Day 670 - Inside the final 25% of Gaza the IDF doesn't control

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 6 August 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.

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

According to leaked reports, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely declare a new war goal of conquering the entire Gaza Strip. Following the three-month-long Gideon's Chariots operation, Israel currently has operational control of 75 percent of the Strip. Fabian delves into the operation and gives a picture of whether it met its goals of conquering Gaza and retaining the territory; moving the Palestinian civilian population toward the south of the Strip; targeting Hamas; and preventing the terror group from taking control of humanitarian aid supplies.

We discuss the stepped-up humanitarian aid efforts and Fabian offers insight into what happens once it reaches the Strip, citing a new UN report that states that almost nine out of every 10 UN trucks that entered Gaza with humanitarian aid over the last several months were looted — either by hungry Gazans or by armed groups. We get updates on how much aid is still standing at the Kerem Shalom crossing and how effective airdrops are.

Finally, we learn about the IDF’s new Haredi brigade, known as the Hasmonean Brigade. After completing seven months of basic and advanced training, the first company of troops from the Hasmonean Brigade received their navy berets today. What is this new ultra-Orthodox company and how could it impact the 80,000 Haredi youth who are eligible for conscription?

Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

After war meet, Netanyahu said to favor complete conquest of Gaza even if hostages harmed

Operation ‘Gideon’s Chariots’ comes to a close, with promised goals unfulfilled

Almost 9 in 10 aid trucks looted before reaching Gaza destinations, UN figures show

Aiming to boost aid, Israel to allow gradual flow of goods to Gaza’s private sector

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IMAGE: Palestinians carry personal belongings in the Mawasi area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 28, 2025. (AFP)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing.
0:09.3	Today is Wednesday, August 6th, day 670 of the war.
0:14.8	Amanda Borchelle Dan here with our military reporter, Emmanuel Fabian.
0:18.3	Hi, Manny.
0:18.8	Thanks for joining me again this week.
0:21.0	Hi, Amanda. According to leaked reports, Prime Minister Benjamin Nanyahu will likely declare a new war goal of conquering the entire Gaza Strip by the end of this week.
0:32.9	Israel currently has operational control of some 75% of the St strip. So we'll hear what it means to take
0:40.7	100% in where the new operations could take place. As Israel has agreed to allow truckloads
0:48.0	into the Gaza Strip for commercial sale, we're hearing reports that nine out of 10 aid trucks are looted. And we'll learn about the
0:56.6	Hasmonian Brigade, the first company of troops from the newly minted Haradi Brigade. All this and more
1:04.1	when we're back.
1:10.7	In the wake of attacks against the Jewish community in Washington, D.C. and Boulder, Colorado,
1:15.7	the security environment for Jews in North America is more alarming than ever.
1:19.9	Jewish federations have long played a critical role in securing our community.
1:23.5	They advocated for the creation of the nonprofit security grant program in the wake of 9-11,
1:27.6	helped create the secure community network, and launched Live Secure, the $130 million
1:32.0	initiative to ensure that every community has a professional security program to help every Jewish
1:37.2	institution secure itself.
1:39.1	So what are we doing now?
1:40.8	On the latest episode of The Glue, with Jewish Federations of North America president and
1:44.9	CEO Eric Fingerhut, we hear from the worst affected communities, and Eric lays out the six-point
1:50.3	security plan federations are advancing to ensure our communities are safe. Listen to the glue with
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