Day 401 - Once hush-hush, IDF's strikes in Syria now out in the open
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 10 November 2024
⏱️ 25 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.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
As the war continues on the ground in Gaza and in Lebanon, we learn how the IDF is overtly taking credit for strikes inside Syria -- and why.
US president-elect Donald Trump has informed the Biden administration that he expects to see progress in the efforts to obtain a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and his advisors claim he would like the Gaza war wrapped up by the time he takes office in January. Fabian weighs in on whether the IDF is in a position to pull back right now -- without Hamas or Hezbollah simply filling the vacuum.
New Defense Minister Israel Katz spoke with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday, who conveyed a “sharp” message to his new Israeli counterpart during their first phone conversation, to the effect that Israel risks jeopardizing the ongoing provision of US weaponry for the Gaza war if it does not credibly show that it has improved the supply and distribution of aid to Gazan noncombatants. We hear about new IDF efforts to introduce more aid into the Strip and discuss Katz's challenges in taking on his new role.
For news updates, please check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
Discussed articles include:
Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israel as IDF pounds Lebanon, Syria targets
US warplanes hit Houthis’ advanced weapons storage facilities in Yemen strikes
Israel rejects ‘biased’ warning of famine in Gaza, says aid trucks enter war-torn towns
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IMAGE: People inspect a bridge allegedly damaged in an Israeli strike near the Syrian village of Tall al-Nabi Mando, in the countryside of Qusayr on October 28, 2024. (Louai Beshara / AFP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:08.4 | Today is Sunday, November 10th, Day 401 of the war. |
| 0:12.8 | Amanda Borchelle, Dan here with our military reporter, Emmanuel Fabian. |
| 0:16.9 | Thanks for joining me, Manny. |
| 0:18.7 | Hi, Amanda. |
| 0:19.7 | We'll hear updates on what is happening on the ground in Gaza and in Lebanon. |
| 0:23.6 | President-elect Donald Trump is pushing Israel to wrap up the war in Gaza |
| 0:28.6 | and pushing the Biden administration to cement a ceasefire agreement for Lebanon. |
| 0:33.6 | And we'll hear from Manny whether the military operations in both arenas are ripe for cessation. |
| 0:39.8 | Israel has a new defense minister. |
| 0:41.9 | Manny will weigh in on how this may shift the prosecution of the wars. |
| 0:46.4 | All this and much, much more when we're back. |
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