Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It is Tuesday, November 26th, and I'm Jessica

Steinberg. I'm speaking today with political correspondent Tal Schneider and legal affairs reporter

Jeremy Sharon. Hi to both of you. Hi, Jessica. Good morning, Jessica. Hi there. It is day 417 of the war.

As the security cabinet is expected to meet later today to approve a 60-day ceasefire with

Chazbalah, two people were injured by rocket fire this morning, and rocket sirens sounded in

northern border towns.

We'll also talk about a request to deny Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request

to delay the start of his testimony in his criminal trial, a decision not to open

in criminal investigations into incendiary comments by senior Israeli officials back in

November 2023, and a Palestinian olive harvest. Stay with us.

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Okay, Tal, this ceasefire may actually happen today, and those in the North, council leaders,

residents are not happy about it. And it might seem quizzical to those who have been waiting

for a ceasefire on either end, but tell us what you're hearing and what this actually means.

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