Day 493 - Netanyahu has Trump's support but what's his game plan?
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 10 February 2025
⏱️ 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.
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
With the return to Israel of the three most recently released hostages, several hostage families are receiving the first signs of life from their loved ones, including hostage Alon Ohel. Horovitz discusses the heartbreaking descriptions shared by Idit Ohel, Alon Ohel's mother, on the Sunday night news. Ohel broke down crying as she described her son's injuries and abuses, now known by the family as Ohel was held until Saturday with released hostages Or Levy and Eli Sharabi.
Horovitz talks about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's return home to Israel, where he and his cabinet summarily postponed the discussion of convening a state commission of inquiry into the failures that led to the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack, a commission that would presumably cause his government to fall.
Horovitz also reviews Netanyahu's reactions to US President Donald Trump's ideas about the Gaza Strip, a plan that the prime minister seemingly didn't know about before arriving in the US last week, and how Trump's support of Israel is pushing Netanyahu forward on his goals in Gaza.
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For further reading:
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IMAGE: In Kfar Saba in February 2025, a protestor holding images of hostages, Tsahi Idan, left, included in the first stage of the exchange, while hostage Alon Ohel, right, is not (Credit: Danor Aharon)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It's Monday, February 10th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with Times of Israel founding editor David Horowitz. Hi, David. Good morning. |
| 0:15.6 | Hey, Jessica. Hey there. It is day 493 of the war. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to Israel |
| 0:24.1 | after being in the U.S. last week, he returns to court this morning for his criminal trial testimony, |
| 0:30.3 | and he also attended what was described as a rowdy cabinet meeting yesterday on Sunday, |
| 0:36.5 | where it was decided to postpone |
| 0:39.1 | the forming of a state commission of inquiry into the failures that led to the October 7, |
| 0:45.0 | 2023, Khamas attack. We'll discuss parts of that as well as the latest in the revelations |
| 0:51.9 | regarding the treatment of hostages in Gaza, as the most |
| 0:55.6 | recently released hostages, those who were released on Saturday, tell their families just bits |
| 1:01.1 | of what abuses they have undergone for the past 15 months. We'll get into all of that after a quick |
| 1:07.3 | break. |
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| 1:22.6 | The Technion empowers brilliant innovators to make technological discoveries that keep Israel safe. |
| 1:29.2 | From the Iron Dome to the soon-to-come Iron Beam to vital cybersecurity, Technion alumni |
| 1:34.9 | are leading projects that protect Israelis and will reestablish the country's military deterrence. |
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| 1:42.8 | That is aTS.org slash what if. |
| 1:48.8 | Okay, David. |
| 1:50.5 | Let's start with the very difficult words from Edith Ohel. |
| 1:56.5 | She's the mother of hostage Alon O'Hell. |
| 1:59.8 | She cried and raged on the news last night, |
| 2:03.2 | live as she related what she must have just heard yesterday, what she knows about her son's |
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