Daily Briefing Aug. 27: Day 326 - Is the threat of broader war on the wane?

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 and political writer Tal Schneider join host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

Fabian discusses Sunday’s visit to Israel of Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, hours after Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel, with an even larger attack thwarted.

He touches on a military probe into how a Navy sailor died and two were injured on a patrol boat as a result of the Sunday Hezbollah rocket and drone attack.

Fabian also describes the IDF drone strike in the West Bank on Monday that killed five people in a terror command room — including a Hamas member released by Israel in the November 2023 hostage-truce deal.

Schneider takes a look at National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s latest incendiary statements regarding Jewish prayer at the Temple Mount, for which both Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and an ultra-Orthodox newspaper called him out.

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Discussed articles include:

Top US general says risk of broader war ‘somewhat’ abated after Israel-Hezbollah clash

Israeli Navy sailor killed, two hurt by interceptor missile amid Hezbollah attack

Halevi: IDF working to return displaced northern residents ‘as quickly as possible’

IDF says it carried out drone strike on West Bank terror cell; 5 reported killed

Haredi newspaper calls Ben Gvir ‘pyromaniac politician’ over Temple Mount remarks

Ben Gvir says Jews can pray on Temple Mount; Netanyahu insists status quo unchanged

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