IDF Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus has not posted a briefing in the past few days. He nevertheless continues to post his media appearances on X/Twitter. If you have missed his updates, you may want to take in the interview with Vivian Bercovici that he posted last night (recorded at 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday). Bercovici is herself the former Canadian ambassador to Israel and a dual citizen of Canada and Israel. She is the founder of State of Tel Aviv on Substack.

Early in the interview Conricus explains to Bercovici: “I am doing the night shifts of this battle of the narrative information[ war] that we find ourself in.” They discuss Hamas’s release of the two elderly female Israeli hostages: “Everything is staged….The overall strategic aim is of course to delay maneuver….They’re stalling for time.” If so, they have a friend in Joe Biden. They also discuss the hostages who remain behind.

This intensely interesting interview provides context for our understanding (precisely as he observes below).