Day 753 - US and ceasefire partners debate what's next in Gaza
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 28 October 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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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.
With phase one of the ceasefire deal still in process, given the 13 bodies of hostages still in Gaza, Magid discusses the US desire to move into phase two of the 20-point plan for ending the Gaza war. The US is trying to create facts on the ground, says Magid, but there are concerns from the other partners regarding some of the decisions, including whether the focus should be on Hamas disarmament or postwar management of Gaza.
Following last week's vote in the Knesset on a West Bank annexation bill, and the angry reaction from the US administration over the vote, Magid discusses how the Trump government has shifted its tone since February, when it announced it would back Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank and floated the idea of a Gaza Riviera.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
US weighs which side’s red line to cross as it seeks to implement Gaza deal’s 2nd phase
Trump says ‘Israel not going to do anything with the West Bank’ as US fumes over annexation vote
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to the Times Visual's Daily Briefing. It is Tuesday, October 28th, and I'm Jessica Steinberg. I'm speaking today with U.S. Bureau Chief Jacob Magid. How you doing, Jacob? Good morning. |
| 0:14.4 | Hi, Jessica. Good to be with you again. Good to be with you. It is day 753 of the war. Kamas handed over the remains of another hostage last night |
| 0:24.8 | on Monday night. Israel is working to identify the body. That is after six days of waiting for |
| 0:32.4 | an additional body or bodies to be handed over. The number of captives still held in Gaza is now 12. |
| 0:39.9 | We'll discuss the plans in the U.S. government to implement the full 20 points of the ceasefire |
| 0:45.1 | and the Trump administration's harsh criticism against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's |
| 0:51.3 | government over the advanced legislation to annex parts of the West Bank. |
| 0:56.3 | All of that, in just a moment, stay with us. |
| 1:02.9 | So much of what we read about Israel right now is politics and military news. |
| 1:08.2 | Ceasefires, hostages, deals, negotiations. But what's harder to capture is the |
| 1:14.5 | emotional reality in Israel. What does it feel like to live through this moment? On unpacking |
| 1:21.4 | Israeli history, host Noam Weissman sits down with Times of Israel new media editor and writer |
| 1:27.3 | Sarah Tuttle Singer, |
| 1:29.3 | whose unfiltered, deeply human voice shows Israel in all its compassion, frustration, and hope. |
| 1:36.3 | In a conversation that takes a step away from the history and the headlines, Sarah reflects |
| 1:42.3 | on what it feels like to be Israeli right now. Listen to unpacking Israeli |
| 1:48.4 | history, wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, so Jacob, Israel and Hamas have not even gotten through the very first parts of the ceasefire, |
| 2:08.3 | and the U.S. is extremely anxious to move into the issues of postwar management of Gaza, |
| 2:14.1 | Hamas disarmament. We discussed the center that was set up in Kyriak-Gat. But let's talk about |
| 2:20.1 | this, you know, how they're approaching it the Trump administration, how they're looking at it and |
| 2:25.2 | discussing it on that side of the ocean. Sure. So what happened was with this agreement that was |
| 2:32.2 | signed on October 9th, is that while there had been this |
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