Day 392 - US seeks ceasefire with Lebanon, then Gaza
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 1 November 2024
⏱️ 21 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.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.
Magid discusses the latest ceasefire negotiations and the US administration's decision to first pursue calm in Lebanon, given the signals received from Hezbollah and the hope that a ceasefire could then spread to Gaza. He also offers an update on the ceasefire and hostage negotiations regarding Gaza, and the complications resulting from Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death, which has left a gap in the terrorist group's leadership.
Magid talks about statements made by former US president Donald Trump regarding Gaza if he wins next week's election and comments made by Trump running mate JD Vance regarding US interests vis a vis Iran.
Finally, Magid discusses the deadly IDF strike in Gaza that reportedly killed more than 90 people, including 20 children, and what that could mean regarding the US 30-day deadline for Israel about aid and continued American security assistance.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Inverting its approach, US pursues calm in Lebanon that will then spread to Gaza
In warning, Qatar and Egypt tell US hostage talks complicated by killing of Sinwar
Trump told Netanyahu he wants Gaza war over by time he enters office — sources
Vance: US and Israeli interests won’t always overlap; we don’t want war with Iran
US presses Israel to explain ‘horrific’ Gaza strike in which over 20 kids said killed
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IMAGE: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein leaves after attending a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It's Friday, November 1st, and I'm Jessica |
| 0:10.2 | Steinberg. I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Hello, Jacob. How are you? |
| 0:16.5 | Hi, Jessica. Good to be with you. Hi there. Good to be with you. It is day 392 of the war. |
| 0:23.9 | Israeli airstrikes hit a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut for the first time in days, |
| 0:29.0 | as the IDF issued evacuation orders for the southern suburb of Lebanon. Meanwhile, a drone and |
| 0:35.7 | rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Upper Galilee overnight, |
| 0:40.1 | and yesterday, Thursday, seven people were killed in Chesbila rocket attacks. We'll talk about |
| 0:45.7 | all of the headlines and related news after a quick break. |
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| 1:43.6 | Thank you. That's jcfn.org. Jacob, so yesterday, Thursday was the deadliest day for Israel in terms of Chesbala rocket attacks, |
| 1:59.3 | with seven people killed by rockets in |
| 2:03.1 | Chifa and a Metula. Meanwhile, the Biden administration, according to one of your most recent |
| 2:09.8 | pieces, you wrote that it views securing a ceasefire in Lebanon as perhaps the better way |
| 2:16.9 | to end the war in Gaza as well, seemingly because |
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