Day 349 - North heats up with 2nd wave of exploding devices
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 19 September 2024
⏱️ 22 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.
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 Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Gallant says IDF diverting resources to northern border in ‘new phase’ of war
20 killed, 450 wounded as Lebanon hit by 2nd wave of Hezbollah device explosions
Hungary: Exploding pagers weren’t 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 Ya’alon 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, don’t 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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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It's Thursday, September 19th, and I'm |
| 0:10.2 | Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with Times of Israel founding editor David Horowitz. Hi, David. |
| 0:15.9 | Hi, Jessica. Hi there. It is day 349 of the war. As Chazmala announced the deaths of 13 more of their members in the Pager blasts, |
| 0:27.4 | at least eight Israelis were wounded in an anti-tank guided missile attack on the Lebanon border this morning. |
| 0:33.7 | We'll talk about all the latest in the north, as well as the walkie-talkie blasts, |
| 0:40.4 | and what could be happening with the prime minister's possible plan to oust his defense |
| 0:45.4 | minister, Yoav Gallant, and replace him with Gidon Tsar. |
| 0:49.1 | We'll talk about all of those headlines and more after a quick break. |
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| 1:51.1 | Okay, David, let's start with the North. |
| 1:58.4 | Chesmala leader Hassan Nasrallah is expected to make a speech, a statement this afternoon. |
| 2:04.5 | There is a reported U.S. diplomatic solution on the table. |
| 2:08.4 | Things have clearly heated up. |
| 2:10.4 | We'll also, we also want to talk about these walkie-taki strikes. |
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