Day 359 - Nasrallah's death begins a revival of Israelis' faith
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 29 September 2024
⏱️ 23 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.
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 Hezbollah’s 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.
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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 Nasrallah’s location for months, some ministers opposed hit — reports
Killing of Nasrallah shows the IDF reasserting primacy, gradually restoring public trust
Nasrallah’s 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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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:08.5 | Today is Sunday, September 29th, day 353 of the war with Hamas. |
| 0:14.4 | Amanda Borchelle, Dan here in our Jerusalem office with editor David Horowitz. |
| 0:18.8 | Hi, David. |
| 0:19.8 | Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:20.8 | Hi, Amanda. We'll hear about |
| 0:22.5 | statements and speeches from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu both before and after the targeted |
| 0:28.2 | assassination of Chazbalah head, Hassan Nasrallah on Friday. David will put into perspective what |
| 0:34.7 | the killing of Nasrallah means for Israel's power of deterrence, |
| 0:38.1 | and we'll hear about whether these past several weeks of high-level military action in the |
| 0:43.0 | north can begin to restore Israelis' trust, even as the one-year anniversary to the October |
| 0:49.1 | 7th massacre is approaching quickly. All this and more when we're back. |
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