Day 382 - Iran infiltrates Israel to activate cells of operatives
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 22 October 2024
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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 in ToI's Jerusalem office for today's episode.
Yesterday, prosecutors announced that seven Israeli citizens were arrested last month on suspicion of spying for Iran for as long as two years, carrying out hundreds of tasks at the behest of the Islamic Republic. This morning, another Iranian espionage case was announced in which seven East Jerusalem residents have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks in Israel, including the assassination of an Israeli nuclear scientist and a mayor in central Israel. Horovitz discusses these incidents and other similar Iranian efforts.
The IDFs on Monday declassified intelligence on the Hezbollah terror group’s finance hub, including a bunker hidden underneath a hospital in south Beirut that it said contains hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold. We observe the way this cynical use of a hospital played out in international media.
The Israel Aviation Authority briefly halted and then resumed takeoffs at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport yesterday around the time in which the IDF said that helicopters and fighter jets intercepted and shot down five drones over the Mediterranean Sea, before they entered Israeli airspace. Horovitz speaks about Israel's increased isolation during this time of war.
Almost a week after the elimination of Hamas head Yahya Sinwar, Horovitz weighs in on leaders' predictions that this is a turning point in the war.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Seven Jewish Israelis arrested for spying for Iran on security figures, IDF bases
Air Force pounds Hezbollah’s Beirut stronghold after civilians told to evacuate area
IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital
Ben Gurion briefly halts takeoffs as drones downed over sea; rocket lands near Tel Aviv
British Airways suspends all Israel flights until March 2025 amid escalation fears
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Illustrative image:Â Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei listens to a speaker in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2024. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today's Tuesday, October 22nd, Day 382 of the war. |
| 0:13.4 | Amanda Borschal Dan here in our Jerusalem office with editor David Horowitz. Hi, David. Thanks for joining me today. |
| 0:18.7 | Hi, Amanda. |
| 0:19.7 | Chazbollah continues to launch large rocket barrages at Central and Northern Israel, |
| 0:24.6 | even as the IDF attempts to disable the terror group's financial network. |
| 0:29.8 | Some 14 people accused of being Iranian operatives have been arrested over the past day from varied backgrounds. |
| 0:37.3 | And Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport briefly halted takeoffs yesterday amid security concerns, |
| 0:43.0 | even as international airlines continue to cancel their flights. |
| 0:47.9 | David will speak about the repercussions of all of this and much, much more when we're back. |
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| 1:50.4 | Yesterday, prosecutors announced that seven Israeli citizens were arrested last month |
| 2:00.0 | on suspicion of spying for Iran for as long as two years, carrying out hundreds of tasks at the behest of the Islamic Republic. |
| 2:09.0 | Our headline on the item took pains to note that these were Jewish Israelis, as opposed to yet another Iranian espionage case that was announced this morning in which seven |
| 2:19.1 | East Jerusalem residents have been arrested on suspicion of planning attacks in Israel, including |
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