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Title: President Isaac Herzog – His message to the Nation, all Jewish people mourning and entire humanity (*from 0:23 mins)

Description: President Isaac Herzog replies to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. His clip is followed by a prayer for the IDF soldiers.

Title: Effi Yaacobi – Reporting on ‘Israel At War’ (*from 6:43 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with L'Chaim contributor Effi Yaacobi, in Israel. We hear from Effi, that with the war raging against Hamas in Gaza, all the talk in Israel is on the hostages. Effi talks about the senior Hamas leadership who have been eliminated by the IDF, and with that, the main topic going viral around the world is the rocket hit on the hospital in Gaza. The assertion being disseminated by the world media is that Israel was responsible and would target a hospital, simply doesn't wash. There is no way Israel would ever target a hospital and Israel has the irrefutable evidence that this was not the case today. To contact Effi send an email to efyaac@netvision.net.il.

Title: Australian Parliament condemns Hamas and "stands with Israel" (*from 14:57  mins)

Description: On October 16, 2023, the Australian Parliament passed resolutions condemning the recent Hamas atrocities and supporting Israel. The resolutions had cross-party support except for the Greens. The segment presents highlights of the speeches, in the House of Representatives, by the Prime Minister (14:59), the Leader of the Opposition (22:20), the Deputy Prime Minister (29:25), the Leader of the Nationals (31:20), the Attorney-General (32:55), the Deputy Leader of the Opposition (34:41) and the Member for Macnamara (37:26).

Title: KAN English News Flash – October 18, 2023 at 2PM IDT (*from 39:10 mins)

The latest English language radio news from KAN, the Israeli Broadcasting Service.

Title: Adi Rozen – Rambam, Israel’s Health Care Campus of the North (*from 45:00 mins)

Description: Maurice Klein speaks with Adi Rozen, operational manager of the Australian Friends of Rambam. Rambam is a 1,100 bed hospital, the major tertiary (referral) medical centre for all of Northern Israel, serving more than 2.5 million residents and others referred from all over Israel. With Rambam's strategic location near Israel's volatile borders Rambam is a vital national security resource. Rambam is home to the only Level 1 trauma centre in the North and treats more trauma patients than any other hospital in Israel, with outstanding results. When the Rambam Medical Centre is under threat , the three underground parking  levels are converted to an emergency hospital, with the entire facility equipped with emergency care medical equipment to treat acute and trauma-related injuries. Patients who require urgent and life-saving surgery are operated on in four fully-equipped surgical suites within the protected underground hospital as well as in the above ground fourteen fortified operating rooms. Israel's history has seen war returning to this region time and time again as we are all well aware right now!! Rambam stands ready and seeks financial support to provide the necessary health care and emergency treatment and must be prepared at all times.  Rambam is also a major medical educational facility. With Israel in a state or war the Australian Friends of Rambam currently has an emergency appeal. To donate go to:  www.ausforam.org.au.

Title: Gareth Narunsky – Tomorrow’s AJN Headlines today (*from 56:15 mins)

Description: We cross to Gareth Narunsky, the Australian Jewish News National Editor, for the headlines in this week’s edition of the paper.

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