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🗓️ 10 June 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 correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Ariela Karmel for today's episode.
Berman discusses new developments in the ongoing Iran nuclear talks and daylight between US and Israeli leadership following a 40-minute phone call between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, shortly after Iran announced that it would respond soon to Washington's latest proposal for a nuclear deal.
Berman also describes his recent tour in Gaza with the IDF, during which he entered Hamas tunnels underneath an EU-funded hospital where Hamas command sat, including commander Muhammad Sinwar who was killed there in an Israeli airstrike in May.
Hostages are believed to have also been held in the vast network of tunnels underneath the hospital, says Berman, noting that it is not clear who was held there or when but that forensic evidence pointing to the presence of hostages has been found.
Finally, Berman discusses a new report detailing a series of multimillion-dollar deals approved by Netanyahu between top Israeli defense companies and Qatar.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Trump speaks with Netanyahu, stresses US wants Iran deal ‘so there’s no destruction and death’
Here, beneath an EU-funded Gaza hospital, Hamas military chief Mohammed Sinwar met his end
Report: PM approved multimillion dollar deals between top Israeli defense companies and Qatar
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IMAGE: Troops from the IDF Golani Brigade guard the entrance to a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis, June 8, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
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0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. Today is Tuesday, June 10th, and I'm |
0:09.4 | Ariela Carmel. I'm speaking today with our diplomatic reporter, Laser Berman. Hi, Laser. Thanks |
0:15.4 | for joining me. Hello, Ariel. Today is day 613 of the war. |
0:26.3 | In an apparent first, Israel struck Houthi-controlled Huddita port from sea rather than air and what the IDF said was a response to recent missile and drone attacks on Israel. |
0:31.8 | The activist boat that tried to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip was also intercepted |
0:37.1 | by the Israeli Navy early |
0:38.8 | on Monday morning, reaching Ashdod Port later in the evening. The detained activists, including |
0:44.9 | climate activist Greta Thunberg, were detained by police and are now on route, apparently, |
0:50.9 | to their home countries. So today we're going to discuss a number of things. |
0:55.1 | We'll begin with new developments on the Iranian nuclear talks. Then we'll discuss Laser's |
1:01.0 | recent trip to Gaza, in which he toured a Hamas High Command Tunnel underneath a hospital. |
1:06.9 | And finally, we'll discuss a new report revealing that the prime minister approved |
1:12.6 | multi-million dollar defense deals between Israeli companies and Qatar. |
1:17.2 | All of this and more when we're back. |
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