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.

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.

Key aspects of the day-to-day situation in Gaza remain unclear, says Horovitz, with the lack of independent journalism in Gaza continuing to fog the narrative. For the moment, Israel has reversed its policy on aid to Gaza, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two far-right coalition members, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, not invited to the cabinet meeting that approved this.

Horovitz discusses the mixed signals and strategic incoherence of the government, with the supply of more aid into Gaza getting underway at the same time as unsourced reports say the army has proposed a tightened siege in the Strip and the government itself is weighing the occupation of all of Gaza and/or the annexation of some of it if a hostage-truce deal cannot be finalized.

Horovitz also discusses a wave of European........

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