Day 381 - ToI on the ground in Rafah at site of Sinwar's slaying

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 21 October 2024

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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 in ToI's Jerusalem office for today's episode.

The commander of the Israel Defense Force’s 401st Armored Brigade, Col. Ehsan Daqsa, was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday. We hear about Daqsa, 41, from the Druze town of Daliyat al-Karmel, who was one of the most senior officers to have been killed in the fighting in Gaza.

Yesterday, Fabian spent several hours in Rafah, where he was debriefed by Col. Sivan Bloch -- the head of Bislamach, the School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders -- who stressed that the elimination of Yahya Sinwar by a patrol under his command was “not a stroke of luck.” We hear why.

The IDF said jets hit dozens of sites overnight that are linked to an organization that funds the Hezbollah terror group in Beirut and south Lebanon. We learn about the strikes' targets: branches of an unlicensed gray-market bank seen as one of the group’s main sources of cash.

For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.

Discussed articles include:

Commander of IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade killed in battle in northern Gaza

At site of Sinwar’s slaying, IDF commander says incident was ‘not a fluke’

Blasts rock Beirut as Israeli sorties target financial group helping fund Hezbollah

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IMAGE: The house where Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by troops, in southern Gaza’s Rafah, October 20, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing.
0:08.4	Today is Monday, October 21st, Day 381 of the war.
0:13.7	Amanda Borchelle Dan here with our military reporter, Emmanuel Fabian.
0:17.0	Hi, Manny. Thanks for joining me.
0:18.6	Hi, Amanda.
0:18.9	Manny was in Gaza yesterday at the site of the IDF
0:22.4	elimination of Hamas had Yichai Sinwar. We'll hear about what he saw there and how things stand in the
0:28.9	strip. We'll learn about the tragic loss of the commander of the Israel Defense Forces 4001st
0:34.7	armored brigade in Gaza yesterday.
0:42.2	Israeli airstrikes again hit Beirut overnight, and many will tell us what their specific targets were.
0:43.7	All this and much, much more when we're back.
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1:30.0	philanthropists. Visit jcfn.org to get started today. That's jcfnly.org.org. The commander of the IDF's 401st Armored Brigade, Colonel Ekson Daxa, was killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.
1:56.0	Daxa was 41 from the Drewstown of Dahlia del Carmil, and he was one of the most senior officers who have been killed in the fighting in Gaza.
2:04.6	Manny, talk to us a little bit about Daxa, who he was.
2:08.6	Daxa is one of the senior Druze officers in the Israeli army.
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