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.

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

The IDF announced this morning that the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is once again in effect, following “a series of significant strikes” targeting dozens of Hamas targets and operatives. The strikes came after Palestinian operatives carried out an attack on troops stationed in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing soldier Master Sgt. (res.) Yona Efraim Feldbaum.

This attack on IDF soldiers, along with Hamas’s failure to return the deceased Israeli hostages — even faking the recovery of one slain hostage — led to Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza, which, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, killed over 100.

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