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.

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Yesterday, two soldiers were lightly injured in a stabbing attack near the northern West Bank settlement of Ateret. Hours before that, a soldier was lightly hurt in a car-ramming near the city of Hebron. Both attackers were killed. Are we seeing an uptick in attacks on soldiers in the West Bank?

At recording time, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, the Al Quds Brigades, said it was searching for the body of a hostage in northern Gaza with a team from the Red Cross. Hamas has since announced that remains will be handed over to Israel this evening.

These announcements came a day after Hamas handed over remains to Israel via the Red Cross that Israel said today did not belong to either of the two remaining hostages. Regardless of the return of all the deceased hostages, this morning Israel stated it will reopen the Rafah Crossing in the coming days for the exit of Palestinians from the........

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