Day 457 - IDF raids Iranian site in Syria in complex commando op

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 reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host
Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's show.


The Hamas terror group released a propaganda video on Saturday
showing signs of life from 19-year-old hostage Liri Albag,
the latest in a series of clips it has released of Israeli
captives taken in the October 7, 2023, attack. What were the
contents of the three-and-a-half-minute-long video, which Hamas
released as a form of psychological torture?


The Israeli military said Saturday that its troops had in recent
days demolished an entire residential complex in northern Gaza,
close to Beit Hanoun, which had been used as a hideout and
command center by senior Hamas commanders. The complex overlooks
the Israeli community of Netiv Ha’asara and was considered a
threat to the rail line to Sderot, which hasn’t operated since
Oct. 7, 2023. We learn more about this operation and where else
the IDF is actively fighting, as well as continued rocket fire
from the Strip.


A ballistic missile fired toward Israel from the Yemenite Houthis
was intercepted early Sunday morning, the military said, with air
raid sirens largely remaining silent despite the threat. Fabian
updates on the shrapnel that fell and why sirens didn't sound.


Lebanese army officials have received “serious signals” that
Israel could extend its presence in Lebanon for an additional 30
days beyond the 60-day withdrawal period stipulated in its
ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, a newspaper aligned with the
terror group reported on Saturday. We hear how Hezbollah and the
Lebanese Army aren't holding up their ends of the truce and what
may be the results.


The Israeli Air Force on Thursday revealed details and footage
from one of its most daring and complex commando operations ever,
in which 120 members of special forces units raided and destroyed
an underground Iranian missile manufacturing plant deep in Syria
in September. Some of the details of the September 8 operation
previously reported by foreign media outlets — including the name
of the raid — are now known to have been wrong, or slightly
incorrect. Fabian fills us in.


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Discussed articles include:


Hamas releases video of hostage Liri Albag, 19. Parents:
‘This is not the Liri we know’


Gaza rocket lands near Nir Am, missile fired at chopper,
as IAF pounds Hamas targets


IDF destroys Hamas terror compound overlooking Israel;
rocket hits aid crossing


Late-night Houthi ballistic missile attack thwarted by
IDF, without widespread sirens


Reports: IDF may extend south Lebanon presence for 30
more days as Hezbollah regroups


Israel said to hit defense facility, scientific research
center near Syria’s Aleppo


120 commandos deep inside Syria: IDF reveals daring raid
on Iranian missile factory


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IMAGE: Members of the IAF's Shaldag unit in Israel following a
raid against an Iranian missile factory in Syria, September 8,
2024. (Israel Defense Forces)


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