Day 807 - Rescue of Israeli from Jericho highlights PA-IDF coordination
The Times of Israel Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 21 December 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 correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday it was investigating a strike in Gaza City which reportedly killed at least five people, including civilians. According to the military, during operations on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line in the Strip’s north, troops spotted several suspects in “dominant structures” on the western side of the Yellow Line — meaning not in IDF-held territory. Fabian discusses the idea of "dominant structures" and reports on the uptick of Gazans attempting to cross the Yellow Line into Israeli-controlled Gaza.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said yesterday that his country is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah south of the Litani River. This comes after Israel struck Hezbollah targets across Lebanon on Thursday morning, hitting weapons stores deep inside the country and a training camp used by the terror group. So which is it? Fabian weighs in.
The Israel Defense Forces captured a suspected Islamic State jihadist in an overnight raid earlier this week in southern Syria, the military said in a Saturday statement. We learn how active ISIS is in southern Syria.
Finally, an Israeli woman who reported having been kidnapped on Friday was extracted by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces from the West Bank city of Jericho, the military said. We hear about the oft-overlooked close coordination between Israeli and PA forces.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
5 said killed in Gaza City strike; IDF says it’s investigating, regrets any civilian harm
Army says it killed two terror operatives who crossed Gaza’s Yellow Line
Lebanese PM says country close to completing Hezbollah disarmament south of Litani River
Widescale IDF strikes target Hezbollah training camp, terror sites across Lebanon
IDF says it nabbed suspected ISIS jihadist in southern Syria operation
PA forces extract Israeli from Jericho who reported being kidnapped
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IMAGE: An Israeli woman who was extracted from the West Bank city of Jericho is seen next to an officer from the Civil Administration, December 19, 2025. (Courtesy)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing. |
| 0:06.0 | Today is Sunday, December 21st, Day 807 of the war. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm Amanda Borschal Dan here with our military correspondent, Immanuel Fabian. |
| 0:15.7 | Hi, Mandy. Thanks so much for joining me today. |
| 0:17.8 | Hi, Amanda. Happy Hanukkah. And also, K, Khodash Tov, I believe it's a new |
| 0:23.1 | Hebrew month, if I'm not mistaken. So many things to celebrate today. Today we are going to learn |
| 0:29.1 | about strikes on Gaza city. We're also going to learn about, uh, Gazans trying to cross the yellow |
| 0:36.1 | line into the Israeli controlledcontrolled side of Gaza. |
| 0:39.6 | We are going to hear about conflicting estimates, about just how many arms does Chazbalah still have |
| 0:45.5 | along Israel's northern border, and we're also going to hear about a very small ISIS cell that |
| 0:51.4 | was disrupted by IDF troops. We will also hear about a very unusual incident |
| 0:58.7 | of an alleged kidnapping of an Israeli woman who was allegedly taken into Jericho. So all of this |
| 1:06.6 | and more when we're back. |
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