003 with a coalition of the willing, like what happened
[00:47:01] in '91, and when they know that they can be
[00:47:05] attacked by the Russians, then their consideration, in my opinion, was
[00:47:09] very clear. This is a war that is currently not our
[00:47:11] war. Iranians are certainly not our
[00:47:15] allies, but they are not attacking us right now, yes, and we were
[00:47:19] not part of this plan, this is not our war. Meaning,
[00:47:22] yes, but here, Europe is already experiencing a huge
[00:47:26] war in its vicinity, right in the heart of Europe, and these
[00:47:29] assessments that in 2027 the war
[00:47:32] will indeed reach more countries, it already existed when the war
[00:47:36] in Iran broke out, so from their perspective, they are focused on another war with Putin,
[00:47:39] and we also
[00:47:42] feel some frustration from them with Trump when he starts
[00:47:46] a war in Iran, okay, but what about this war, what about Putin
[00:47:49] who, even if he weakens, even if he loses.
[00:47:54] He still has unprecedented ballistic capabilities, they are working in war mode in four
[00:47:58] shifts in factories that produce these missiles, they continue
[00:48:02] to stand on their feet even four years after that, exactly, and yes, certainly,
[00:48:05] so yes, the economy is in trouble and there are problems and all that,
[00:48:09] but that doesn't prevent an authoritarian leader from still continuing
[00:48:13] to send soldiers to the battlefield and also to provoke
[00:48:15] the Europeans, which is what he has been doing all year, yes, so we will remind that just a few
[00:48:19] days ago, A.
[00:48:37] This happens all the time and Europe is confused, it really doesn't know
[00:48:40] how to act, but if it really is attacked, if we are talking now
[00:48:44] about an escalation, then it is possible that indeed as long as Trump
[00:48:48] is thinking about what to do against Iran, how to act against Iran,
[00:48:51] Europe will no longer have the luxury, so it
[00:48:54] will have to
[00:48:56] recalculate its path and perhaps get
[00:58:48] Children on holiday will play
[00:58:52] tag between the house and
[00:58:55] the fields. You'll see, you'll
[00:58:59] see how good it will be
[00:59:02] next year,
[00:59:05] next year. You'll see, you'll
[00:59:09] see how good it will be
[00:59:12] next year,
[00:59:14] next year.
[00:59:19] Red grapes will ripen by
[00:59:23] evening and will be served chilled
[00:59:26] to the table. Red
[00:59:30] winds will sweep violently
[00:59:32] along the way. Old newspapers
[00:59:35] in the clouds. You'll see, you'll
[00:59:39] see how good it will be
[00:59:42] next year,
[00:59:45] next year. You'll see, you'll
[00:59:49] see how good it will be,
[00:59:52] next year,
[00:59:54] next year.
[00:59:59] Next year, we'll hold hands,
[01:00:03] in front of the light, I live on
[01:00:06] a branch, a white
[01:00:09] branch, will spread its wings,
[01:00:13] and the sun will rise within.
[01:00:18] You'll see, you'll see, how
[01:00:21] good it will be, next
[01:00:24] year, next year,
[01:00:27] you'll see, you'll see, how
[01:00:30] good it will be, next
[01:00:33] year, next year,
[01:00:37] next year.
[01:02:31] We are with you with all the news and updates. We are
[01:02:34] marking these days 53 years since the Yom
[01:02:37] Kippur War and very soon, if not, three years since the October
[01:02:41] 7th disaster. Already now, the memorial events for the massacre are divided
[01:02:45] into two. The national memorial ceremony for the families of the fallen
[01:02:48] and murdered, which is expected to take place on October 7th in Yarkon
[01:02:51] Park. The state ceremony will be on the national
[01:02:54] memorial day on the 24th of Tishrei on Mount Herzl. Almost three
[01:02:58] years after that day, there are army investigations and various other
[01:03:02] details that have been exposed about the failures that led to the massacre, but
[01:03:06] still no state inquiry committee or any other,
[01:03:09] still no orderly investigation of what happened here,
[01:03:12] who is responsible and how, what was known
[01:03:15] and what was not? The concept of soul-searching seems very
[01:03:19] far away. The meeting was last Friday between Shelly Mishal
[01:03:23] Yogev, the mother of Libby Cohen Maguri, may her memory be a blessing,
[01:03:27] who was murdered on October 7th in Nova, and
[01:03:30] former Military Intelligence Chief Aharon Haliva, was particularly difficult and reminded once
[01:03:34] again how many whose hearts are bleeding are still waiting
[01:03:37] for answers, still want to be looked in the eye and given
[01:03:41] a response to the sorrow and rage they feel due to the immense
[01:03:44] loss. The mother of the murdered young woman scolded the former
[01:03:48] head of Aman who lived near her for not coming to talk to her. Haliva
[01:03:52] replied that she should have contacted him. The former
[01:03:55] head of Aman indeed retired from the IDF and wrote that he bears
[01:03:58] command responsibility. In the October meeting, but it seems
[01:04:02] that the open wounds and the fact that an inquiry committee has not yet been established leaves too
[01:04:05] many family members with the pain, with the question marks, and
[01:04:09] all of us with a sense of loss regarding the day the earth
[01:04:12] shook here and it became clear that once again we were caught unprepared due to a
[01:04:16] mistaken conception. Morning
[01:04:25] in southern Lebanon, two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded yesterday. The incident occurred
[01:04:29] when an explosive device exploded near engineering equipment in the Wadi
[01:04:32] Saluki area. The IDF attacked in response in several areas
[01:04:35] in southern Lebanon, and Carmela, today is the eve of Yom Kippur, the security
[01:04:39] system is on alert level C. Yes,
[01:04:43] alert level C, and as mentioned, two IDF
[01:04:45] soldiers were lightly wounded, notifications were sent to the families, an explosive
[01:04:48] device, most likely the device was placed even before
[01:04:51] the ceasefire came into effect. The IDF is attacking
[01:04:55] a series of Hezbollah infrastructures in several areas
[01:04:59] in southern Lebanon. An event that illustrates that the ceasefire
[01:05:02] did not turn southern Lebanon into an area free of threats, even if
[01:05:06] the device was placed before the agreement, the fact that it remained in the area
[01:05:10] and harmed a force indicates the extent of Hezbollah infrastructure
[01:05:14] that has not yet been located or dismantled. The IDF
[01:05:17] seeks to establish a clear equation: any harm to forces, even
[01:05:20] from old infrastructure, will be met with an attack. By doing so, it sends
[01:05:24] a message to Hezbollah or to the state of Lebanon that responsibility
[01:05:28] for today's incident is not over with the date
[01:05:31] when the device was placed, and yes,
[01:05:34] leading up to Yom Kippur, the IDF completed a very broad
[01:05:37] operational deployment leading up to the weekend and Yom
[01:05:40] Kippur, after staff work that lasted
[01:05:44] about a month, even before Rosh Hashanah, a discussion
[01:05:47] was held headed by the head of the Operations Directorate. A military
[01:05:50] source tells us that this year a stronger assessment was built than that of
[01:05:54] last year, with an emphasis on defense
[01:05:57] on the borders and within the mountains. Significant forces were added
[01:06:00] to the existing force structure in the Strip, in Lebanon, in Syria,
[01:06:04] in Judea and Samaria, and also units that are in training
[01:06:08] were placed on alert, and the forces that will operate in any
[01:06:12] scenario were defined in advance. We are prepared in all sectors,
[01:06:15] also against Iran, constant readiness to move from ceasefire
[01:06:19] to renewed fighting. The IDF has tools for immediate
[01:06:23] activation. In the last 24 hours,
[01:06:26] units and reserves were reorganized,
[01:06:29] war games were conducted during the week against a surprise
[01:06:32] scenario, Jewish reinforcement was received,
[01:06:34] and we just need to hope that this
[01:06:49] on Wednesday for the United States to deliver a speech at the UN. Afterwards, he will fly
[01:06:52] back. As of now, no meeting with Trump
[01:06:56] is planned for Netanyahu, reports our political correspondent Gili Cohen.
[01:07:00] Prime Minister Netanyahu will depart later this week for the United
[01:07:03] States to address the UN General Assembly in New York this
[01:07:07] coming Thursday, and this trip has been shortened. Initially,
[01:07:10] Netanyahu was supposed to depart on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, but he will eventually
[01:07:14] depart later, so he will actually
[01:07:17] be in the United States in New York for only a few hours
[01:07:20] to deliver his speech at the UN General Assembly and then, afterwards,
[01:07:24] he is expected to return to Israel. Uh, Netanyahu
[01:07:27] wanted to meet with US President Donald Trump.
[01:07:31] His office tried to arrange such a meeting
[01:07:33] on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, but it did not
[01:07:37] succeed and such a meeting will not happen.
[01:07:41] Trump is expected to meet with Erdogan
[01:07:44] and other officials, and in the United States they said that he will not
[01:07:48] meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu. Perhaps this
[01:07:51] is what led to the shortening of the visit itself. There was another
[01:07:55] development in the Prime Minister's circle. They also
[01:07:59] wanted to make a visit to Texas, to meet officials in the American
[01:08:02] high-tech scene.
[01:08:05] That also will not happen in the end,
[01:08:08] and Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to the UN
[01:08:11] General Assembly will be for only a few hours
[01:08:15] in New York, and he is expected to depart on
[01:08:18] Wednesday and return to Israel, according to what
[01:08:22] is known now, on Friday before the holiday
[01:08:25] begins. Gili, thank you. President Herzog
[01:08:29] accepted Elor Azaria's request and expunged his criminal record, also
[01:08:32] due to personal and family circumstances. However, while
[01:08:36] the President's Residence claimed that the Chief of Staff did not express a position, the army said that
[01:08:39] they opposed the move, which was done contrary to their advice.
[01:08:43] The report by our legal affairs commentator, Tamar Almog.
[01:08:47] About 10 years after then-soldier Elor Azaria shot and killed
[01:08:50] a neutralized terrorist, President Isaac Herzog announced last night
[01:08:54] that he is accepting Azaria's request and expunging his criminal
[01:08:57] record. The decision, as stated in the President's announcement, is in the spirit
[01:09:01] of these days, and in the spirit of rectification,
[01:09:05] reconciliation and a desire to move forward. In the President's
[01:09:09] reasoning, the significant period of time since the incident
[01:09:12] and the fact that Azaria served the sentence imposed on him were also mentioned, but also
[01:09:16] personal and family circumstances, including health issues. The President's
[01:09:20] announcement also stated that in his appeal to him, Azaria
[01:09:23] explicitly emphasized that he respects the values of the IDF and that they are dear
[01:09:27] to him, and that as a father of two young children, he wishes
[01:09:31] to educate them in light of these values. In Azaria's appeal, it was stated
[01:09:34] on behalf of the President's Residence, he expressed regret, among other things, for
[01:09:37] the severe consequences of the incident. The IDF only
[01:09:41] a few months ago expressed opposition to Azaria's request to expunge
[01:09:44] his criminal record, mainly because he did not express remorse. Now,
[01:09:48] as mentioned, the President's Residence noted that yes,
[01:09:51] Azaria expressed remorse for
[01:10:13] brief response to the President's announcement yesterday regarding the expungement of Elor
[01:10:17] Azaria's criminal record? I welcome
[01:10:20] the President's announcement, naturally. I think
[01:10:23] the time has really come to take
[01:10:26] this action. I don't understand the position
[01:10:30] that the IDF is trying to insist on, such
[01:10:33] stubbornness 10 years later,
[01:10:36] especially when the Minister of Defense expressed support for the President's
[01:10:40] action. They say he didn't express remorse, he didn't took responsibility for his actions, but you
[01:10:44] just reported that even in his appeal
[01:10:47] to the president, this condition of the IDF was met,
[01:10:50] and therefore the IDF's objection, I don't know, of the coordinator or someone else
[01:10:54] in the IDF seems appropriate to me. The expected
[01:10:57] prime minister will fly this week to the United States to address the UN General Assembly,
[01:11:01] as we heard a short while ago, this trip is expected to be short, he is not
[01:11:05] expected to meet President Trump, Netanyahu's critics are talking about
[01:11:08] a certain cooling in relations between the two. No, that's funny.
[01:11:12] Anyone who checks the history of prime ministers' visits
[01:11:16] to the UN General Assembly knows that usually a prime minister, when he travels to the General
[01:11:20] Assembly, he travels to the General Assembly and he doesn't meet the president of the United States, he doesn't need
[01:11:24] the opportunity of the General Assembly to meet the president of the United States, he meets
[01:11:27] him many, many times, I think that Netanyahu is the world
[01:11:31] leader who met Trump perhaps the most
[01:11:34] times in this term, I don't think anyone who has
[01:11:38] such a number of meetings with President Trump,
[01:11:50] so again I say, I don't think the president of Turkey met Trump even half
[01:11:53] the number of times that Netanyahu met Trump, and therefore
[01:11:56] when Netanyahu needs to meet Trump, he makes a Jewish trip
[01:12:00] and meets Trump not on the sidelines of the General Assembly, he doesn't need a photo with
[01:12:04] the president of the United States on the sidelines of the General Assembly in a hasty meeting, all
[01:12:08] his meetings with the president of the United States are usually thorough meetings, by the way, after
[01:12:11] these meetings, also various dramatic things
[01:12:14] happened here in the Middle East, including two
[01:12:18] wars with Iran, the second of which we conducted really
[01:12:22] together with US forces and planned it together,
[01:12:25] and therefore I think that anyone who climbs this
[01:12:29] tree, it is advisable for him to see the reality clearly, Netanyahu
[01:12:33] is one of the world's leaders closest
[01:12:36] to President Trump, this does not mean, this does not mean
[01:12:39] that Netanyahu does not know how to insist on Israeli interests.
[01:12:42] And even with Trump, when it is necessary, this is what is required of the Israeli
[01:12:46] Prime Minister, whoever does not know how to insist with
[01:12:49] the President of the United States on the Israeli interest, should not run
[01:12:52] for Prime Minister, this is part of the qualities.
[01:12:57] And for the elections, but I have to ask you, there are reports, these are not
[01:13:01] reports, we already saw President Trump shortening his weekend at Camp
[01:13:04] David and returning to the White House, the White House did not explain
[01:13:08] the change, and the American State Department issued a new travel warning
[01:13:12] for citizens in the Middle East due to the Houthi attacks
[01:13:14] in Saudi Arabia, is there any reason for us to be
[01:13:18] worried or on alert in the near
[01:13:20] future? We as citizens do not
[01:13:23] need. The steps of the President of the United States, also
[01:13:26] in relation to us? First of all, I do not need to serve as a replacement for
[01:13:30] the White House spokesman, there are spokesmen for the White
[01:13:33] House, and she will know
[01:13:35] how to explain.
[01:13:37] of the president on his schedule, we hear about readiness
[01:13:41] in all arenas, also about
[01:13:44] preparation that happens every year, but perhaps more this year towards Yom Kippur.
[01:13:47] The readiness, the readiness is always present, we are
[01:13:50] actually in the midst of daily activities of
[01:13:54] the IDF on several fronts, this is the reality in which we
[01:13:57] live, the IDF does this so that in the end, it
[01:14:01] will meet our enemies, and will not allow them to strengthen,
[01:14:05] and they will not attack us by surprise, as it
[01:14:08] happened on October 7th, the entire security doctrine of the State
[01:14:11] of Israel changed, became an activist security
[01:14:14] policy that creates security zones, attacks
[01:14:18] our enemy before he
[01:14:22] us, and this policy will continue. The IDF is ready for every
[01:14:26] scenario and all our security forces,
[01:14:29] and in case of escalation on one front or another, we will know what
[01:14:32] in attack, and our enemies know this
[01:14:36] very well. As a member of the cabinet, I want to ask you
[01:14:39] if Israel's situation today in September 2026 is
[01:14:43] better than Israel's on October 6, 2023?
[01:14:47] Unequivocally yes, I think this is one of the great
[01:14:50] achievements of this war of the last three
[01:14:53] years, the entire Middle East. Let's see, in every briefing
[01:14:57] we received as cabinet members and before that as a member
[01:15:00] of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, we were told that Iran could
[01:15:04] gallop to a nuclear weapon very quickly given a decision
[01:15:07] and that technologically they are very advanced to solve the last
[01:15:11] bottleneck they had, we were informed that
[01:15:14] Iran is on its way to possessing by the end of next year, 27,
[01:15:18] 10,000 ballistic missiles. Today we are in a completely different situation, the Iranian
[01:15:22] nuclear program has been thrown back years.
[01:15:25] The Iranian ballistic missile industry is destroyed, they only have the
[01:15:29] stock they had left. We are
[01:15:31] in place. But look, ten, therefore, if we look at the goals
[01:15:35] of the war as they were set, Israel did not meet the goals we talked
[01:15:39] about, which we heard about, Hamas is in Gaza, we hear reports
[01:15:42] that the terrorist organization is recovering, strengthening, producing
[01:15:46] weapons and there are already security officials who say, now,
[01:15:49] that turning a blind eye, in light of what we, in light of what
[01:15:53] is happening, right now. Will cost Israel dearly,
[01:15:57] so is it possible that the goals
[01:15:59] that were talked about were not relevant or how can we bridge
[01:16:03] this gap between what was talked about as war and what we see
[01:16:06] on the ground? Let's look at each sector, we talked about the Iranian
[01:16:10] sector and it is the main one because in fact Iran acted
[01:16:14] to destroy the State of Israel and instead it was severely hit and thrown back
[01:16:17] years and this is the most dramatic change that happened here in the Middle
[01:16:21] East if the State of Israel had not acted in.
[01:16:25] These two campaigns against Iran, we would be in a completely different place today with a threat
[01:16:28] to the very existence of the State of Israel. Let's look at the northern
[01:16:32] sector and Hezbollah, every scenario
[01:16:35] described three years ago in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
[01:16:39] and in the cabinet talked about Hezbollah having one of the largest
[01:16:42] missile potentials in the world, and any war with
[01:16:45] Hezbollah means thousands of casualties and high-rise buildings
[01:16:49] falling in Tel Aviv. Where is Hezbollah today?
[01:16:52] Nasrallah was eliminated, his replacement was eliminated. All Hezbollah's command
[01:16:56] from the 20 people who were there three years ago, only one survived, and
[01:16:59] I hope he won't survive for too long. More than
[01:17:03] 80% of Hezbollah's missile potential
[01:17:06] no longer exists. No one today describes a war with Hezbollah in the same way
[01:17:10] it was described. We all as Israelis are happy to hear
[01:17:13] about these achievements, but still, let's talk for a moment about what's happening
[01:17:17] there now. Let's talk about Gaza, we are
[01:17:20] in 60% of the Gaza Strip
[01:17:23] creating security for our communities, we
[01:17:27] separated the continuous stretch that existed between Egypt and Hamas, which allowed
[01:17:30] Hamas to smuggle from Egyptian territory, today we
[01:17:34] control the Philadelphi Corridor, in Rafah,
[01:17:38] and Hamas is essentially confined to
[01:17:41] 40% of the territory, you can
[01:17:45] learn about Hamas's strategic situation even from its symbolic agreement
[01:17:48] to disarm, not that we believe in this step, we know that Hamas
[01:17:52] intends to cheat, but Hamas is in.
[01:18:02] because it is in a very, very bad situation, and you know what surprises
[01:18:06] me the most? That those who criticize the government for not yet finishing
[01:18:09] the job, and they are right, we have not yet finished the job, we need to remove
[01:18:13] Hamas from power in Gaza and we really need to disarm
[01:18:17] it, but these are the same people who for
[01:18:20] two or three years always preached to us and said, there is
[01:18:24] no choice but to accept Hamas's conditions for
[01:18:27] a ceasefire in Gaza to release captives, these conditions
[01:18:30] were a complete abandonment of the Gaza Strip, allowing Hamas
[01:18:34] to remain in power and essentially Hamas's control. Again, on our
[01:18:38] southern border and Hamas's control over the Rafah crossing, there were still
[01:18:42] goals and objectives that the Prime Minister talked about, and now we are not
[01:18:46] we are not finished yet, we have not reached the state of the Messianic
[01:18:49] era where all our enemies have been definitively
[01:18:53] defeated, we have changed the Middle East, we have dramatically improved, do you see a situation where Israel
[01:18:56] returns to fighting in Gaza, do you see, do you see such a situation?
[01:19:00] First of all, Israel is fighting in Gaza on a daily basis, you, like me,
[01:19:04] probably watch the news, it's getting more intense, but I.
[01:19:07] There are assassinations in Gaza every day, we are
[01:19:11] eliminating very senior Hamas commanders, including those who were recently
[01:19:14] appointed, we captured one of Hamas's leaders
[01:19:17] in Gaza who is currently in Israeli hands
[01:19:19] in an operation, straight out of a movie that happened just
[01:19:23] a few weeks ago, there are always Israeli operations
[01:19:27] in Gaza, and in the end we are currently giving a chance
[01:19:30] to the American initiative, despite the fact that it is clear to us that Hamas does not
[01:19:34] really intend to disarm, I think in the end. There
[01:19:37] will be no choice, and we will have to complete this task
[01:19:41] in Gaza as well, but in the end when you look at the security
[01:19:45] situation of the State of Israel three years
[01:19:48] ago and today, you see that it is a world of difference with huge changes
[01:19:52] that have been made here in the Middle East and have improved our
[01:19:56] situation hundreds of times over. From this point of view, we are currently in the period between
[01:20:00] Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the period of repentance, the State
[01:20:03] of Israel has learned lessons after the terrible massacre in Aviv.
[01:20:19] So I really want to come back to the question of introspection that has not
[01:20:22] been done since October 7th, and I want to go back with you
[01:20:26] to the meeting we mentioned earlier this morning here on the program, a chance
[01:20:29] meeting on a running track with Shani, Shani
[01:20:33] Cohen, the mother of the late Yogev, who was murdered
[01:20:37] on October 7th in Nova. She ran into
[01:20:40] בנובה, היא נתקלה בראש המן לשעבר ארון
[01:20:43] חליבה, שניהם לבושים בגדי ספורט על
[01:20:46] מסלול במקרה, בוא תקשיב בבקשה איתי למפגש
[01:20:50] emotional encounter, you knew I was looking for
[01:20:53] you. I say that Shaked will come. Where
[01:20:56] are you? Where
[01:20:58] were you? I will turn to you.
[01:21:02] My daughter is a senior. I understand the change of the
[01:21:05] one who will turn to you.
[01:21:37] a bereaved mother with the former head of military intelligence on October
[01:21:41] 7th, and you see, we it's really hard to stand
[01:21:44] against her, against these emotions and these feelings, but still, if
[01:21:48] we also look three years after the massacre, still no state
[01:21:52] or national inquiry commission has been established, and I want to ask you as a minister
[01:21:55] in the Israeli government on the eve of Yom
[01:21:58] Kippur, what do you think this government should introspect about? First
[01:22:01] of all, I said that this government has in many
[01:22:05] ways introspected in these
[01:22:07] years, and under the leadership of the Prime Minister, it has completely changed the
[01:22:11] security doctrine of the State of Israel,
[01:22:14] and we see the results and we talked about them in our conversation,
[01:22:17] of the entire change of our security concept,
[01:22:21] which, by the way, was a security concept that existed here for decades, which said
[01:22:25] we do not attack first, unless there is absolute
[01:22:28] knowledge that they will attack us, we
[01:22:31] strengthen when our enemy strengthens, but we do not act against
[01:22:35] strengthening, but only act against an attack. Today
[01:22:38] the security concept of the State of Israel is completely different,
[01:22:42] today we are attacking Mr. Elkin, but let's
[01:22:46] move on to the part about introspection, we really need to wrap this up, so if you
[01:22:49] can, but this is the main
[01:22:52] introspection, the act of repentance, both personal
[01:22:55] and national, in this case, it's a kind of national act of repentance, it
[01:22:59] is intertwined with changing the most fundamental perceptions,
[01:23:03] and this is what the State of Israel has done and the results
[01:23:05] speak for themselves. This is first and foremost
[01:23:09] the first thing. Regarding an inquiry commission, it is clear that an inquiry
[01:23:13] commission is needed, there is no dispute about that. They tried to lead
[01:23:16] a process in the Knesset for an inquiry commission that was built on
[01:23:20] the American model such that both sides,
[01:23:24] both the coalition and the opposition, were partners, yes, what was defined as the national
[01:23:27] inquiry commission in terms of forming an inquiry commission so that neither side would
[01:23:31] feel that some political bias one way or another
[01:23:34] could taint the results. Unfortunately, this process did not end because
[01:23:38] the Knesset dispersed before the law was approved. I hope that in the next
[01:23:42] Knesset very quickly a format will be found
[01:23:46] that will ultimately complete this process, everyone
[01:23:49] wants there to be a real investigation
[01:23:52] and many questions will be asked, because there are really many questions, what
[01:23:55] happened there, but the roots of the problem are
[01:23:59] strategic roots, and they required a change in
[01:24:03] our security concept,
[01:24:34] as I waited at the very end of the conversation, and I understand
[01:24:37] that, that there is some delusion, that maybe there is
[01:24:41] an answer, and that maybe there will be an investigation
[01:24:45] and a committee, but it's just not, it's not happening, it
[01:24:49] hasn't happened for three years.
[01:24:51] We are on the eve of, not only on the eve of Yom Kippur,
[01:24:54] on the eve of the additional October 7th that is coming
[01:24:58] to us, there is no change. How much does it
[01:25:01] worry you that an inquiry commission has not yet been established? It worries
[01:25:05] me greatly. How can it be that the biggest,
[01:25:08] the most terrible thing that we went through
[01:25:12] as a country, as a people, as a society,
[01:25:16] uh, did not receive
[01:25:18] the. The investigation of the
[01:25:22] sources of this day, of this
[01:25:25] thing, so that it does not happen again,
[01:25:29] because they constantly threaten us like a dangling sword over
[01:25:32] our heads about the next October 7th, for example, that it could happen
[01:25:36] in the Eilat and Arava region, I live in Eilat, I constantly see
[01:25:40] this fear coming back again and again,
[01:25:44] if only I knew that someone in my country seriously
[01:25:47] and responsibly and necessarily investigated it. And changed
[01:25:51] everything that needs changing so that I can sit here and feel
[01:25:54] safe and protected, I would be calm, but I am not, because it did not
[01:25:58] happen. Do you think that after the elections an inquiry
[01:26:01] commission will be established? I pray so
[01:26:04] much, and I am so lost as to what to do if this
[01:26:08] continues to drag on, if it does not receive the required
[01:26:12] and appropriate attention. Is there anything you would like to say in this regard
[01:26:16] to decision-makers, to members of the government?
[01:26:21] I would like to say that we must bravely face
[01:26:24] the truth and all the people, especially those
[01:26:28] who were harmed, which is simply thousands, because
[01:26:31] for 1200 murdered people there are so many more
[01:26:35] family members, first, second, and third circles of
[01:26:39] friends,
[01:26:40] and we must simply
[01:26:44] answer and give us justice and
[01:26:47] the truth and the knowledge. Not a
[01:26:50] feeling, the knowledge,
[01:26:53] that this is truly our land, that we have no
[01:26:56] other land, and that our land, both
[01:26:59] in the future and now will protect us, and will not
[01:27:02] check what my political affiliation is
[01:27:06] right before it sends rescue to me, if
[01:27:10] not not rescue, you know, if I suddenly stopped in a queue or
[01:27:13] not, rescue if something like what happened on October
[01:27:16] 7th happened, it can't be that it took two years for all the hostages
[01:27:20] to return home.
[01:27:23] Natalia, I want to ask you, we are almost three years
[01:27:26] after. Yes. First of all, if these days before
[01:27:30] the anniversary, we are approaching the date, are they particularly
[01:27:33] difficult for you? Or do you say, I experience
[01:27:36] the loss, this void all the time. It's particularly
[01:27:39] difficult.
[01:28:20] And it is known that in mourning
[01:28:23] and in coping with it there are days that are
[01:28:27] more prone to disaster in terms
[01:28:29] of the ability to contain it.
[01:28:33] Which is the day of death and it's a birthday
[01:28:36] and it's all sorts of other days related to that
[01:28:40] moment so yes and I am, all
[01:28:44] in all, only three years
[01:28:48] in this status of a mother who lost her child, I don't
[01:28:52] have that much experience, I don't know how
[01:28:55] it happens and how it feels in another 20 years and my intuition
[01:28:58] tells me that even in another 20 years all those who lost them will have hard days.
[01:29:02] There will always be difficult days to overcome. Yes, you
[01:29:05] know your son Keshet became
[01:29:09] a symbol, his picture appears on the poster of the movie "We Will
[01:29:13] Dance Again" which won an Emmy Award, a young,
[01:29:17] blond, handsome, full of life. Do you
[01:29:20] feel that your efforts around his commemoration
[01:29:23] help perhaps a little, not fully, with
[01:29:26] coping with the great void?
[01:29:30] Ah, absolutely.
[01:29:32] I started my work
[01:29:36] actually
[01:29:38] the day after Keshet's
[01:29:40] shloshim (30-day mourning period), I was invited
[01:29:44] to a delegation of the Foreign Ministry to Mexico
[01:29:47] and Miami, with families of hostages, to call
[01:29:50] for the return of the hostages and to talk about what happened
[01:29:53] and to tell it in English and Spanish,
[01:29:57] and it was a very intense week, and when it ended I realized
[01:30:01] that I had received a gift. The gift was
[01:30:05] to talk about Keshet, to talk about who he was,
[01:30:08] to talk about what happened to us, to talk about how we
[01:30:11] cope, and since then I simply
[01:30:14] knew that talking about Keshet every time and telling
[01:30:18] about him and spreading the light of who he was and what a
[01:30:21] person, strengthens me, gives
[01:30:25] meaning and...
[01:30:27] And purpose to all this, so
[01:30:30] my son is not... in his body, but every
[01:30:34] time I stand in any format
[01:30:37] and tell about him, I continue to keep
[01:30:40] him alive and he is still here with us, and that is what I essentially
[01:30:43] do and that is what gives me the strength to cope
[01:30:47] and a little, a little healing for my
[01:31:20] ride ended in tragedy yesterday. Itzik Barashi, 54,
[01:31:24] our friend and colleague in the news division of Kan
[01:31:27] 11, was killed after being hit by a car on Road
[01:31:30] 44, near the Nesharim interchange, Opher Halphon's
[01:31:34] report. Itzik Barashi from Jerusalem went out yesterday morning
[01:31:38] for a bike ride with his friends, as he used to do
[01:31:41] regularly on weekends.
[01:31:44] During the ride, on Road 44 near the Nesharim interchange, he
[01:31:48] was hit by a car, Magen David Adom teams who were called to the scene provided
[01:31:52] him with medical treatment, and evacuated him to Hadassah
[01:31:55] Hospital. Here is Ahmed Hassanan, an emergency medical paramedic
[01:31:59] with Magen David Adom. A serious traffic accident scene where a man
[01:32:02] around 50 years old was found unconscious with his bicycle crushed next to him. He was found with
[01:32:06] a significant head injury. Uh, we immediately began resuscitation efforts
[01:32:10] and administered medication and bandaging, and evacuated him by MDA's intensive
[01:32:13] care ambulance to the hospital in serious condition. Unfortunately, Itzik
[01:32:17] was pronounced dead shortly after he was brought to the hospital.
[01:32:21] The police are investigating the circumstances of the accident and the sequence of events
[01:32:24] that led to the fatal injury. The driver of the vehicle,
[01:32:27] a resident of the center in his 40s, was taken for
[01:32:30] questioning, and at the end of it.
[01:32:40] A beloved and professional man who loved his work and
[01:32:44] the place that was much more than a workplace for him. Yesterday he
[01:32:47] was supposed to direct the program with Sharon Wexler and Uri Levi
[01:32:51] in the afternoon, a program he never arrived at. This morning
[01:32:55] we received the difficult news. Itzik Barashi was killed in a bicycle
[01:32:59] accident, cycling was his life's passion, it must be said, and for us,
[01:33:02] it's hard, it's hard to recover, every Saturday
[01:33:05] I used to chat here with Itzik during
[01:33:08] the broadcast about the route he rode in the morning, about the weather
[01:33:12] that accompanied him and his friends, and about the experiences from that ride.
[01:33:15] Itzik was a wonderful, kind-hearted guy who was always a pleasure
[01:33:19] to talk to, and of course, an excellent
[01:33:21] professional. Whenever needed, for any news event
[01:33:25] that required him to come to the studio and help the system,
[01:33:28] Itzik was there, always committed, always ready, and always
[01:33:32] with... his friends and colleagues. Here is Tamar Gur Arie, a director
[01:33:35] in the news division of Kan 11 and a close friend of
[01:33:39] Itzik. Every time I saw he was with me on shift, I knew it would be fun.
[01:33:42] He was always happy with him. Funny,
[01:33:46] and he's the kind of person you meet and they just become a part
[01:33:49] of you, he touched so many people,
[01:33:53] and there's no doubt that work won't
[01:33:55] be, won't be the same without him, and our family
[01:33:59] really lost a brother. Yesterday, that Saturday
[01:34:03] ride, which was such a regular part of his life, ended
[01:34:06] in tragedy. Itzik, 54, left behind
[01:34:09] a family, friends and colleagues, and many
[01:34:13] people who are struggling to cope
[01:37:46] first evening of Selichot for the year, tens of thousands
[01:37:49] of visitors flocked to the Western Wall. Our correspondent Chaim
[01:37:52] Golditch with the details
[01:37:53] and the readiness.
[01:38:01] Tens of thousands of worshipers and visitors flocked last night to the Western Wall and the streets of
[01:38:05] Jerusalem under heavy security by the Israel Police for the traditional
[01:38:08] "Hatarat Nedarim" (Annulment of Vows) prayer and the last Selichot for the year on the eve of Yom
[01:38:12] Kippur.
[01:38:19] Jerusalem District police officers, along with Border Police officers and other security forces, were deployed
[01:38:23] in the city's streets and the alleyways of the Old City, which were crowded
[01:38:26] with visitors, and this deployment will continue leading up to Yom Kippur and the Sukkot
[01:38:29] holiday thereafter, in order to thwart any attempt to disrupt the holidays
[01:38:33] and harm areas or people. At the same time, these assessments in Jerusalem, also
[01:38:37] in Judea and Samaria, the IDF is reinforcing forces in order to maintain order during
[01:38:40] the holidays and to ensure that the holidays pass peacefully, unlike in recent years, parallel
[01:38:44] to the increase. The alert level will rise throughout the country, both
[01:38:48] in the IDF and in the police. In Jerusalem, a month of Selichot (penitential prayers) is concluded
[01:38:51] with systems of over a million visitors who came to the Western Wall and the Old
[01:38:55] City during all the last 40 days. This is
[01:38:58] one of the years in which the most people visited the Western Wall, survivors of captivity,
[01:39:02] politicians, celebrities and citizens from all parts
[01:39:14] so there is no doubt that in the next two days, today and tomorrow, the weather
[01:39:18] plays a central role. So the good news is
[01:39:22] this. First of all, we are not expecting a heatwave, which is already something
[01:39:25] positive, already positive. Also, we are not expecting any
[01:39:29] too cold weather, so what we are expecting today are
[01:39:32] normal temperatures for the season, I want to remind you that even the normal for the season at this
[01:39:36] time is not cold, even the normal for the season is
[01:39:39] warm, but what is pleasing is that the days are already shorter,
[01:39:43] and already in the early afternoon hours, you start to feel the
[01:39:47] change in the weather, so the heat stress in general
[01:39:51] is not very heavy, so let's see what the temperatures are, today
[01:39:54] in Jerusalem 29 degrees, exactly.
[01:39:57] The average temperature, normal for the season, Tel Aviv
[01:40:01] with 30 degrees, Safed 28 degrees, Katzrin
[01:40:04] 33, in the Shfela 30, in the northern
[01:40:08] Negev 32 and in Eilat only 36
[01:40:11] degrees, so today, yes, a slight increase in temperatures, but this
[01:40:15] leads us overall to normal average temperatures for the season,
[01:40:18] tomorrow almost the same weather as we have today, maybe a one degree
[01:40:22] increase in cities, not dramatic at all,
[01:40:26] after that too. Also on Wednesday a slight decrease
[01:40:29] in temperatures, but what is most important for us is really today
[01:40:32] and tomorrow, and today and tomorrow
[01:40:45] know, it sounds like the parallel events, but exactly three years ago,
[01:40:49] we were very busy here
[01:40:53] with internal disputes over the issue of prayers on Yom Kippur
[01:40:55] in the public sphere. In Tel Aviv, and then came
[01:40:59] that terrible day, October 7th.
[01:41:02] After it, there was a feeling of a very big change and a strong
[01:41:05] feeling of unity and that now things must look
[01:41:09] different, and I want to ask you, from a three-year
[01:41:12] perspective, do you think that we have indeed
[01:41:16] learned something? First of all, one thing, and I
[01:41:20] remember myself this morning at this hour three
[01:41:23] years ago, being interviewed on one of the main media outlets.
[01:41:28] And being asked about the separation, about the distance,
[01:41:31] and then I said one thing, my experience tells me that this is not
[01:41:35] accurate. My experience tells me, I travel
[01:41:38] around the country, I see the connection that exists between
[01:41:41] people, we are much more connected than
[01:41:45] we show, you can see these things
[01:41:48] then and even more so, even today.
[01:41:51] Look at the many thousands, in every
[01:41:55] corner of the country, we are. connected
[01:41:58] to ourselves and connected to our heritage much
[01:42:02] more than we let on when we show something
[01:42:05] else. Correct. So we were in a terrible
[01:42:09] period, that Yom Kippur, the end of Yom Kippur
[01:42:12] hurt me, I am from Tel Aviv, and to hear
[01:42:16] that it would not be possible to pray the Neilah prayer
[01:42:19] at Dizengoff Square hurt me very much, and yet
[01:42:22] the reality is that we are connected.
[01:42:26] We received a terrible blow three years ago
[01:42:29] on that day, but after it
[01:42:32] we, unfortunately, sometimes still continue
[01:42:36] to quarrel and deal with the person
[01:42:39] rather than the issue. There is a feeling that things have somewhat returned to their previous state
[01:42:42] after that period of, you know, a feeling
[01:42:45] that something has to change, must change, right?
[01:42:48] Right, we returned too quickly to all the disputes, to all
[01:42:52] the quarrels, and I always emphasize that we
[01:42:55] are, unfortunately, experts. In talking about each other,
[01:42:59] we forget to talk to each other. Sometimes we do
[01:43:02] manage to do that, and these 40 days
[01:43:06] of the millions at the Western Wall, of
[01:43:09] the thousands and tens of thousands who meet
[01:43:13] at different ages. I come to Eilat,
[01:43:16] to a Selichot evening, and you see there a lesson before
[01:43:20] Selichot, beyond a synagogue where there is no room to move,
[01:43:24] they also broadcast it on YouTube to the whole public.
[01:43:27] And their public at that time, they show me over 200
[01:43:31] people not with us in Eilat, so we
[01:43:35] are not so far from each other, it's just that
[01:43:38] we need to show it more, we need to broadcast it among us
[01:43:41] more, to talk differently, and I
[01:43:45] am optimistic, I just hope that we won't make those
[01:43:48] mistakes and won't repeat them again. I really want to ask you
[01:43:52] in this context, Yom Kippur is a time of introspection,
[01:43:55] and do you think, do you believe
[01:43:58] that the leadership in Israel did introspect after the massacre, examined
[01:44:02] the conduct that led to this disaster, because the investigation committee has not been established
[01:44:05] yet?
[01:44:09] There are some, and there are some. There are those who
[01:44:12] try, and there are those who do, and there are those who do less. I
[01:44:16] think one simple thing: we need to remember, we haven't
[01:44:20] finished yet, the event is by no means behind us,
[01:44:23] we are still in a war, it also hasn't ended,
[01:44:27] our forces are in Syria,
[01:44:30] in Lebanon, in Gaza, still
[01:44:33] reservists, who are called up everywhere
[01:44:36] and anywhere, but I will also tell you one thing, Thursday
[01:44:40] morning I was at the Mevo'ot
[01:44:43] HaNegev high school in Kibbutz Shuval, and after I hugged the 12th
[01:44:47] grade, I spoke. A girl approached
[01:44:50] me, the daughter of Yossi Sharabi,
[01:44:54] who was murdered in Be'eri, and she
[01:44:56] herself survived, she can't even define how,
[01:45:00] and for her, it happened just now, not yesterday, not
[01:45:04] last week, not three years ago, for her, it happened
[01:45:07] now. That is to say, we are still, maybe
[01:45:11] indeed because of the war and because of the disputes, because
[01:45:15] of the quarrels, and too much politics
[01:45:18] that we are all engaged in, maybe because of that we are not yet
[01:45:22] able to recover, we are still not able to reach the right
[01:45:26] situation that we must reach already.
[01:45:29] So I want to hope, according to the law,
[01:45:32] there are elections, I really want to hope, and again, I am not
[01:45:36] talking, I am not not, the truth is that precisely in this context I
[01:45:39] to say, you talked earlier about 40 days, in less than 40 days, Israeli
[01:45:43] citizens will go to the polls, we are already seeing a very heated
[01:45:47] election campaign, and I want to ask you what you tell the leaders of the parties
[01:45:50] in this campaign season, if you happened to see, for example, a video of the Religious Zionist
[01:45:54] party that shows the heads of the legal system, the Supreme Court president, the legal
[01:45:58] advisor to the government, being dragged by police officers in the streets, a video that was of course made
[01:46:01] with AI, I want to hope again,
[01:46:05] I'm gritting my teeth for these
[01:46:09] upcoming election days. And I'm holding myself and want
[01:46:12] to hope that I will manage somehow to get through it
[01:46:15] and that people will talk.
[01:46:18] Our Sages were wise, wise, wise, may their memory
[01:46:21] be a blessing, these are our Sages, and they said: Who is honored? He who honors
[01:46:25] others. I want to hope that we will succeed,
[01:46:29] nevertheless, each one will not say what is wrong with the other, each one will not
[01:46:33] say that so-and-so is not okay, but that each one will say what I
[01:46:36] believe should be done, what I believe because... on the other
[01:46:40] hand, I believe it can be fixed. I want
[01:46:42] to hope, on the contrary, we are on the eve of Yom Kippur, this is
[01:46:46] the time when I hope that this call, you know,
[01:46:49] let's try a little bit, because negative campaigns,
[01:46:53] we saw where they led us in the last 15
[01:46:56] years, so certainly in the last 10
[01:47:00] years with the repeated campaigns, so maybe
[01:47:03] let's start a little more positive campaigns, where people will present
[01:47:07] the good in them, present the thing. The people are
[01:47:10] there, the people are much more in places that seek
[01:47:14] the good, and after we get through these
[01:47:17] elections, I want to hope and wish, regardless
[01:47:20] of what the results will be, that we all
[01:47:24] know how to calm things down, and we all know
[01:47:27] how to focus on the right thing,
[01:47:29] on the benefit, on the proper building
[01:47:33] of all of us, because we are there, the people are there,
[01:47:37] so if the people are in the right place, they deserve
[01:47:40] that everyone, all the leaders of the parties, treat them
[01:47:44] in the right way, so that they give us, you know
[01:47:47] what I wished for this year, a calm year
[01:47:50] for a bit, forgive me for saying this to a news channel, but
[01:47:54] may it be good for you, Amen, Amen, I join this wish so
[01:47:57] much, a beautiful, calm and peaceful and different one, beautiful,
[01:48:01] calm and different, right, that there will be a year
[01:48:04] that will put music a little more in place to get all
[01:48:08] the headlines. We must say, if only,
[01:56:21] the report that Prime Minister Netanyahu was warned by UAE President
[01:56:25] Bin Zayed before the October 7th massacre. In an interview
[01:56:29] with the Emirati newspaper The National, the senior official, who was interviewed
[01:56:32] anonymously, explained that the UAE discusses security matters with
[01:56:36] other countries through the relevant bodies and does not discuss
[01:56:39] such details at the leadership level. The senior official's
[01:56:43] remarks sharpen the official response of the UAE at the beginning
[01:56:46] of the month, which did not explicitly deny the conversation between
[01:56:50] Netanyahu and the President of the United
[01:56:52] Arab Emirates.
[01:56:54] President Isaac Herzog announced that he has decided to delete the criminal
[01:56:58] record of Elor Azaria.