Day 763 - Is Israel heading back to war with Hezbollah?
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The Times of Israel's newest podcast series, Friday Focus. Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe.
On Thursday afternoon, the IDF launched a wave of strikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah targets. These come amid a marked uptick in IDF strikes in southern Lebanon over the past several weeks, as reports continue that the Hezbollah terror group is attempting to rearm and regroup.
A recent Reuters report reported for the first time that Lebanon's army has blown up so many Hezbollah arms caches that it has run out of explosives and a recent Wall Street Journal report cites experts stating that Hezbollah is rebuilding, raising the chances of renewed conflict with Israel.
It's almost a year into the ceasefire, which was struck on November 27, and we discuss the forces attempting to contain Hezbollah, including Israel, Lebanon and the US.
Where is the conflict headed even as Lebanon’s year-end deadline to disarm the terror group approaches?
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IMAGE: Mourners carry the coffins of five Hezbollah killed in Israeli strikes in recent days, during their funeral procession in the southern town of Nabatieh, Lebanon, November 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's Friday Focus. I'm your host, Amanda Borchelle Dan, here with our |
| 0:08.4 | diplomatic correspondent, Laser Bearman, in our Jerusalem office. Laser, thank you so much for joining me |
| 0:14.4 | today. Good to be here, Amanda. Thank you for having me. Always a pleasure, Laser, and I look forward to |
| 0:20.0 | our chats. This week, we are going to |
| 0:23.0 | discuss what is happening north of our border. And on Thursday afternoon, the IDF launched a wave |
| 0:29.5 | of strikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah targets. These, of course, come amid a marked |
| 0:35.7 | uptick in IDF strikes in southern Lebanon over the past several weeks as reports continue that the Hezbollah group is attempting to rearm and regroup. |
| 0:46.8 | All of this comes almost a year into the ceasefire, which was struck on November 27th of last year. |
| 0:54.7 | So we are going to discuss the forces attempting to contain Chazbalah, including Israel, |
| 1:00.6 | Lebanon, and the U.S., and where the conflict there seems to be headed, even as Lebanon's |
| 1:06.5 | year-ed deadline to disarm the terror group approaches. All of this and more when we're back. |
| 1:19.6 | So much of what we read about Israel right now is politics and military news. Seasfires, hostages, deals, |
| 1:27.4 | negotiations. |
| 1:29.0 | But what's harder to capture is the emotional reality in Israel. |
| 1:33.5 | What does it feel like to live through this moment? |
| 1:37.1 | On unpacking Israeli history, host Noam Weissman sits down with Times of Israel new media |
| 1:43.0 | editor and writer Sarah Tuttle Singer, |
| 1:45.8 | whose unfiltered, deeply human voice shows Israel in all its compassion, frustration, and hope. |
| 1:53.5 | In a conversation that takes a step away from the history and the headlines, |
| 1:57.9 | Sarah reflects on what it feels like to be Israeli right now. Listen to unpacking |
| 2:04.7 | Israeli history wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Amanda Bchelle Dan here with our diplomatic correspondent, Laser Bearman, |
| 2:23.7 | in our Jerusalem office. |
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