Day 529 - With US backing, Israel ends ceasefire in Gaza
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
The Times of Israel
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🗓️ 18 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.
The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed early this morning after roughly two months, as the Israel Defense Forces launched dozens of strikes throughout Gaza and issued evacuation orders for parts of the Strip. We work through what brought Israel to the renewal of more intensive fighting.
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump declared he would hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels, who recently claimed to have targeted a US aircraft carrier and other foreign ships in the Red Sea. Berman weighs in on this new approach by the Trump administration, which has widely vowed to "end wars, not start them."
CBS News reported on Monday that Israel and the United States are interested in resettling Gazans in Syria. The report came as Israel is working quietly to advance a controversial plan proposed by Trump, in which Gaza’s more than 2 million people would be permanently — or even temporarily — sent elsewhere. But does Israel want the Gazans sent to another volatile border nation?
Please see today's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Trump said to ‘green-light’ renewal of Gaza strikes, as world laments truce collapse
Israel resumes Gaza strikes, says Hamas collapsed truce by refusing to free hostages
After deadlock in Doha hostage talks, Israeli team heads to Cairo in search of results
US, Israel see Syria as possible home for relocated Gazans, says report
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IMAGE: An Israeli army soldier signals for the driver of a Merkava battle tank attempting to park at a position in southern Israel along the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Tuesday, March 18th, day 523 of the war. |
| 0:10.5 | Amanda Borsel Dan here with our diplomatic reporter, Laser Barman, joining us from our Jerusalem office. |
| 0:16.2 | Hi, Laser. Thanks for joining me. |
| 0:17.8 | Hello, Amanda. Good to be here. |
| 0:19.1 | The extended ceasefire in Gaza collapsed early this morning, |
| 0:24.0 | and the IDF has issued evacuation orders for parts of the Gaza Strip, |
| 0:29.1 | signaling a new offensive is in the works. |
| 0:33.1 | We'll discuss what brought Israel to this decision, |
| 0:36.5 | and where things stand right now in terms of the |
| 0:40.5 | hostage-release ceasefire negotiations, if at all. We'll hear about a new proposal for where |
| 0:47.0 | the U.S. and Israel may think that the Gazan population may agree to potentially evacuate |
| 0:53.6 | to while the strip is being rebuilt. |
| 0:56.9 | All this and more when we're back. |
| 1:04.9 | It's rare, almost unheard of, to hear a real, honest conversation between a Jewish Zionist and a |
| 1:13.1 | Palestinian from Gaza, where both are unapologetically themselves, while also listening |
| 1:19.5 | and learning from each other. But that's exactly what's happening in a special two-part series |
| 1:25.2 | on unpacking Israeli History this month. |
| 1:29.8 | Host Noam Weissman sits down with Palestinian-American writer and activist |
| 1:34.8 | Ahmed Fawad al-Katib, who was born and raised in Gaza, |
| 1:38.9 | for a candid, eye-opening conversation about the past, present, and future of the region. It's a discussion |
| 1:45.9 | that bridges different worlds and perspectives, challenging assumptions and offering insights |
| 1:50.8 | you won't hear elsewhere. Don't miss this special two-part series on Unpacking Israeli History. |
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