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.
Today is day 75 of the war. Political correspondent Tal Schneider and legal affairs reporter Jeremy Sharon join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s podcast.
Schneider discusses what’s been discovered about Gaza tunnels during the ongoing war, including their architecture, materials and design and what the IDF needs to accomplish in order to fully remove them as a threat.
Sharon talks about far right Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich and his latest threats as finance minister with regard to Palestinian Authority funds to Gaza, and how that could be the final straw in his political coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Schneider looks at another issue that’s arisen during the war, as certain conscripted combat soldiers have been embedded in Gaza for weeks, unable to come home or communicate with their families, leading to a heated public conversation on the matter.
Sharon looks at a report issued by State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman on the government’s mishandling of many civilian issues on the home front in the first six weeks of the war.
For the latest updates, please look at The Times of Israel’s ongoing live blog.
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THOSE WE ARE MISSING: The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown
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