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.

As pressure mounts for the Hamas terror group to lay down its arms, we take a minute to focus on the terrorists’ military capabilities and current activities.

Hamas has still not returned all the bodies of the hostages held in Gaza. Before the weekend, Israel returned the bodies of 30 more Palestinians to Gaza under an ongoing exchange deal after Hamas handed over the bodies of two hostages, 84-year-old Amiram Cooper and 25-year-old Sahar Baruch. The next Hamas transfer, however, did not proceed smoothly. Fabian fills us in.

Four members of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force were killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Saturday night, a day after Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of responding to........

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