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.

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

The government’s weekly cabinet meeting was held in a secure location on Sunday, Berman notes, after the IDF announced it killed the prime minister of Yemen’s Houthi government and several other ministers, and the Houthis pledged to retaliate.

Following a Channel 12 report that said three of Israel’s top security officials are expected to argue that Israel should cancel its imminent operation to capture Gaza City and accept the phased hostage-ceasefire deal currently on the table, Berman believes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will ignore them. Instead, he says, Netanyahu will likely continue to demand a comprehensive deal under which all hostages are released at once and the war ends on terms acceptable to Israel, in........

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