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Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
As two more hostages’ bodies are released to Israel, leaving 16 captives’ bodies in Gaza, Fabian discusses what will happen when Hamas is not able to locate any more bodies and requires the help of other countries, making the process longer.
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With terror operatives attacking Israeli troops in Gaza on a near-daily basis and the troops operating in more than half of the Gaza Strip’s territory, demolishing tunnels and enforcing the Yellow Line that demarcates their position, Fabian talks about reaching the end of war.
After two soldiers were wounded by an explosive device in the West Bank, Fabian discusses whether this denotes a significant increase in activity in the area, after the number of incidents had been on a downturn since the start of the war.
He also looks at an IDF strike that killed a Hezbollah operative in southern Lebanon, another breach of the nearly year-long ceasefire. Individual operatives haven’t given up, he says, which is why the IDF is still present in the area.
Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Ronen Engel, Thailand’s Sonthaya Oakkharasr identified as hostage bodies returned by Hamas
Hamas says it returned 2 more bodies of hostages; remains taken to forensic lab for ID
2 troops wounded by bomb thrown in West Bank; reports of settler attacks on Palestinians
IDF says strike kills Hezbollah operative acting in breach of truce in southern Lebanon
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