Day 494 - Will the ceasefire hold? Cabinet discusses next steps
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 23 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.
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and diaspora reporter Zev Stub join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Schneider discusses further details about some of the hostages that have emerged from the recently released hostages, including signs of life about twin brothers Gali and Ziv Berman. There is also the news that hostage Shlomo Mansour, 86, appears to have been killed on October 7, 2023, his body taken into captivity by Hamas terrorists.
As the government cabinet meets Tuesday morning to discuss the Hamas accusation that Israel has breached the ceasefire deal, Schneider reviews what those breaches may be, including that Israel didn't send a negotiating team to Qatar for the second stage of the deal, and its delays in sending certain supplies to Gaza.
Stub offers a preview of the World Zionist Organization's upcoming elections in March, and how the event, held every five years, represents the Orthodox-liberal struggle in the Jewish world.
He also discusses the growth of the Orthodox Union in Israel, and the organization's decision to embrace that growth by moving into new offices.
Please see today's ongoing live blog for more updates.
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IDF says Shlomo Mansour was killed on Oct. 7 and his body taken to Gaza
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As religious immigration rises, OU expands presence in Israel, investing in integration
IMAGE: A protest that took place outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 11, 2025 as a cabinet meeting was held inside, discussing the ceasefire (Credit: Orna Kupferman)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. It is Tuesday, February 11th, and I'm |
| 0:10.3 | Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with political correspondent Tal Schneider and Diaspora |
| 0:15.4 | reporters Zev Stubb. Good morning to you both. Hi, Jessica. Good morning. Hey there. |
| 0:23.3 | It is day 494 of the war. |
| 0:30.8 | This morning, Kibbutz Kisufim announced that the oldest hostage, Shloma Mansour, 86, one of its members, |
| 0:37.0 | and the only hostage thought to have been taken from Kisufim was killed on October 7th, his body taken hostage to Gaza by Khamas terrorists. |
| 0:40.7 | The family of twins Zeevan Ghali Berman, who were taken captive from Kibbutz Kfarazza, |
| 0:45.9 | and the only remaining hostages from Kfarazza received signs of life of their two sons and brother. |
| 0:53.5 | We'll talk about that as well as the expected delay in the next |
| 0:57.1 | hostage release in the ceasefire as Hamas alleges a truce violation by Israel. We'll also talk about |
| 1:05.5 | the theological and budgetary struggles of the World Zionist Organization as they gear up for their upcoming vote in March, |
| 1:12.9 | as well as a bit about the OU, the Orthodox Union in Israel. All of that after a quick break. |
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