Dan Senor’s Call Me Back podcast has become a valuable source of information on Israel’s war on Hamas. I have posted the December 24 episode with the Times of Israel’s Haviv Rettig Gur below. This is how it is described at the podcast site:

The Hamas-Israel War, nearing its three month mark, is now the longest war in Israel’s history since Israel’s War of Independence (1948/49).

The first phase of this war, which took place over the three weeks following October 7, was largely conducted from the air. The second phase, the ground invasion, began almost two months ago (on October 27), in which the IDF took over most of Northern Gaza and a few pockets in southern Gaza.

During the past week it has been reported that the IDF is preparing for a third phase in the war, expected to last many months, if not longer.

What will this new phase look like? What are the many considerations shaping this new phase? How are Israeli society and Israeli politics reacting to this emerging shift? These are some of the issues we discuss in our weekly check-in with Haviv Rettig Gur of the Times of Israel.

This summary actually understates the information and analysis that is on offer here. Highly recommended.

Also recommended are the Times of Israel stories “‘We’ll never forgive’: Mom, daughter on life of fear in Gaza captivity, pain upon return” (December 23) and “IDF reveals massive Hamas tunnel network in Gaza’s Jabaliya, where it found 5 hostages’ bodies” (December 24).