Day 522 - Gaza talks proceed as Israel smarts from US-Hamas meetups

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🗓️ 11 March 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.

Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing.

Yesterday, US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said that deadlines were needed on a deal for the next phase of the hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and that “all things are on the table” if the terror group agrees to demilitarize and leaving the Gaza Strip. We discuss who is in Doha right now and the so-called Witkoff outline, a framework would see Hamas release 10 living hostages, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a further 60 days of ceasefire.

Israel received more clarity over US President Donald Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler’s direct dealings with Hamas officials on the release of hostages in Gaza when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said they were a “one-off situation” that as of now “hasn’t borne fruit.” We delve into what Boehler has said about the talks in many media interviews and discuss what we know about the hostage envoy.

Berman recently published an analysis asking: If Trump could turn on Ukraine, not to mention close American allies like Canada, Colombia, and Jordan, then who says he won’t do the same to Israel? Berman weighs in.

Please see today's ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

Ahead of Doha talks, Witkoff says ‘deadlines’ key for deal on ceasefire’s next phase

US envoy Boehler’s Hamas meetings were a ‘one-off’ that ‘hasn’t borne fruit,’ Rubio says

Trump envoy defends his direct talks with Hamas, says US ‘not an agent of Israel’

After Trump turns against Zelensky and other allies, could Israel be next in line?

Meet Adam Boehler, Trump’s complacent, confused and dangerously naive hostage envoy

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ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: President Donald Trump listens as Adam Boehler in the Rose Garden of the White House, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Tuesday, March 11th, day 522 of the war.
0:10.6	Amanda Borsel Dan here with our diplomatic reporter, Laser Barman, joining me from the Jerusalem
0:15.2	office. Hi, Lazer. Thanks for joining me.
0:18.0	Hi, Amanda, good to be here. Always a pleasure having you.
0:21.5	Now, today, all sides negotiating the hostage release slash ceasefire deal are assembling in Doha.
0:28.8	And today we're going to try and drill into what is actually happening currently and try to
0:34.4	understand what actually did just happen in terms of the U.S.'s widely publicized
0:41.1	direct negotiations with the terrorist organization, Hamas. We'll learn more about Adam Boller,
0:48.6	who is U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy for hostages, and he is the one who conducted these direct negotiations.
0:56.9	Were they a one-off? Was this a multiple occasion? We're going to hear more.
1:01.8	And finally, we'll turn to the Trump administration and again ask a question that we began
1:07.7	pondering several episodes ago, which was, should Israel be wary of a quick turn
1:14.5	in the president's affections for its greatest ally in the Middle East? All this and much,
1:20.5	much more when we're back.
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2:11.7	Thank you. So, Laser, let's start with trying to unravel what is happening right now in Doha in terms of the ceasefire negotiations.
2:31.9	It appears to me that all sides are now assembled. So can you confirm
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