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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-02-06 at 21:02
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Tehran carpentry workshop blaze at base
Prater charged for Hezbollah contact list
Herzog visit to Australia sparks antisemitism protests
The time is now 9:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In the conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, a large fire broke out in a carpentry workshop inside a military base in eastern Tehran on Friday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and there were no injuries reported. State media said the workshop was located in a military complex linked to Iran's military joint staff, and authorities noted photos from eastern Tehran circulated on social media under the view of an explosion in Tehran. The incident follows blasts reported a week earlier in Bandar Abbas and Ahvaz on January 31, with additional blasts recorded in Karaj and the Parand neighborhood of Tehran on the same day. Iranian authorities attributed the Bandar Abbas and Ahvaz explosions to a gas leak, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied social media rumors that naval officials had been killed; Iran International reported five deaths from those blasts. The cluster of fires and blasts has heightened concern amid ongoing United States–Iran tensions.
Separately in the same topic, a US court on Thursday charged Regan Darby Prater with terror-related offenses for allegedly handing a list of individuals purportedly affiliated with Israel to Hezbollah and for firebombing a civil rights center years earlier. Prater was initially charged last year in connection with the March 2019 arson attack that destroyed the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. A new indictment accuses him of providing a list of Israel-linked individuals to Hezbollah and adds a count for attempted provision of material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization; the filing does not detail how or when contact with Hezbollah occurred. Earlier documents described his actions as motivated by mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also said to have spray-painted a symbol associated with the Iron Guard, a World War II–era group.
In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, protests planned as Herzog’s upcoming visit to Australia prompts anti-Israel outcry, the planned trip of President Isaac Herzog to Australia this weekend has drawn organized opposition and protests, including from some Jewish communities, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack in December. Some Labour Party members and anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian groups have urged Albanese to rescind the invitation or arrest Herzog on arrival for inciting genocide. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong defended the visit, telling ABC radio that the trip reflects the wishes of the Australian Jewish community following the December terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney that killed 15 people, and that the community had asked for Herzog to visit amid the ongoing tragedy.
Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today: Ongoing War Report update.
I'm Noa Levi. Stay safe and informed.
Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view. Find the code and more details in the podcast description.
SOURCES
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-885851
https://www.timesofisrael.com/alleged-us-arsonist-accused-of-giving-list-of-israel-linked-individuals-to-hezbollah/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/protests-planned-as-herzogs-upcomin
Tehran carpentry workshop blaze at base
Prater charged for Hezbollah contact list
Herzog visit to Australia sparks antisemitism protests
The time is now 9:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In the conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, a large fire broke out in a carpentry workshop inside a military base in eastern Tehran on Friday. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and there were no injuries reported. State media said the workshop was located in a military complex linked to Iran's military joint staff, and authorities noted photos from eastern Tehran circulated on social media under the view of an explosion in Tehran. The incident follows blasts reported a week earlier in Bandar Abbas and Ahvaz on January 31, with additional blasts recorded in Karaj and the Parand neighborhood of Tehran on the same day. Iranian authorities attributed the Bandar Abbas and Ahvaz explosions to a gas leak, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps denied social media rumors that naval officials had been killed; Iran International reported five deaths from those blasts. The cluster of fires and blasts has heightened concern amid ongoing United States–Iran tensions.
Separately in the same topic, a US court on Thursday charged Regan Darby Prater with terror-related offenses for allegedly handing a list of individuals purportedly affiliated with Israel to Hezbollah and for firebombing a civil rights center years earlier. Prater was initially charged last year in connection with the March 2019 arson attack that destroyed the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee. A new indictment accuses him of providing a list of Israel-linked individuals to Hezbollah and adds a count for attempted provision of material support to a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization; the filing does not detail how or when contact with Hezbollah occurred. Earlier documents described his actions as motivated by mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is also said to have spray-painted a symbol associated with the Iron Guard, a World War II–era group.
In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, protests planned as Herzog’s upcoming visit to Australia prompts anti-Israel outcry, the planned trip of President Isaac Herzog to Australia this weekend has drawn organized opposition and protests, including from some Jewish communities, in the wake of the Bondi terror attack in December. Some Labour Party members and anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian groups have urged Albanese to rescind the invitation or arrest Herzog on arrival for inciting genocide. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong defended the visit, telling ABC radio that the trip reflects the wishes of the Australian Jewish community following the December terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney that killed 15 people, and that the community had asked for Herzog to visit amid the ongoing tragedy.
Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today: Ongoing War Report update.
I'm Noa Levi. Stay safe and informed.
Keep in mind that this AI-generated report may contain occasional inaccuracies, so consult multiple sources for a comprehensive view. Find the code and more details in the podcast description.
SOURCES
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-885851
https://www.timesofisrael.com/alleged-us-arsonist-accused-of-giving-list-of-israel-linked-individuals-to-hezbollah/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/protests-planned-as-herzogs-upcomin