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In response to the heightened security situation, the Ministry of Aliya and Integration has expanded the hours of the support  hotline for new immigrants that it operates in cooperation with the emotional first aid organization ERAN. The hotline, whose number is *3201, provides psychological assistance in five languages: Russian, Amharic, English, French and Spanish. KAN's Naomi Segal heard more from Dr. Shiri Daniels, national director of counseling at Eran. (Photo: Shutterstock) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US anticipates limited Israeli counterstrike to Iranian attack. Easyjet carrier suspends flight service to Israel through end of October, citing ongoing situation. Activist, families of hostages go to Allenby crossing to block aid trucks to Gaza See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yigal Carmon, president and founder of the Middle East Media Research Institute and a former adviser on Arab affairs to two prime ministers, says that Iran pre-coordinated its attack against Israel with the United States so that no one would be hurt and war with Israel would be avoided. He told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the strike damaged Israel’s deterrence. (photo: Vahid Salemi/AP)  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

War Cabinet meeting as US and European allies urge Israel not to retaliate to direct air strike on Israel, four soldiers wounded on Lebanon frontierSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Israel mulls military response to Iran's attack. US reportedly wants no Israeli strike. Only 1% of projectiles penetrated Israel's airspace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF launches operation in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Head of US Central Command arrives in Israel amid heightened alert for Iran attack. Israel to open new land crossing into Gaza to step up flow of aidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

US President Joe Biden has promised Israel "ironclad" support amid fears that Teheran will respond to the last week's attack on the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus. On Wednesday, Iran's leader said the Israeli attack in Damascus was equivalent to an attack on Iran itself. "When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our territory," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech. KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Dr Thamar Gindin , an expert on Iran from Haifa University’s Ezri Center for Iran and Persian Gulf states and asked her  how the possibility of an Iranian strike on Israel is viewed in Iran.  (Photo:AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza drew sharp criticism from US President Joe Biden, and calls from some House Democrats to halt arms transfers to Israel pending an investigation. KAN's Naomi Segal asked Dr. Yonatan Freeman, an international relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, if there are indications of a shift in the US policy toward Israel in its conduct of the war against Hamas. (Photo: Associated Press, Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jerusalem waiting for Hamas response to mediator's hostage deal proposal. Report: Mossad killed money-changer in Lebanon who transferred funds from Iran to Hamas. US President Biden in television interview ups criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu's approach in Israel-Hamas warSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Security-diplomatic cabinet to convene for update on Cairo talks on hostage release deal. Senior Hamas operative killed in Gaza air strike. IDF confirms that ship-mounted Iron Dome system intercepted drone that infiltrated Eilat area from the eastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Six months after the October 7th attack, much of the community of Kibbutz Nirim in the Gaza periphery has resettled temporarily in housing in Beer Sheva. Longtime Kibbutz Nirim member Adele Raemer, a grandmother of eight who is active in public diplomacy and who writes and speaks widely about life on Israel's southern border, spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal about the efforts to rebuild and to heal. (Photo: Courtesy)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Progress reported in Cairo talks on hostage deal. Drone infiltration alert sounded in northern communities. Israel Air Force announces formation of new drone squadron See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 soldiers KIA in Khan Yunis. IDF withdraws all troops from southern Gaza. Woman soldier seriously hurt in Samaria bus shooting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sunday marks 6 months of the Gaza war. More than 1,200 people , mainly civilians, were killed on October 7th.  600 soldiers have been killed in the fighting , along with some 23,000 residents of Gaza.  More than 100,000 Israelis have been forced to flee their homes from the Gaza periphery and along the northern border. To mark the 6-month anniversary of the Gaza war , KAN's Mark Weiss spoke with Itamar Ya’ar , former Deputy head of the National Security Council, and the head  of Commanders for Israel’s Security, a non-partisan movement of retired senior members of the defense establishment. (Photo:Flash90)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF suspends leave for combat units. GPS disruptions in central Israel. East Jerusalem ISIS terror cell nabbed.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IDF reserve Lt.-Colonel Jonathan Conricus, a senior fellow at the FDD, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and former international spokesperson for the IDF, said the dichotomy of the tragic, mistaken killing of the aid workers in Gaza juxtaposed with a highly accurate strike against top Iranian generals in Damascus, according to foreign reports, was a challenge for the image of the IDF. He said that the IDF’s acceptance of responsibility for the killing of the aid workers in Gaza needed to be followed up with a transparent inquiry and also possibly accountability. But, he told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan, he did not believe it could torpedo Israel’s war against Hamas. (Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rockets launched toward Western Galilee, drone downed in Arava, Iran threatens to avenge killing of top generals in air strike inside Damascus blamed on IsraelSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

English theatre in Israel. Hadar Galron, a writer, director and actress is staring in a mono-drama play, in English, this spring called Whistle - My mother was Mengele’s secretary. which tells the story of a 2nd generation Holocaust survivor. Galron spoke to reporter Arieh O’Sullivan about the production as well as her mini-series Harem, based on the true story of a cult in Tel Aviv led by a guru who had over 20 wives and 80 children which was just sold to Netflix. (photo: courtesy) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prof. Eyal Zisser, an expert on Syria and Iran from Tel Aviv University, said that the killing - allegedly by Israel – of Iranian general Mohammad Reza Zahedi, along with his deputy, in Damascus was a message that Israel will go after Iranians anywhere in the world who encourage and support attacks on Israel. Zisser told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the Iranians don’t have the military capabilities to strike Israel without Hizbullah or proxies like the Houthis in Eilat. (photo: SANA via AP)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dealt a major election blow this week as the main opposition group claimed victory in key cities including Istanbul and Ankara. Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University spoke to KAN's Naomi Segal about the significance of the vote. (Photo: Associated Press)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.