Day 675 -- PM spells out Gaza plan in English, Hebrew pressers
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 11 August 2025
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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.
US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's back-to-back press conferences on Sunday night in English and then Hebrew, Magid compares his focus on the premier's messaging. During the press conference for the English language press, Netanyahu focuses on what he calls the "lies" in the international press and emphasizes that Israel is not seeking to occupy Gaza, but to take over only Gaza City.
Magid discusses Netanyahu's five conditions for ending the war, and moving away from a strategy of partial hostage deals to military pressure. Magid also says Netanyahu is working to dispel the notion that Israel is trying to starve the Gazans, and scolds the press for accepting Hamas claims to the contrary. He talks about Netanyahu's comments about flooding the zone with aid.
In Hebrew, the prime minister reviewed Israel's victories in Gaza to give legitimacy to continue fighting. He also talks about the issue of reservists, says Magid, acknowledging the strain on reserve forces.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Netanyahu says Israel not looking to occupy Gaza but to ‘free it from Hamas’
World condemnations mount over Israeli plans to take Gaza City; UN Security Council to meet
Bucking IDF warnings, security cabinet approves Netanyahu plan to conquer Gaza City
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the PM's office in Jerursalem, August 10, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times of Israel's Daily Briefing. It is Monday, August 11th, and I'm Jessica |
| 0:08.0 | Steinberg. I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. Hi, Jacob. How you doing? Hi, Jessica. |
| 0:13.8 | Good to be with you again. Good to be with you as well. It is day 675 of the war. |
| 0:20.0 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel isn't looking to occupy Gaza but to free it from Hamas. |
| 0:26.6 | The Premier denies that he is seeking to prolong the war and says he has told the Israel Defense Forces to shorten the timeline for capturing Gaza City. |
| 0:35.9 | We'll get into that as well as many other aspects of the |
| 0:39.9 | Prime Minister's press conference that he held on Sunday night, first in English and then in |
| 0:46.1 | Hebrew. And we'll talk about what that means as well. So stay with us. |
| 0:55.8 | To me, it seems like they're more with dead Jews than they are with living Jews. |
| 0:59.8 | But what about the living Jews? |
| 1:01.9 | What about people like me? |
| 1:03.6 | What about people that feel like they cannot even walk safely in their own streets? |
| 1:08.2 | Hi, I'm Manya Marcus, host of what came after. |
| 1:11.8 | Recently, nearly 50 French Jewish summer campers were removed from their flight in Spain, |
| 1:17.1 | allegedly only for singing in Hebrew. |
| 1:19.5 | It's undeniable. |
| 1:20.9 | Antisemitism in Western Europe is surging. |
| 1:23.8 | So what I always say is that not only we're part of the European continent, but we're |
| 1:28.4 | at the future, we should be the future. |
| 1:30.9 | In our latest episode, I speak with Juan Caldez of the European Jewish Association. |
| 1:36.0 | Juan talks about his journey from a devout Catholic childhood in Spain to life as an observant |
| 1:40.5 | Jew in Brussels, and what it means for him, personally and professionally, |
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