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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-09-05 at 14:01
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- Sep 5, 2026
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HEADLINES Iran economic pressure could spark street protests NATO vows zero tolerance for hybrid warfare Israel's religious bloc overtakes Likud The time is now 2:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, former NSC adviser Jacob Nagel says six to nine months of sustained economic pressure could push Iranians back into the streets, creating the conditions for a popular uprising, while warning Tehran would not hesitate to retaliate. Nagel, a former national security adviser and head of the National Security Council who now serves as a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says the United States is pursuing a strategy of applying sustained economic pressure on Iran rather than launching additional strikes, aiming to weaken Tehran by targeting its main revenue sources. He stressed that the United States is a powerful actor and that the approach is to choke Iran’s economy, while acknowledging Iran continues to export fuel despite the pressure and questioning the exact figures, suggesting for discussion that exports could be halved from prewar levels. Nagel argued that the pressure on Iran’s economy is designed to disrupt revenue streams and, if sustained, could create conditions for domestic upheaval while leaving room for Tehran to respond. In Regional Impacts, NATO will not tolerate hybrid actions against members, US envoy says. US ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker warned that NATO must not tolerate deliberate hybrid-warfare actions and pledged American support to member states as they confront such incidents. He noted last month’s attempted drone attack at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, which Berlin has blamed on Russia, as more troubling than other recent hybrid incidents,…