Crunch time for talks with Iran as Trump threatens Tuesday night strikes
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 7 April 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
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 for today's episode.
US President Donald Trump celebrated the rescue operation for a downed US airman in Iranian territory, reports Magid, offering new details of the daring operation that included significant sabotage against Iranian forces, and a contingency plan in which the rescue teams had to assemble helicopters on the spot.
It's crunch time for talks with Iran, Magid discusses, as Trump offered a deadline with his threat to blow up every bridge and power plant on Tuesday night if Iran doesn't accept the US proposal for a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
A Friday deadline also looms for Hamas with a phased disarmament plan over eight months, says Magid, as Nikolai Mladenov, the High Representative for the Board of Peace, issued his own ultimatum to the terrorist group.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Downed US airman said to have directed strikes on Iranian positions from hiding place
Trump: US has plan to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran Tuesday night if no deal
Hamas given until week’s end to accept disarmament proposal — sources
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IMAGE: A tall plume of smoke billows from a fire next to Azadi Tower (C) following strikes near Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026 (Atta Kenare/AFP)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Tuesday, April 7th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:09.3 | I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Jacob, how are you? |
| 0:14.0 | Hi, Jessica. Good be with you. Moadim to Simcha. |
| 0:16.6 | Chagim Uzmanim Les As we reached the end of this Passover holiday to not to this more early this morning after a 12-hour |
| 0:27.1 | lull very early this morning an Iranian missile attack targeted southern Israel in the very very |
| 0:34.2 | as I said wee hours of the morning as the IDF said that it carried out an extensive |
| 0:38.5 | wave of Iranian strikes. No injuries or particular strikes were reported from that wave in |
| 0:45.9 | southern Israel. The UN Security Council is expected to vote today on the Strait of Hormuz |
| 0:51.8 | resolution, and U.S. President Donald Trump has said that the U.S. |
| 0:56.2 | has a plan to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran on Tuesday night. |
| 1:01.3 | That is also the last night of the holiday of Passover, so we will see what the rest of the day brings. |
| 1:09.7 | As for Jacob and myself, we will discuss |
| 1:13.1 | details of the rescue operation for the down-duous airman status of the talks with Iran, |
| 1:19.2 | as well as the very latest disarmament proposal offered to Hamas by the Board of Peace. |
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