Day 334 - School year starts in Sderot under shadow of war
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 4 September 2024
⏱️ 20 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.
Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian and reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Fabian reports on the latest from the West Bank city of Jenin, where IDF troops have been operating in the major terror hotspot since last week, an operation dubbed Summer Camps by the IDF, ripping up explosive devices and enabling the army to be able to return to the area more easily in the future.
He also discusses a strike that killed Hamas Nukhba force company commander Ahmed Fawzi Nasser Muhammad Wadiyya, who led the invasion of Netiv Ha’asara on October 7 that killed 22 people.
Surkes speaks about the start of the school year in Sderot, where parents uneasily welcomed the return to their hometown. She also reports about Kibbutz Re'im, where families are slowly returning, unsure if they feel ready to return home yet.
Surkes also relates some research about vultures, and the uncanny resemblance in some of the bird's personality traits to humans.
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Discussed articles include:
In longest West Bank raid in 20 years, IDF aims to set stage for future, smaller ops
IDF says it killed Hamas commander who murdered father in front of his kids on Oct. 7
While Israeli kids near Gaza rejoice at return to school, parents remain ambivalent
While young vultures gad about, older ones prefer to stay home – study
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IMAGE: Idit Dayan (center, wearing yellow), the principal of the Gil Rabin School in Sderot, southern Israel, welcomes children back for the new school year, on September 1, 2024. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. |
| 0:08.1 | It is Wednesday, September 4th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. |
| 0:11.6 | I'm speaking today with military correspondent Manny Fabian and environmental reporter Sue |
| 0:15.9 | Cirks, who has taken on coverage of the Gaza envelope region. |
| 0:19.6 | Hi there. |
| 0:20.4 | Hi, Jessica. Good morning. It's day 33 coverage of the Gaza envelope region. Hi there. Hi, Jessica. |
| 0:21.2 | Good morning. |
| 0:22.1 | It's day 334 of the war. |
| 0:25.5 | Demonstrations continue around Israel calling for the government to reach a deal for the hostages. |
| 0:30.8 | Meanwhile, Israeli negotiators told mediators they still support a complete IDF withdrawal from |
| 0:36.4 | the Philadelphia corridor in Gaza, |
| 0:38.9 | despite the Prime Minister's recent comments to the contrary. |
| 0:43.1 | Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said Wednesday |
| 0:46.2 | that he is working to end Israel's involvement in the hostage ceasefire talks. |
| 0:50.8 | We'll talk about those headlines and more after a quick break. |
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