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The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

Is Hamas poised to infiltrate new Gaza police force?

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

The Times of Israel

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🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 30 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.

Archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin and diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg join host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

If Iran attacks Israel, it will be “perhaps the most serious mistake in their history,” warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening, threatening an overwhelming response to any aggression. As the world awaits US President Donald Trump's State of the Union address tonight, Freiberg updates us with the push-pull diplomacy of the past day.

The Palestinian technocratic body tasked with managing postwar Gaza announced last week that it was opening applications for “qualified candidates” seeking to serve in a “transitional police force” to be deployed in the Strip. This comes as Hamas appears poised to keep hold of its control of civilian and security infrastructure even as the Trump peace plan moves ahead.

The Great Isaiah Scroll, the oldest nearly complete book from the Hebrew Bible ever found, is on display in its full length for the first time since 1968. Tercatin was on hand at Jerusalem's Israel Museum for the unveiling and fills us in.

Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

Trump said frustrated with limits of military leverage against Iran

Netanyahu: An attack on Israel would be ‘most serious mistake’ in Iranian history

Hamas seen working to maintain control of Gaza via Trump-backed bodies

Gaza oversight committee seeks ‘qualified’ candidates to join Strip’s police force

Great Isaiah Scroll, oldest near-complete biblical book ever found, on show in entirety for 1st time since 1968

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IMAGE: Hamas gunmen in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City, November 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing.

0:07.0

Today is Tuesday, February 24th.

0:09.0

I'm your host, Amanda Borchelle Dan, here in our Jerusalem recording studio with

0:14.0

archaeology reporter Ocella Terkatin and diplomatic reporter Nava Fryberg.

0:20.0

Thank you both for joining me here today on this beautiful

0:23.1

wintery day in Jerusalem. Good morning. It's great to be here. Thanks for having us. Such a pleasure

0:28.3

to see both of you. In the first half of the program, we are going to be discussing updates on what is

0:34.1

happening between the U.S. and Iran. We are also going to turn to Gaza and learn more about

0:39.6

the clearing of tens of thousands of tons of rubble from the Israeli-controlled territory, as well as

0:46.3

the policing, the Palestinian policing on the Hamas-controlled side. And then we're going to

0:52.2

turn to the Great Isaiah Scroll, one of the

0:55.9

Dead Sea Scrolls, which went on display for the first time since 1968 in its entirety last night.

1:04.4

So all of this and more when we're back.

1:15.2

Thank you. when we're back. Are we entering a new global order?

1:17.8

Alliances around the world are shifting and things we used to take for granted like

1:21.7

Israel's geopolitical role in the Middle East, the future of the U.S. Israel relationship,

1:26.5

and America's role in the world,

1:28.3

are now all up for grabs. If you want to understand what's really going on and what this all means,

1:34.2

I'd like to invite you to join me, Dan Cynor, on the Call Me Back podcast. Our goal is to give you

1:40.0

the facts, context, and insights you need to make sense of a changing world, a new Middle East,

1:45.4

and of course, how Israel fits into it all. Twice a week, I speak with the most informed and

1:51.3

thoughtful voices on these issues. People like Sam Harris, Scott Galloway, Tau Becker,

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