Daily Briefing Oct 26: Day 20 of war - targeted IDF raid is largest Gaza ground op yet

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian gives updates on Gaza and northern borders, drone operations in Jenin; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on uptick of West Bank settler violence

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today’s episode.

We are in day 20 of the war and the IDF says that overnight it carried out a “targeted raid” in the northern part of the Gaza Strip with infantry forces and tanks. Fabian elaborates.

Hamas launched a massive barrage of rockets toward central and southern Israel on Wednesday evening, ramping up the barrages and lightly wounding six people. We also heard about missiles launched toward Eilat. Fabian explains what this means and addresses what’s happening on the northern border and in the West Bank.

Rights groups are saying Israeli settlers in the West Bank have committed over 100 assaults against Palestinians since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sometimes under the protection of soldiers. Rettig Gur gives perspective.

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