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Report: IDF Strikes Gathering of Houthi Leadership in Sanaa + IDF Ground Operation on Syrian Military Installation Near Damascus + UNSC Renews UNIFIL For Final Time + USAF Sentinel ICBM Update + More
For review:1. Report: IDF Strikes Gathering of Houthi Leadership in Sanaa. The strike was first reported by the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV, and then confirmed by Defense Minister Israel Katz and the Israel Defense Forces, thoug...
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Episode 521
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24:29

Israeli Defense Minister: IDF Troops to Remain on Syrian Side of Mount Hermon + Lebanon's Plan to Disarm Hezbollah Due on 29 Aug + China's New Amphibious Warship + More
For review:1. Australia expels Iran's Ambassador over connection to antisemitic events.2. Israeli Defense Minister: IDF Troops Remain on Syrian Side of Mt. Hermon.3. Lebanon's Plan to Disarm Hezbollah Due on 29 Aug.4...
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Episode 520
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22:45

Warning Shots Fired Across Korean DMZ + Israel Strikes Houthis; Destroys Presidential Palace in Sanaa + Russia & Ukraine Exchange 146 Prisoners of War + More
For review:1. Warning Shots Fired Across Korean DMZ.2. Israel Strikes Houthis; Destroys Presidential Palace in Sanaa. 3. Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturd...
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Episode 519
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20:50

Israeli Defense Minister: If Hamas Does Not Capitulate - Gaza City Will Become Rafah + Iranian Naval Exercise in Gulf of Oman & Indian Ocean + Armor Not Dead: Israel to Increase Production of Combat Vehicle Fleet + More
1. Iranian Naval Exercise in Gulf of Oman & Indian Ocean.2. The Houthis in Yemen take responsibility for carrying out today’s ballistic missile and drone attacks on Israel.3. A Hezbollah weapon depot in southern Lebanon’...
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Episode 518
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30:55

President Trump: US Air Power Could Be Part of Ukraine Security Guarantee + Israeli PM to IDF: Shorten Timeline for Seizing Gaza City + Israel to Call up 60k Reservists to Support Gaza City Campaign + More
For review:1. Israeli PM to IDF: Shorten Timeline for Seizing Gaza City.2. Israel to Call up 60k Reservists to Support Gaza City CampaignThe forces included 12 brigade-level teams, each of which has infantry, armored, artil...
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Episode 517
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27:12

President Trump Hosts Ukraine President - European Leaders at White House + Hamas Agrees to Latest Hostage & Ceasefire Proposal; Israel Weighing Options + US Navy Fields Coyote Interceptors on Destroyer + More
1. President Trump Hosts Ukraine President - European Leaders at White House.Hopes of a breakthrough (in Peace) rose after President Trump said he had spoken by phone with Russian counterpart Putin -- following a "very good" meetin...
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Episode 516
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17:34

President Trump to Meet with Ukraine President in Washington on Monday + Hezbollah Chief Threatens Lebanese Government Over Seizure of Arms + Australia and Philippines Conduct Combined Military Exercise + More
For review:1. Hamas negotiators in Cairo this week signaled a willingness to come down from demands they made last month that led to the collapse of hostage talks in Doha. Arab mediators passed along the development to Israel...
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Episode 515
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23:50

Still A Go: President Trump to Meet Russian President in Alaska Friday + IDF CoS Approved Gaza City Take Over Plan + Switzerland Committed to Procure F-35As + More
For review:1. Mossad Chief to Qatar. Mossad Director David Barnea was in Doha on Thursday to meet with the Qatari Prime Minister al-Thani. The Mossad Director conveyed to the Prime Minister that Israel was not bluffing with its pla...
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Episode 514
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24:35

Israel - Hamas Hostage & Ceasefire Negotiations Could Restart This Week + President Trump to Meet with Russian President Without Ukraine + Japan & Philippine Defense Agreement + New US CENTCOM Commander + More
For review:1. Australia will recognize a Palestinian state in September at the United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Monday.2. Israel - Hamas Hostage & Ceasefire Negotiations Could Restart ...
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Episode 513
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21:05

IDF Plan for Gaza City Complete Next Week + Europeans Push for Ukraine Attendance at Alaska Summit + España Decides Against F-35 Procurement + Canada to Achieve 2% GDP Defense Spending This Year + More
For review:1. Israeli PM explains why recognition of Palestinian Statehood will not bring peace to region.2. IDF Plan for Gaza City Complete Next Week.3. Iranian nuclear scientists have been sent into hiding after dozens we...
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Episode 512
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26:24

President Trump to Meet with Russian President in Alaska (15 Aug) + President Trump Oversees Azerbaijan & Armenia Peace Agreement + Israeli Cabinet Decision: IDF to Take Over Gaza City
For review:1. Israeli Cabinet Decision: IDF to Take Over Gaza City.2. President Trump to Meet with Russian President in Alaska (15 Aug).3. President Trump Oversees Azerbaijan & Armenia Peace Agreement.
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Episode 511
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16:38

Gaza Occupation Plan to Israeli Cabinet Thursday + Lebanese Cabinet Tasks Army to Control Arms (Disarm Hezbollah) + US Army Deploys LRHW to Australian Exercise Talisman Sabre + More
For review:1. Kadena AB in Japan to inspect all F-15E Eagles after fighter landed w/o landing gear wheel.2. Gaza Occupation Plan to Israeli Cabinet Thursday.According to report, in the plan’s first phase, Israel will issue ...
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Episode 510
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20:45

With Hostage Talks Stalled - Israel Considers Full Occupation of Gaza + Netherlands & Germany Committed to Send Patriot Systems to Ukraine + France Continues Development of Archangel SIGINT Aircraft + More
For review:1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told ministers this week that he will seek cabinet backing for a plan to fully occupy the Gaza Strip.2. Netherlands & Germany Committed to Send Patriot Systems to Ukra...
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Episode 509
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25:01

President Trump Announces Submarine Movements + Armor Not Dead: Poland to Procure More K2 Tanks from S. Korea + Russia & China Conduct Naval Drills in Sea of Japan + US Senate Confirms Navy CNO + More
1. Hamas on Saturday said it would not disarm “as long as the occupation exists,” despite announcement from Arab League, urging the terror group to disarm. 2. The Israel Defense Force defeated Hamas’s Beit Hanoun battalion, the IDF ...
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Episode 508
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21:34

Arab League Condemns 7 October Attack; Calls for Hamas to Disarm + India Rejects F-35 Purchase + F-35B Variants Arrive in Japan + Senate Appropriators Pass Committee Defense Spending Bill + More
For review:1.Arab League Condemns 7 October Attack; Calls for Hamas to Disarm. Arab and Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Turkey, signed a declaration (New York Declaration) Tuesday condemning...
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Episode 507
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27:15

Ceasefire Between Thailand & Cambodia + IDF Assessment on Hezbollah Capabilities + Taiwan Receives Second Tranche of US M1 Main Battle Tanks + More
For review:1. Ceasefire Between Thailand & Cambodia. After efforts by Malaysia, the United States, and China to bring both sides to the table, the two countries' leaders agreed during talks in Putrajaya, Malaysia to end hostilities, ...
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Episode 506
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29:26

IDF Announces Daily 10-Hour Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza + Neutral Austria Considers Joining NATO + Thailand and Cambodia Clash Over Border Dispute + More
For review:1. IDF Announces Daily 10-Hour Humanitarian Pauses in Gaza. The pauses will take place from 10 a.m. till 8 p.m. in areas where the IDF is currently not operating with ground troops.2. As a result of stalled negoti...
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Episode 505
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20:40

Israel and Hamas Hostage & Ceasefire Talks Stall: Will Resume Next Week + US $4 Billion Military Financing to Poland + Japanese Patrol Aircraft Spots Chinese Submarine Support Ship Entering Sea of Japan + More
For review:1. Iran and E3 Nations (France, Germany, UK) meet in Turkey for nuclear talks.2. A ballistic missile launched at Israel Friday night by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen was intercepted by air defenses, the Israel Defens...
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Episode 504
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27:06

Mediators: Hamas Truce Demands Unacceptable + Russia & Ukraine Agree to Prisoner Swap in Istanbul + USAF Sentinel ICBM Program Update + More
For review:1. Syria’s interim government has requested Turkey’s support to strengthen its defense capabilities following sectarian violence over the past two weeks.2. US envoy to Syria Tom Barrack has urged Syrian President ...
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Episode 503
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24:04

Russia and Ukraine Peace Talks in Turkey on Wednesday + Iran and E3 Nuclear Talks in Istanbul on Friday + Australia Delivers First Tranche of M1 Tanks to Ukraine + IDF Drone Strike on Houthi Port + More
For review:1. Iran and E3 Nuclear Talks in Istanbul on Friday. Iran, Britain, France and Germany will hold nuclear talks in Istanbul on Friday- following warnings by the three European countries that failure to resume negotiations would ...
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Episode 502
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16:36

Ceasefire in S. Syrian City of Sweida Between Druze & Bedouin + New Round of EU Sanctions Against Russian Energy + UK & Germany Sign New Defense Pact + Opinion Article: F-35s to Turkey is Smart Business + More
For review:1. Ceasefire in S. Syrian City of Sweida Between Druze & Bedouin.2. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said elections will be held before the end of the year for the Palestinian National Council, for ...
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Episode 501
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29:57

IDF Strikes Damascus in Support of Druze Community + France Departs Last Senegal Posts + US Army Mid Range Capability Live-Fire During Talisman Sabre '25 + More
For review:1. US Army Mid Range Capability Live-Fire During Talisman Sabre '25. The U.S. Army hit an at-sea target with a Standard Missile 6 fired from its Typhon missile system as part of the Talisman Sabre 2025 exercise in Austra...
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Episode 500
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25:08

Israel Strikes Syrian Govt Forces in Druze-Majority Sweida + France to Spend $74.8 Billion on Defense in 2027 + US-Australian Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 + Tropic Lightning Division Now Equipped with HIMARS + More
For review:1. No progress on Israel - Hamas Hostage and Ceasefire negotiations.2. In a meeting in Amman on Sunday with British former prime minister Tony Blair, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas to release ...
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Episode 499
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27:46

Doha Hostage & Ceasefire Talks Stalled + Russian President Putin Supports Zero Enrichment for Iran + Japan Protests to Chinese Ambassador Concerning Unsafe Aircraft Incident over E. China Sea + More
For review:1. Doha Hostage & Ceasefire Talks Stalled.2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “confident” he will be able to reach a deal to free hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in an interview with US media a...
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Episode 498
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21:05

Lebanon's President Aoun: Peaceful Relations but No Normalization with Israel + US Sec of State Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov Meet in Kuala Lumpur + Argentina to Procure US Stryker Infantry Carriers + More
For review:1. No significant progress has been made on Hostage and Ceasefire Negotiations between Israel and Hamas.2. Lebanon's President Aoun: Peaceful Relations but No Normalization with Israel.Addressing relations with I...
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Episode 497
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20:49
