Daily Briefing Sept. 29: Day 724 – Gaza City nearly encircled as IDF deepens operations

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on the Lebanon front a year after Hezbollah head Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination, and the undeterred Houthis’ latest missile

With:
  • Amanda Borschel-Dan
    Amanda Borschel-Dan

    Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel’s features.

  • Emanuel Fabian
    Emanuel Fabian

    Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel’s military correspondent

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 joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s episode.

We begin the program with an update on the car-ramming attack on Sunday in the West Bank that took the life of Staff Sgt. Inbar Avraham Kav, 20, of the Paratroopers Brigade’s 890th Battalion.

Turning to Gaza, we speak about how the IDF is operating in the Strip by land, air and sea: The Israeli Air Force struck some 140 targets in the Gaza Strip in the past day, the Navy shelled a weapons depot and other buildings Hamas operatives were using in the Strip’s north, and ground troops from three IDF divisions continue to push into Gaza City.

Hamas claimed Sunday that it had lost contact with two hostages during Israeli operations in a pair of Gaza City neighborhoods. Fabian weighs the claims and gives more background information.

A ballistic missile launched by the Houthis in Yemen at Israel overnight Sunday was intercepted by air defenses. This comes after what Fabian calls the most intensive strike in Yemen yet.

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered Saturday at the tomb of slain leader Hassan Nasrallah to commemorate one year since his assassination in an Israeli airstrike. Fabian assesses the changes in Israel’s operations in Lebanon over the past year.

Check out The Times of Israel’s ongoing liveblog for more updates.

For further reading:

IDF soldier killed by gunfire during car-ramming in northern West Bank

IDF says 780,000 have fled Gaza City; Hamas says dozens killed in unrelenting strikes

Hamas says it has lost contact with two hostages amid IDF push into Gaza City

IDF intercepts Yemen ballistic missile; Houthis say it had cluster bomb warhead

Drones circle overhead as thousands in Beirut mark anniversary of Hezbollah’s chief’s death

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