Day 731 - Could Hamas demands tank the Trump peace plan?
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 6 October 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.
Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump was asked by CNN what would happen if the Hamas terror group didn't relinquish power. Trump responded by text, “Complete obliteration!” Be that as it may, as Berman says, the Hamas terror group is treating the current talks in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh as yet another round of negotiations. We learn about who is in the room where it may happen and what Hamas is demanding.
Skirmishes are ongoing in Gaza despite a pause in offensive activity by Israeli forces. The IDF is reporting that it carried out a number of airstrikes in response to Hamas attacks yesterday and troops on the ground are carrying out defensive operations. Berman explains what "defensive operations" entail when there are tens of thousands of troops on the ground in the Gaza Strip.
And finally, we speak about the large intercepted flotilla and the status of the hundreds of activists that were aboard. We learn that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg will be among more than 70 people of different nationalities to leave Israel on Monday, even as another flotilla is on the horizon this week.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
As negotiators head to Egypt, Trump urges ‘first phase’ of Gaza deal this week
Hamas said to demand release of terror chiefs, Oct. 7 terrorists in deal for hostages
Hamas faces ‘complete obliteration’ if it clings to power in Gaza, warns Trump
Greta Thunberg set to be deported from Israel Monday on flight to Athens
Israel denies abuse as Ben Gvir touts harsh handling of Greta Thunberg, flotilla activists
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:06.3 | Today is Monday, October 6th, Day 731 of the war. |
| 0:11.5 | Amanda Borchelle, Dan, here with our diplomatic correspondent, Laser Barman. |
| 0:15.0 | Laser, thanks for joining me on what could be actually a fateful day. |
| 0:19.3 | Good to be here. |
| 0:20.3 | In terms of how fateful today, I think we're |
| 0:22.5 | in a process that could be fateful, but I'm not expecting any major game-changing announcements |
| 0:28.5 | necessarily today. Right. The delegation sent by Israel and Hamas arrived in Egypt's Sharmel Sheikh |
| 0:34.4 | last night, and we'll hear who is there and what the projected timeline |
| 0:38.4 | of the talks may be. |
| 0:40.6 | U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing for the implementation of the first phase of the deal, |
| 0:45.8 | meaning the release of all the hostages living and dead. |
| 0:49.5 | And while Hamas has said it is prepared to release the hostages it is holding, the terror group is also expected to make additional demands. |
| 0:59.0 | We'll also learn about what is happening in terms of the fighting in the Gaza Strip right now, |
| 1:03.9 | and also what happened to the activists who were intercepted on the so-called peace flotilla. |
| 1:10.1 | Where is Greta? So all of this and more |
| 1:13.3 | when we're back. |
| 1:18.9 | Here's a story you may not know. In the early 1900s, tens of thousands of children were |
| 1:25.2 | going blind in pre-state Israel. An American, Henrietta Zold, |
| 1:30.5 | organized a group of women to send nurses to Jerusalem to address the epidemic. Ultimately, |
| 1:35.9 | they helped eradicate the disease. Today, what started in 1912 has grown into world-renowned |
| 1:42.3 | medical centers in Israel, treating more than a million |
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