Day 474 - As IDF operates in West Bank, settlers step up violence
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 22 January 2025
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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.
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and settlements reporter Jeremy Sharon join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
Four people were wounded yesterday evening by a terrorist who went on a stabbing spree in a trendy Tel Aviv neighborhood, emergency services and Israel Police said, before he was shot dead. An off-duty IDF tank officer who had lost a hand during fighting in the Gaza Strip was among those who attempted to neutralize the terrorist. Fabian tells us more.
Yesterday, Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and the head of the IDF Southern Command Maj. Gen. Yaron Finkelman both announced their resignations, 15 months into the war sparked by Hamas’s attack and two days after a ceasefire and hostage release deal with the terror group in the Gaza Strip went into effect. Why now and who is in the running to replace the pair?
Yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces launched a major counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday afternoon, which military sources said was expected to last several days. We learn about the aims of the operation and the coordination with the Palestinian Authority.
Dozens of extremist settlers conducted an attack on two West Bank Palestinian villages on Monday night in which IDF troops also came under attack. Sharon explains that this is just one of a series of attacks and delves into who these extremist Israelis are.
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Discussed articles include:
Off-duty officer who lost hand in Gaza helped chase down terrorist in Tel Aviv attack
US green card holder, a Moroccan national, wounds 4 in Tel Aviv terror stabbing spree
IDF reservist killed, senior officer seriously hurt by roadside bomb in West Bank
Taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures, IDF chief and head of Southern Command resign
IDF launches major counterterror raid in West Bank’s Jenin, expected to last days
IDF: Dozens of settler extremists involved in Monday night riots, troops also attacked
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IMAGE: IDF soldiers stand guard as Israeli Jewish settlers tour the old market in the city of Hebron in the West Bank on December 28, 2024. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:11.0 | Today is Wednesday, January 22nd, Day 474 of the war. |
| 0:16.9 | Amanda Borssel, Dan, here with our military reporter, Emmanuel Fabian, and Settlements |
| 0:20.6 | Reporter Jeremy Sharon. Hello to you both. Hi, Amanda. Good morning, Amanda. Amanda Borsel Dan here with our military reporter Emmanuel Fabian and settlements reported Jeremy |
| 0:21.4 | Sharon. Hello to you both. Hi Amanda. Good morning, Amanda. On the second half of today's |
| 0:27.4 | daily briefing, we're going to concentrate on the West Bank on both sides of the issue, the Palestinian |
| 0:32.6 | and the Jewish residents of it. Manny will fill us in on the ongoing widespread IDF operations in the |
| 0:39.3 | Palestinian city of Janine and its surroundings, and Jeremy will focus on extremist Jewish |
| 0:44.8 | settler violence. But first, we'll learn about the events of last night's terror stabbing in |
| 0:50.0 | Tel Aviv and who neutralized the Moroccan stabber. And in a bomb cell announcement yesterday, |
| 0:56.8 | IDF, chief of staff, Lieutenant General Hersey Halavi and the head of the IDF Southern Command |
| 1:02.8 | said they would both be resigning from the military over their roles in the failures that |
| 1:08.9 | led to the Hamas terror groups, October 7, |
| 1:12.8 | 2023 on slot. All of this and much, much more, when we're back. |
| 1:23.1 | During this period of upheaval in Israel, across the Middle East, and in U.S.-Israel relations, |
| 1:28.6 | it's always tough to see through the fog of war and get clarity about what's really happening |
| 1:33.2 | and what's really important on the ground. These days, too, can be really difficult to talk about, |
| 1:39.5 | let alone envision a better way forward and a better future for everyone living in the region. |
| 1:45.9 | Join me, Tel Aviv-based journalist and Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor Neri Zilber, |
| 1:51.1 | as I host the very top analysts, journalists, policymakers, and other experts for in-depth conversations |
| 1:57.2 | to keep you informed on the most critical issues challenging Israel's future as secure, |
| 2:03.1 | Jewish, and democratic. |
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