Day 383 - Two soldiers buried, neither one Jewish, both minorities
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 24 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.
Reporters Sue Surkes and Diana Bletter join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Surkes discusses the funerals of Druze commander Ehsan Daqsa, one of the most senior officers killed in Gaza, and Elishai Young, 19, a combat soldier from the Hebrew Israelites community in Dimona, both members of minority populations in Israel that grapple with societal acceptance yet gave their lives to Israel.
Bletter speaks about recent scientific research that looks at the effects of alcohol intake as opposed to psychedelics on Nova survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from the rave massacre on October 7.
She also talks about a visit to Klil, a northern hippie hamlet that isn't connected to the country's electricity grid, and therefore doesn't hear sirens warning of incoming rocket attacks.
Surkes reviews her report on planned budget cuts to the Agriculture Ministry, even as the ministry had plans to invest in Israel's food security, as war has exposed need for food independence without reliance on imports.
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Discussed articles include:
Druze IDF colonel Ehsan Daqsa, slain in Gaza, remembered as a ‘natural leader’
Death of soldier reopens debate about citizenship for non-Jewish Hebrew Israelites
Study: Nova survivors who drank alcohol before Hamas attack more likely to suffer PTSD
An off-the-grid hippie hamlet in Israel’s north struggles for survival under rocket fire
Plans to ensure food security threatened by Treasury bid to slash agriculture funds
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IMAGE: The funeral of Colonel Ehsan Daqsa in Druze community Daliyat al-Karmel on October 21, 2024 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Wednesday, October 23rd, and I'm |
| 0:10.6 | Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with reporter Sue Serks and health editor Diana Bledar. Hi there |
| 0:16.2 | to both of you. Good morning. Hello. Hi. It is day 383 of the war. This morning long-range rockets from Lebanon |
| 0:26.1 | triggered sirens over Tel Aviv, while drones from Iraq were downed by Israel over Syria and near |
| 0:32.5 | a lot overnight. Two Israeli reservists were killed and three others wounded on Tuesday as the IDF battled |
| 0:39.5 | Chzbollah in Lebanon. The IDF also confirmed on Tuesday that Nasrallah's presumed successor, |
| 0:46.5 | Hashem Safedin, was killed in an October 4th strike. Today, it is Simchat Torah Eve. The Simcha Torah holiday begins tonight into tomorrow, |
| 0:58.6 | into Thursday. It marks the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the October 7th attacks, |
| 1:03.7 | and Times of Israel has covered how communities and synagogues in Israel and around the world |
| 1:09.7 | are grappling with this very difficult moment. |
| 1:12.5 | We'll also talk about our coverage of two different IDF funerals, PTSD in novice survivors, |
| 1:20.4 | a hippie hamlet in Israel's north, and finally, food security and food independence in Israel. |
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