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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
The IDF is calling on Lebanese civilians in 37 villages and towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately, and head north of the Awali River. The overnight heavy airstrikes in Beirut targeted Hezbollahâs intelligence headquarters, according to the IDF. We begin with the tragic incidents in which 6 members of the elite Egoz unit, two Golani soldiers and one paratrooper were killed inside Lebanon.
As rocket sirens continue to sound all along Israelâs north, some 100 Hezbollah operatives have been killed during Israeli operations in southern Lebanon in the past day, according to IDF assessments. Fabian fills us in about the potential targeting of former Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallahâs successor and other operations in the north.
The head of a Hamas terror network in Tulkarem, along with several other operatives, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the West Bank this evening. According to the military, the airstrike carried out by a fighter jet in Tulkarem targeted Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, a top Hamas commander in Tulkarem who was planning a terror attack âin the immediate time frame.â Fabian weighs in.
Senior Hamas official Rawhi Mushtaha, the de facto prime minister of the Gaza Strip, was killed in an Israeli strike several months ago, as well as two other high ranking Hamas operatives, the IDF and Shin Bet said Thursday. Likewise, the security forces said in a statement Thursday that they had killed Aziz Salha, a Palestinian man infamous for his role in the lynching of two Israeli soldiers in Ramallah in 2000, in an airstrike in Gaza. Fabian explains who these men were and how significant.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Nasrallahâs presumed successor said to be target of heavy Israeli strike in Beirut
Officer killed in Lebanon; strike hits Hezbollah commander behind rocket attack on kids
In first fatalities of Lebanon ground op, 8 IDF soldiers killed in battles with Hezbollah
At least 18 said killed in Tulkarem airstrike on head of local Hamas terror network
IDF says it killed Hamas de facto PM â Sinwarâs right-hand man â in strike 3 months ago
Palestinian infamous for 2000 lynching of soldiers in Ramallah killed in Gaza strike
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IMAGE: Troops of the 188th Armored Brigade are seen operating in southern Lebanon, in handout image published October 4, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
For nearly a year, Israel has been forced to fight a war on seven fronts: against Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza; Hezbollah in Lebanon; the Houthis in Yemen; various Iran-backed militias in Iraq, and also in Syria; against Iranian efforts to arm Palestinian militants in the West Bank; and against Iran itself, which first attacked Israel in April and then again on Tuesday night.
Rettig Gur examines how Israel has moved to a more offensive position this week, and how far it may go before the United States's bear hug becomes a restraint.
And to close out this holiday episode, Rettig Gur speaks about what makes the Jewish New Year different from every other major holiday.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Biden: US opposes Israel hitting Iran nuclear sites, response should be âproportionalâ
A nervous Iran wanted to restore old regional order, but Israel is on the offensive
Iranian regimeâs missile assault underlines that Israel, with US, must expedite its demise
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IMAGE: Israelis stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert near Arad, on October 2, 2024, in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel. (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz, US bureau chief Jacob Magid and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian join host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.
Horovitz, Magid and Fabian discuss Tuesday evening's Iranian attack on Israel, as Iran launched 181 missiles at Israel, sending millions of Israelis into sealed rooms and bomb shelters on the eve of the three-day Rosh Hashanah holiday.
Israel's Air Force, along with the US and Jordan, intercepted most of the projectiles, showing close coordination and alliance, said Magid. The US also vowed severe consequences for Iran, stressing the US-Israel coordination, without efforts to hold back Israel.
Fabian updates the latest in the front with Lebanon, including Tuesday's discovery that the IDF has been conducting small raids into Lebanon since last October, with special forces operating for a day or three to four days at a time, uncovering Hezbollah sites and tunnels, weapons depots, thwarting Hezbollah intentions to conduct another kind of October 7 attack.
Fabian comments that now the IDF has an entire division operating in Lebanon for a much larger scale operation but with similar goals, including the army's intention to demolish Hezbollah tunnels.
Horovitz remarks that Iran insisted on portraying the Tuesday night missile attack as a great success. He notes that Israel has changed course dramatically in the last two and a half weeks, beginning with the pager attack not yet officially claimed by Israel, and the elimination of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah and other leadership, all showing a different course by Israel and the expectation that Israel will hit back hard at Iran, with US support.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Iran fires 181 missiles at Israel; PM: They made a âbig mistakeâ and âwill pay for itâ
Shrapnel from Iranian missile kills Palestinian man near Jericho
US: We will help Israel exact âsevere consequencesâ from Iran for missile attack
Seven people killed in shooting, stabbing terror attack in Jaffa
IDF: Hezbollah was ready to invade en masse after Oct. 7; we covertly raided 1,000 sites
IDF says strike kills head of Hezbollah unit charged with smuggling arms from Iran
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IMAGE: Israelis take cover inside a bomb shelter at Ben Gurion airport as a siren alert is sounded in Tel Aviv, October 1, 2024 (Photo by Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode from the Jerusalem office.
The IDF announced the launch of limited raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israelâs northern border. We discuss the strategy here and whether this is a formal declaration of war even as the IDFâs 98th Division, an elite formation of paratrooper and commando units, conducted an overnight ground operation.
Yesterday, Lebanonâs caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said the Lebanese government is ready to fully implement a UN resolution that had aimed to end Hezbollahâs armed presence south of the Litani River. We ask, what does it mean for Israel to have a weak state on its border and is it time for the west to bolster it?
The Biden administration appears to express its support for the raids that the IDF began conducting late Monday night during a call between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Berman weighs in.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
IDF announces launch of limited ground raids on Hezbollah sites across Lebanon border
Israel says ânext phaseâ beginning in Lebanon, amid global pleas against a ground op
Lebanese PM says willing to deploy army south of Litani River, fully implement UN resolution
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IMAGE: Israeli soldiers work on tanks in a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, October 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode from the Jerusalem office.
Yesterday, the Israeli Air Force launched airstrikes Sunday against infrastructure in western Yemen that the military said was used by the Houthis, in a response to recent ballistic missile attacks on the Jewish state carried out by the Iran-backed group. Fabian explains how logistically complicated this mission is, what was struck and the messaging top Israeli officials released following the strikes.
At least three terror operatives were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut apartment building after midnight on Monday, the first such raid in the heart of the Lebanese capital since the outbreak of the war in Gaza last year. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) said three of its fighters were killed in the strike. Likewise, the Palestinian terror group Hamas said that its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed in an Israeli strike in the south of the country. We hear about these strikes, as well as the Saturday strike that killed senior Hezbollah official Nabil Qaouk.
The body of Hezbollah terror chief Hassan Nasrallah was recovered from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Beirutâs southern suburbs on Sunday, alongside some 20 other top Hezbollah operatives. Fabian names those who have been identified and explains how resonant this strike was to the terror group's organizational structure.
The Israel Defense Forces may have begun or is about to begin small operations across the Lebanon border to take out nearby Hezbollah positions, according to two US reports. This is not yet the approved ground incursion, says Fabian, which is not off the table.
And finally, we learn about targeted airstrikes on two former schools in the Gaza Strip, as well as a kilometer-long tunnel that was discovered and destroyed.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Dozens of Israeli planes strike port, power plants in Yemen after Houthi missile attacks
IDF intercepts ballistic missile that Houthis claim aimed at PMâs plane at Ben Gurion
Hamas leader, PFLP fighters killed in strikes on southern Lebanon, central Beirut
IDF kills another senior Hezbollah official in Beirut; fresh barrages target north
Nasrallahâs body retrieved from ruins as IDF names 20 more terrorists killed in blast
IDF may have already begun small raids on Hezbollah in south Lebanon â reports
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IMAGE: A large fire and plume of smoke is visible in the port city of Hodeida, Yemen, September 29, 2024, after Israeli strikes on the Houthi-controlled city. (AP Photo)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode from the Jerusalem office.
Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made his first public comments since a massive Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollahâs leader Hassan Nasrallah in his southern Beirut headquarters on Friday. We hear about how the Israeli leader framed the decision and his view of its repercussions. We compare those remarks to Netanyahu's statements at the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, just prior to the strike.
We discuss how Nasrallah was in many ways became the "archetypical" enemy of Israel. Is it possible that his assassination could reshape the balance of power in the region?
Finally, we hear if this strike could shift Israelis' perceptions of their own army's competence as the country prepares to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 and abduction of 251 hostages to the Gaza Strip.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Touting Nasrallah killing, Netanyahu warns Iran: Israel can reach anywhere
In blistering UN speech, Netanyahu says Israel seeks peace but will fight until victory
Israel knew of Nasrallahâs location for months, some ministers opposed hit â reports
Killing of Nasrallah shows the IDF reasserting primacy, gradually restoring public trust
Nasrallahâs elimination is a direct blow to Iran, and a revival of Israeli deterrence
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IMAGE: A portrait of Hezbollah's leader Hassan Nasrallah hangs on a street in Baghdad on September 29, 2024, after Iraq officially declared a three-day national mourning period following Israel's killing of the Lebanese leader. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
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Welcome to The Times of Israelâs Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on whatâs happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Today, we bring you a bonus episode of What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This episode features host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with best-selling author Dr. Micah Goodman in a conversation recorded on September 25, 2024, ahead of the IDF's targetted assassination of Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah.
Best-selling author Goodman revisits a theory he discussed with Borschel-Dan on October 9, mere days after Hamas infiltrated Israelâs south and slaughtered 1,200 people and abducted 251 hostages to Gaza. We hear about Goodmanâs idea of the âzero-sum gameâ that Israel must play to restore deterrence and maintain legitimacy and its results so far.
Now, a year into this ongoing war, we learn how the Israeli narrative of the war is shifting away from perceiving it through the prism of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Today, two other narratives are increasingly gaining steam: One states that October 7 was the opening salvo to a regional war and the other zooms out even further and places it in the context of a realignment of the global axis.
We hear how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was ârightâ in warning against Iran, but his coalition just may obstruct efforts to solve the conflict once and for all.
âWe need new politics in order to defeat Iran,â said Goodman.
So this week, we ask Dr. Micah Goodman, what matters now.
What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves.
IMAGE: Philosopher and public intellectual Dr. Micah Goodman. (Yonit Schiller)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
The Israeli Air Force carried out massive targeted airstrikes in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Friday evening, with the military saying it had struck Hezbollahâs main headquarters. This morning, the IDF confirmed Nasrallahâs death and later Hezbollah also announced the targeted assassination of its leader. We hear about the timeline of the strike, as well as others who may have been killed alongside Nasrallah.
Since the strike on Friday, rockets have continued to be shot from Lebanon over the border. Fabian speaks about their inefficient guidance systems and what this may indicate.
On Thursday, the chief of the Israeli Air Force, Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar said that preventing all weapon transfers from Iran to Hezbollah is now a top priority. We hear about the efforts to prevent Hezbollah's rearmament as well as the potential for a ground incursion into Lebanon.
The Israel Defense Forces assessed on Friday that Hamas has been largely defeated militarily in the entire Gaza Strip, and it is now effectively a guerrilla terror group that will take some more time to dismantle. Fabian breaks this down.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
IDF says Hezbollah terror chief Nasrallah, other top commanders killed in Beirut strike
Israel targets Nasrallah in bombing of Hezbollah HQ; increasingly believes it killed him
Hassan Nasrallah: Terror chief made Hezbollah a regional force, ignored Israeli warnings
Official: With strike on Nasrallah, Israel hopes to avoid ground-op in Lebanon
IAF chief: Preventing all weapon transfers from Iran to Hezbollah now a top priority
IDF assesses Hamas defeated militarily in all of Gaza, is now a guerrilla terror group
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IMAGE: Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, speaks during a ceremony in Beirut on July 24, 1994. (AP Photo/Ahmed Azakir, File)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.
Magid reviews the breakdown of the proposed 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the air, flying to the US to speak at the UN General Assembly after his far-right government partners threatened to bolt the coalition.
He also discusses the speech given by US President Joe Biden at the UN General Assembly earlier in the week, specifically his comments about the Middle East and the need to work on global alliances, as well as an emphasis on the October 7 atrocities, making a point of the horrors of that day and of the continuing war.
Magid also relates to Biden's possible plans during his lame duck period following the November elections and before the January inauguration and the steps his administration wants to take regarding a two-state solution.
US, frustrated, says ceasefire plan rejected by Netanyahu had been coordinated with him
At UNGA, Biden describes horrors of Oct. 7 and Gaza war, urging sides to accept deal
US officials weighing steps Biden could take to preserve two-states after election
Abbas, in UN speech, blasts Israeli âgenocideâ in Gaza, sets out 12-point âday afterâ plan
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
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IMAGE: Palestinian supporters march with a cutout depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
The United States, France, and some of their allies called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah while also expressing support for a truce in Gaza, according to a joint statement of the countries released by the White House Wednesday following an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Lebanon. We begin by speaking about the apparent IDF achievements of the stepped-up airstrikes over the past week and then turn to the truce proposal and reactions to it.
Alongside the massacre of 1,200 and abduction of 251 hostages on October 7, Hamas head Yihya Sinwar attempted to launch a regional war. As such a war appears increasingly realistic, Borschel-Dan asks Horovitz if Israel is playing into Sinwar's hands.
We end today's episode by discussing this past year of journalism and how complicated responsible reporting is in this region. Horovitz explains some of the challenges facing news outlets and how some respected news sources are not rising to them.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
A fateful, devastating year; a little about ToIâs work; a thank you to ToI Community
US, France lead joint call for immediate 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah
Drone from Iraq hits Eilat port, causing damage and lightly injuring two
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IMAGE: Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a meeting of the Security Council, September 25, 2024, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
Hezbollah took responsibility for the missile attack on central Israel this morning, claiming to have targeted the Mossad headquarters near Tel Aviv with a âQader 1â ballistic missile in response to the pager and walkie-talkie explosions and the assassinations of top commanders in the terror group. Fabian analyzes the relatively restrained Hezbollah response even as Israel continues to target Hezbollah leadership and infrastructure.
Hezbollah confirmed that Ibrahim Qubaisi, the commander of the terror groupâs rocket and missile division, was killed in an Israeli strike yesterday in Beirut. Who was he and how important of a target is he?
This morning, the IDF issued a message in Arabic to Lebanese civilians who have evacuated their homes due to the presence of Hezbollah weapons, warning them it is not yet safe to go back. And on Monday, Israel published what it said was evidence of these Hezbollah munitions being placed in homes. What was this proof the IDF published?
Several drones launched from Iraq overnight struck open areas in the northern Golan Heights and the Arava, according to the IDF. The Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility. Fabian weighs in on when the IDF may respond more forcefully to these increasing attacks.
We close the program with a brief update on what is happening on the ground in Gaza as the war against Hamas continues.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
In first, Hezbollah fires missile at Tel Aviv area; no injuries as IDF intercepts it
IDF strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah missile chief, as rockets pummel Israel
Missile in the attic: IDF releases photos of Hezbollah munitions in Lebanese homes
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IMAGE: Hezbollah members march during a funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, September 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political correspondent Sam Sokol and health reporter Diana Bletter join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Sokol discusses latest with MK Gideon Sa'ar, who officially announced he would not consider replacing Defense Minister Yoav Gallant given the escalating situation in the north.
Sokol also looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's consideration of an IDF plan to lay siege in northern Gaza, and comments made by opposition members of the government regarding the current war situation in the north.
Bletter talks about how residents of the north have been handling the ongoing war, speaking with a regional council head, hospital directors and residents about the escalating rocket attacks, and how they're dealing with the daily realities.
She also discusses a therapeutic visit by Israeli alternative care practitioners to the Druze village of Majdal Shams, where a Hezbollah rocket attack recently wiped out 12 of their children and teens.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Saâar abandons pursuit of defense minister role as Lebanon fighting escalates
PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive
North under siege: Rockets cause hospitals to nix procedures, schools and beaches to close
Fear and uncertainty: As war escalates, northern residents feel thereâs nowhere to go
A northern kibbutz on the edge of the evacuated zone is Israelâs new de facto border
Women travel to Majdal Shams to help mothers of children killed in Hezbollah attack
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IMAGE: Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, as seen from Israel, September 23, 2024 (Photo by David Cohen/Flash90)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Since this morning, the Israeli Air Force has struck more than 300 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Berman discusses Hezbollah's strategies and capabilities to threaten the IDF on land, air and sea.
As it increasingly appears that Israel is on the brink of another war in Lebanon, Lazar gives insight into how the IDF has changed since the 2006 war and how this could shift the balance toward Israel's favor in another ground operation.
A drone launched at Israel by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq in the early hours of Monday morning was shot down by Israeli fighter jets, the sixth attack from Iraq within 24 hours. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility for the incident, saying on Monday morning that the group had targeted an Israeli observation base in northern Israel with drones. What is the Islamic Resistance in Iraq?
Biden Administration officials in the past few days sent the draft text of a new hostage release-ceasefire proposal to Israel and, via Qatari and Egyptian mediators, to Hamas. What are the current proposals on the table and what are we hearing from Hamas?
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
String of IDF successes might cause Nasrallah to back down, but wonât lead to victory
IDF launches over 300 strikes on Hezbollah after stark warnings to Lebanese civilians
Army says drone launched at Israel by Iran-backed militia in Iraq shot down by jets
Reports: Hamas chief incommunicado, Israel checking longshot possibility heâs dead
Israel offers to end war, let Sinwar leave if all hostages freed at once, Gaza disarmed
PM says weighing plan for siege on Hamas in north Gaza; believes half of hostages alive
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IMAGE: Illustrative: Hezbollah fighters raise their fists and shout slogans during the funeral of their senior commander Ali Dibs who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, February 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
After a series of sharp escalations in the almost year-long tit-for-tat conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, some 2 million Israelis are in areas that are currently affected by Hezbollah rocket fire. This deeper Hezbollah retaliation comes after the IDF assassination of some dozen top commanders of Hezbollahâs elite Radwan Force in the Friday strike in Beirut that killed Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollahâs military operations. We begin the program by hearing how significant was Aqil and how much of a blow this mass assassination was.
We hear about the scope of Hezbollah's fighting force and learn about a new kind of missile being used in the deeper attacks today. Is the IDF prepping the ground for an incursion?
The IDF carried out an airstrike this morning and on Saturday against a group of Hamas operatives at command rooms embedded within former school in Gaza. With most of Gaza under IDF control, when will it move into the small pockets in central Gaza that have not yet been touched.
Two terrorists who likely murdered six Israeli hostages in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip last month were killed by Israeli troops, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Saturday. How did the IDF tie the terrorists to the hostages?
A Jewish Israeli civilian was arrested last month after he was allegedly recruited by Iran to advance an assassination plot of Israelâs prime minister, defense minister, or the head of the Shin Bet, authorities announced on Thursday. The suspect, named as 73-year-old Moti Maman from the southern city of Ashkelon, was indicted on Thursday, after which the Shin Bet revealed details of the investigation. What do we know?
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Hezbollah fires 100 rockets at north, wounding 3; teen killed in crash during siren
IDF confirms eliminating multiple top Hezbollah commanders in Fridayâs Beirut strike
IDF says it struck Hamas operatives at inactive Gaza school; 21 reported killed
Army says it killed 2 Hamas terrorists who likely murdered 6 Israeli hostages in tunnel
Israeli Jew recruited by Iran in plot to kill Netanyahu, Gallant or Shin Bet head Bar
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IMAGE: Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on September 22, 2024. (Kawnat Haju / AFP)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Today, we bring you a bonus episode of What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploring key issues currently shaping Israel and the Jewish World. This episode features host Amanda Borschel-Dan speaking with ToI senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur.
Last week, three women were arrested after distributing flyers with six hostagesâ faces in MK Yuli Edelsteinâs synagogue in Herzliya, including a picture of him as a Prisoner of Zion alongside and the famous âLet My People Goâ slogan used to support the refuseniks in the Soviet Union before being allowed to emigrate to Israel in 1987.
After a week of backlash to their arrests and his apparent support for them, Edelstein clarified that while he understands the hostage familiesâ protests, he does ânot forgive people who turn the hostages into currency to promote goals that have nothing to do with them.â
At the same time, there already are efforts inside most â if not all â synagogues throughout Israel to release the hostages: the longstanding prayer for the release of hostages that is found in most standard prayerbooks.
Rettig Gur and Borschel-Dan discuss the two sidesâ stances and question whether they are all that far apart on the issue of the hostages.
The two then turn to the question of whether or not Israel is basically experiencing an undeclared, low-burn regional war after a week in which a ballistic missile from the Yemenite Houthis reached Tel Aviv, a drone from Iraq was downed over the Sea of Galilee, along with the âusualâ rockets from Gaza and Lebanon. Rettig Gur argues that even if Israel isnât currently in a regional war, itâs time for one, but with one specific target.
And so this week we ask Haviv Rettig Gur, what matters now?
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
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IMAGE: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, meets with Iraqi community members during his visit to Basra, Iraq, September 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.
Magid discusses the latest US administration comments regarding the uptick in Israeli strikes against Hezbollah, noting the carefully couched understanding of the escalation, given the continual Hezbollah missile attacks against Israel over the last year.
He also reviews comments made by US officials to the Wall Street Journal about the lack of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal, and expectations that none would be forthcoming before the end of the Biden administration.
Magid then talks about two talks given by former President Donald Trump to two Jewish groups in the US, and Trump's stance that he is the only candidate who can save Israel from the destruction that he says would take place under a Kamala Harris administration.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Blinken warns against âescalatory actionsâ in Mideast, cites risk to Gaza deal
US: âAdditional military opsâ not the best way to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation
US says it wasnât involved in or tipped off about Hezbollah pager detonations
Senior US officials think Gaza ceasefire unlikely by end of Bidenâs term â report
Trump: If I lose election, Jewish people will âhave a lot to do withâ it
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IMAGE; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken exits a vehicle as he departs Egypt, taking off from Cairo, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, for meetings in Paris, France. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.
Horovitz discusses the latest escalation in the north, following two waves of Hezbollah device explosions this week, and the decision by the government and IDF to send more troops to the northern border.
He also describes the Shin Bet arrest of an older Israeli man, discovered to have traveled to Iran in a plot to kill the prime minister, defense minister or the head of the Shin Bet.
Horovitz reviews the Wednesday night Channel 12 report alleging that the prime minister had been working since December to torpedo a possible hostage deal for political reasons, and also delves into the collapse of the end-of-November hostage deal.
He also discusses why Netanyahu would want to swap his current defense minister, Yoav Gallant, during a war, for another political foe, MK Gideon Sa'ar, who has no specific defense background.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Gallant says IDF diverting resources to northern border in ânew phaseâ of war
20 killed, 450 wounded as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave of Hezbollah device explosions
Hungary: Exploding pagers werenât made here, linked firm acted as trade intermediary
Will the pager operation deter Hezbollah and Iran, and is Israel prepared for war if not?
Israeli recruited by Iran in plot to kill Netanyahu, Gallant or Shin Bet head Bar
Ex-defense minister Yaâalon was target of Hezbollah bomb attack in Tel Aviv last year
Report: Nov. truce collapsed because Hamas falsely claimed women set for release were dead
Netanyahu, donât fire Gallant again: The first was a tragedy, the second could be worse
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IMAGE: IDF evacuates civilians injured by missile fired from Lebanon, in the Ramim Cliff area on September 19, 2024 (Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
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Welcome to The Times of Israelâs Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on whatâs happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on todayâs episode.
Four IDF soldiers fell in the Gaza Strip yesterday: Cpt. Daniel Mimon Toaff, 23; Staff Sgt. Agam Naim, 20; Staff Sgt. Amit Bakri, 21; and Staff Sgt. Dotan Shimon, 21. We discuss how the death of Naim, a paramedic, marks the first female soldier to be killed in the ground offensive.
A massive attack against Hezbollah operatives that is being attributed to Israel saw the explosion of thousands of pagers yesterday a few hours after Israel announced an additional official war goal: getting displaced residents of the north back to their homes. Fabian fills us in on what weâre hearing from foreign reports and the possibility of retaliation.
The Shin Bet foiled a recent attempt by Hezbollah to assassinate a former senior Israeli security official using a remotely detonated explosive device, the security agency announced on Tuesday. Fabian explains how Hezbollah likely has recruits in Israel to carry out such attacks.
The Israeli military clarified on Sunday that there was no evacuation recommendation given for civilians in southern Lebanon, and that flyers dropped in the southern village of Wazzani calling on residents to leave had been distributed by a brigade commander without permission. How could this have happened?
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
4 IDF troops killed, several hurt during fighting in southern Gazaâs Rafah
9 killed, almost 3,000 injured as vast wave of pager explosions strikes Hezbollah
Analysts say Mossad likely hid explosives in pagers before they reached Hezbollah
IDF urges vigilance as defense chiefs meet amid Hezbollah retaliation threat
Shin Bet says it foiled Hezbollah attempt to kill former top Israeli security official
After unauthorized flyers dropped, IDF says thereâs no south Lebanon evacuation order
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IMAGE: Lebanese first responders carry a man who was wounded after his handheld pager exploded in an attack blamed on Israel targeting Hezbollah, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 17, 2024. (AP Photo)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
The security cabinet updated its official goals for the ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza to include the objective of allowing residents of the north to return safely to their homes after being displaced by attacks by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, the Prime Ministerâs Office announced this morning. Does this change anything?
There are reports circulating right now about an emerging deal between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and New Hope chairman Gideon Saâar. Saâar is reportedly expected to be appointed defense minister if Netanyahu fires current defense chief Yoav Gallant and other reports say the two have agreed to jointly choose a new IDF chief of staff. Could it be detrimental to the war to switch leadership now?
Four years ago, the Bahraini and Emirati foreign ministers stood on either side of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump to sign the Abraham Accords. Since then, the accords were slightly expanded to include Morocco. We hear how the war has affected the participating countries and whether the accords could be expanded again soon.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Return of displaced northern residents to their homes becomes an official war goal
In deal to join cabinet, Saâar may get veto over judicial overhaul, choice of IDF chief
Four years on, Abraham Accords are strained by Gaza war â but prove resilient
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IMAGE: The scene where a Hezbollah missile fired from Lebanon hit a home in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, September 4, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
Political reporter Tal Schneider and reporter Gavriel Fiske join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's episode.
In a phone conversation overnight, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the time for a diplomatic solution to clashes with Hezbollah on the northern border is passing. At the same time, US special envoy Amos Hochstein is set to meet with Israelâs leadership today in an attempt to avoid further escalation between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. Schneider describes what could be on the table.
Three women who on Thursday distributed flyers on behalf of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the Ohel Moshe synagogue in Herzliya were arrested a day later for alleged breaking and entering. The flyers distributed last week featured the images of six hostages believed to be held captive in Gaza as well as an image of a young Likud MK Yuli Edelstein â who was a refusenik and prisoner of Zion before being allowed to emigrate to Israel in 1987 â with the words âLet my people goâ across the top. Schneider puts the contentious arrests into perspective and describes Edelstein's response.
As the new school year approached, the Israel Democracy Institute's Education Policy Program, in collaboration with the IDI's Viterbi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research, conducted an online survey from August 21 to 27, 2024. Fiske delves into the poll, which looks at how Israelis think the war should be taught in schools.
Recent research by a team of Tel Aviv University archaeologists may upend the Masada legend by asserting that the Roman siege on the mountain fortress likely lasted just a few weeks and not years. We hear highlights of Fiske's conversation with the lead researcher, Dr. Guy Stiebel, a senior lecturer in Tel Aviv Universityâs Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures.
The Hecht Museum in Haifa officially returned a repaired 3,500-year-old ceramic jug to its accustomed place next to the museum entrance on Wednesday, after it had been accidentally shattered last month by a curious four-year-old visitor in a viral incident that made headlines all over the world. Fiske visited the museum last week.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israelâs ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Months after bodies recovered, IDF says 3 hostages were killed as âbyproductâ of strike
Gallant tells US counterpart time passing for deal with Hezbollah, âdirection is clearâ
Edelsteinâs synagogue denies calling police on women who distributed hostage flyers
Masada legend upended: âThe Romans came, saw and conquered, quickly and brutallyâ
3,500-year-old jug smashed by 4-year-old is back on display â still not behind a barrier
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IMAGE: Troops of the Yiftah Brigade carry out a drill in northern Israel, in a handout photo published September 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
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