Day 445 - IDF reconsiders ballistic missiles for long-range attacks

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🗓️ 24 December 2024

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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.

Political correspondent Tal Schneider and environmental reporter Sue Surkes join host Jessica Steinberg on today's episode.

Schneider discusses the ongoing discussion in Israel's defense establishment of changing Israel’s long-range attack systems from the country's use of air power, as seen in retaliatory Israeli strikes against Iran in October and against Yemen this month.

She also reviews the lifting of the gag order on the name of reservist Ari Rosenfeld, the IDF officer charged with transferring classified information in the Prime Minister's Office. Rosenfeld is under arrest, and his lawyer and wife wanted his name publicized to put pressure on the legal establishment.

Surkes examines the net-zero factory created by the founder of the Shoresh sandal empire in northern Israel and his aim to convince other industrialists and Israelis to do the same.

She also talks about the reopening of the Hula nature reserve in Israel's north, closed for 14 months during the Hezbollah rocket attacks from Lebanon and how that affected the birds that migrate in the spring and fall to the area.

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Discussed articles include:

Amid IDF rethink, some see air-launched missile doctrine moving to more solid ground

‘My Ari does not deserve this treatment’: Wife of suspect in PM’s office document leak scandal calls for his release

After 14 months at risk of Hezbollah attacks, Northern Israel’s Hula Lake Park reopens

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IMAGE: Security forces at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Yemen hit a playground in Jaffa on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

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0:00.0	Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It is Tuesday, December 24th, and I'm
0:10.1	Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with political correspondent Tal Schneider and environmental
0:15.7	reporter Sue Sirks. Hi, good morning to you both. Good morning, Jessica. Good morning. Hi there.
0:21.3	It is day 445 of the war.
0:24.5	Another Houthi missile that triggered sirens across central Israel last night was intercepted by the IDF.
0:31.4	We also heard yesterday that three soldiers were killed fighting in northern Gaza during an operation in the Baitchanun area,
0:39.3	and the Knesset approved the expansion of the 2024 budget to account for wartime costs.
0:45.6	We'll get into some of that as we talk about Israel's defense and military budget planning over the next decade,
0:52.1	specifically about Israel's long-range attack systems.
0:55.1	We'll also talk about Ari Rosenfeld, who is named as the IDF reservist charge in the Prime
1:02.0	Minister's Office security documents theft case, and the reopening of the Chula Nature Reserve
1:08.8	after 14 months of war, and the Shorash Sandal,
1:12.6	a net zero factory in Israel's north. Stay with us as we talk about all of it.
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2:10.5	Thank you. Okay, Tal, let's dig into this defensive strategy story of yours.
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