Daily Briefing Feb 24: Day 141 - Wanted: Clans to run Gaza & more of PM's postwar plan

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on progess of hostage talks, US’s increasingly strict stance on West Bank settlements, and a massive flour shipment to Gaza

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 141 of the war. US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today’s episode.

The US is hoping that a hostage release deal and truce can be agreed upon before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in about two weeks. What do we know about the potential framework of the deal from today’s talks?

On Thursday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the security cabinet with a document of principles regarding the management of Gaza after the war, aiming to install “local officials” unaffiliated with terrorism to administer services in the Strip instead of Hamas. We hear points from the plan.

Following a deadly shooting near the West Bank city of Ma’ale Adumim on Thursday, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced that permits would be granted for the building of some 3,000 homes. How did the US react?

The Biden administration is readying to issue a second round of sanctions in the coming weeks against Israeli settlers who carried out acts of violence in the West Bank. Who would be affected?

Israel has agreed to a new arrangement with the World Food Program rather than the UNRWA relief agency for Palestinian refugees that will allow for a massive American shipment of flour for Gazan civilians to move forward. Magid gives a picture of the conditions on the ground.

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