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Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

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Following a long weekend of Iranian and Hezbollah strikes that sent Israelis to shelter multiple times, Fabian notes that while the frequency of Iranian strikes has remained much the same, the threat level is possibly lower due to the smaller number of missiles in each strike, which makes it easier for Israeli air defense systems to intercept each missile.

At the same time, Hezbollah in Lebanon has been ramping up its rocket and drone strikes on northern Israel, notes Fabian.

Israel’s Air Force conducted many waves of strikes in Iran, bombing the regime’s oil and fuel depots and hitting the infrastructure involved in ballistic missile production, which forms the biggest threat to Israel Fabian reports.

Fabian also discusses a rare IDF operation to search for the body of airman Ron Arad in Lebanon, as ground forces have moved deeper into the country in recent days.

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