For review" 1. IDF Starts Ground Operations in Gaza. The IDF said Wednesday it had launched “pinpoint” ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip. The IDF said its operations were aimed at expanding the security zone near the border and creating a partial buffer between northern and southern Gaza. 2. Captured documents from Gaza show that in the years leading up to 07 October attack, Hamas developed a concrete plan to destroy the Jewish state, in full coordination with Hezbollah an...
Mar 20, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 433
For review: 1. The Houthi rebels launched a ballistic missile at Israel from Yemen Tuesday evening, marking the first attack from the Iran-backed group since the ceasefire came into effect in the Gaza Strip two months ago. 2. IDF Aerial Offensive in Gaza. The Israeli PM- Benjamin Netanyahu- said that the military campaign was launched on the recommendation of Israel’s intelligence services and the IDF, and that it was a last resort after weeks of failed efforts to get Hamas to free more hostages...
Mar 19, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 432
For review: 1. US CENTCOM Campaign Against Houthis. More airstrikes are planned in the coming days. USAF LTG Alexus G. Grynkewich, director for operations for the Joint Staff: "US CENTCOM began precision strike operations against the Houthis to restore freedom of navigation and American deterrence. The initial wave of strikes hit over 30 targets at multiple locations, degrading a variety of Houthi capabilities. Included among those targets were terrorist training sites, unmanned aerial vehicle i...
Mar 18, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 431
For review: 1. US and Israeli Officials reach out to Sudan, Somalia, & Somaliland to discuss Palestinian resettlement during US proposed Gaza reconstruction plan. Officials from Sudan and Somalia said they had rejected overtures from the US, while officials Somaliland told The AP that they were not aware of any contacts. 2. US President Donald Trump has praised talks held with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the US proposed ceasefire deal with Ukraine as "good and productive". This comes...
Mar 15, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 430
For review: 1. Interim Syrian President Signs Temporary Constitution. The temporary constitution leaves the country under Islamist rule while promising to protect the rights of all Syrians for five years during a transitional phase. 2. A group of around 100 senior figures from among Syria’s Druze are expected to visit the Israeli Golan Heights on Friday, and meet Sheikh Muafak Tarif, spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel. 3. Russian President Putin on Ukraine Ceasefire - "We are in f...
Mar 14, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 429
For review: 1. Ukraine Will Agree to a 30 Day Ceasefire with Russia - US to Restart Military Aid and Intel Sharing. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio: "We'll take this offer now to the Russians. And we hope that they'll say yes, that they'll say yes to peace. The President's objective here is, number one, above everything else, he wants the war to end, and I think today Ukraine has taken a concrete step in that regard. We hope the Russians will reciprocate." 2. Iranian President to President Tru...
Mar 12, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 428
For review: 1. Iran Supreme Leader Not Interested in Talks with "Bullying" Countries. Iran's Supreme leader has criticized "bullying" countries in an apparent response to US President Donald Trump's letter demanding negotiations over its nuclear program. 2. Israel on Sunday prepared to send a delegation to Doha for further talks on the Gaza truce. 3. Israel’s Energy Minister on Sunday instructed the Israel Electric Corporation to immediately cut off the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip, i...
Mar 10, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 427
For review: 1. President Trump Sends Letter to Iran Supreme Leader. US President Donald Trump said he wants to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran and sent a letter to its leadership this week suggesting talks with the Islamic Republic. 2. New Syrian government consolidating security against Pro-Assad forces in the Alawite Minority. A Syria war monitor reported on Saturday that over 530 civilians from the Alawite minority had been killed in recent days by security forces, as authorities clash wit...
Mar 08, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 426
For review: 1. New IDF Chief of Staff: 2025 - A Year of War. New IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir stated that 2025 would be “a year of war” with a focus on the Gaza Strip and Iran. 2. US Unfreezes $95 Million Aid Package to Lebanese Armed Forces. 3. US Pauses Intelligence Sharing with Ukraine. Comments from top Trump administration officials suggest the decision is part of the broader negotiations between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to negotiate a peace deal...
Mar 06, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 425
For review: 1. Arab Leaders Adopt Egypt's Gaza Reconstruction Plan. The Egyptian plan, called “Early Recovery, Reconstruction, Development of Gaza,” is based on “preserving the rights, dignity and humanity of the Palestinian people, and on the horizon of a two-state solution.” 2. Ukraine President Proposes Partial Ceasefire. Ukraine is proposing to Russia a “truce in the sky” – that is, a halt to mutual long-range drone and missile strikes against civilian infrastructure and, above all, against ...
Mar 05, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 424
For review: 1. Israel PM thanks US for recent Foreign Military Sales of weapons to "finish the job" against Iran and their terror proxies. On Saturday, US Secretary of State Rubio said he had signed a declaration to expedite around $4 billion in military assistance to Israel, adding that a partial arms embargo imposed under former administration had been reversed. 2. Egypt Prepares Plan for Gaza Reconstruction. Egypt’s vision will be presented at an Arab League summit on Tuesday. 3. US Pauses Mi...
Mar 04, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 423
For review: 1. US Foreign Military Sale to Israel Worth $3 Billion- includes $295 million for Armored D9 Caterpillar bulldozers and related equipment. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2027. 2. President Trump & President Zelensky Oval Office Meeting. (You have to listen to the whole meeting.) 3. European Leaders react to the President Trump & President Zelensky Oval Office Meeting. Italy’s Premier Giorgia Meloni, proposed “an immediate summit” between the United States and European al...
Mar 01, 2025•28 min•Season 1Ep. 422
For review: 1. IDF Probe on 7 Oct Hamas Attack. Israeli reporters were presented with the investigations conducted by the Southern Command, Operations Division, Israeli Air Force, and Israeli Navy. 2. US & Russian Diplomats Meet in Istanbul. A U.S. Embassy official in Ankara confirmed that the Istanbul talks focused on the issues affecting the operation of respective diplomatic missions. 3. South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said that North Korea appears to have sent additiona...
Feb 28, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 421
For review: 1. Israel & Hamas Agree on Hostage - Prisoner Release as Phase I of Deal Closes. The first phase of the deal, which includes the ongoing ceasefire, ends on Saturday. 2. French President Macron visits White House- "feasible" to talk about a truce in the war and the start of negotiations for a sustainable peace within weeks. 3. Ukraine President Zelenskyy to visit Washington this week and possible agree on rare earth and mineral deal with US- in exchange for continued US support to...
Feb 27, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 420
For review: 1. Israeli Forensic Doctor Reports Bibas Family Murdered by Terrorists - Not Killed by Airstrike. 2. Israel to delay freeing of 600 Palestinian Prisoners after humiliating release ceremony of six Israeli Hostages. 3. IDF Warplanes conduct flyover of former top Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's funeral ceremony in Beirut. Defense Minister Israel Katz: “You will specialize in funerals, and we will specialize in victories.” 4. Arab Leaders Meet in Riyadh to Discuss Gaza Reconstruction...
Feb 23, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 419
Short episode- For review: 1. Bodies of Four Hostages Returned to Israel include Shiri, Ariel & Kfir Bibas. 2. President Trump & Leader of Ukraine Have War of Words. President Trump: “Think of it, a modestly successful comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky, talked the United States of America into spending $350 Billion Dollars, to go into a War that couldn’t be won, that never had to start, but a War that he, without the US and ‘TRUMP,’ will never be able to settle.” 3. Australia and Papua New Gu...
Feb 20, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 418
For review: 1. Hamas to release six Israeli Hostages on Saturday. 2. IDF Strikes Weapon Sites in Syria. The strikes targeted Syrian tanks used to store weapons, according to the IDF. 3. IRGC General Threatens Israel with Third Missile Attack. “The True Promise 3 will be carried out in appropriate time,” said deputy commander-in-chief of the IRGC Brigadier General Ali Fadavi. 4. US & Russia Establish Goals for Cooperation in Riyadh Talks. The two sides agreed broadly to pursue three goals: to...
Feb 19, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 417
For review: 1. : IDF will Remain on 5 Strategic Hills in S. Lebanon. The US authorized the IDF to remain in the five points, though it was not clear how long troops would stay there. 2. Lebanon extend ban on flights from Iran. US advised Lebanon that Israel may shoot Iranian planes down. Israel asserts that Tehran was using civilian aircraft to smuggle cash to Beirut to arm the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah. 3. Unconfirmed reports say that Hamas has agreed to allow the Palestinian Authority...
Feb 18, 2025•37 min•Season 1Ep. 416
For review: 1. Three Israeli Hostages Released after 498 Days in Captivity. In exchange for the three Hostages, Israel released 369 Palestinian detainees and security prisoners, including 36 terrorists serving life sentences for murder. 2. Per Washington Post report- President Donald Trump and PM Benjamin Netanyahu discussed US support for a potential Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites during the Israeli leader's visit to Washington D.C. last week. 3. IDF strikes a prominent member of Unit ...
Feb 16, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 415
For review: 1. Israel to Hamas - Ceasefire Continues if 3 Hostages Released Saturday. 2. IDF conducts airstrikes in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah weapon stores, launchers, and facilities. 3. Iran to unveil and new indigenous, cruise missile in March- with a reported range of 2000 kilometers. Quote from IRGC Rear Admiral Tangsiri: “We now have missiles that can be launched from the depths of the Iranian territory, eliminating the need for coastal launches.” 4. Speaking at the Ukraine Defense Conta...
Feb 14, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 414
For review: 1. US President Trump suggests that Israel end the ceasefire agreement with Hamas if all remaining Hostages are not freed by Saturday. 2. Israel PM Warns Resumption of "Intense Fighting" in Gaza if Hostages Not Released on Saturday. In preparation, the IDF announced that it is “extensively” bolstering its forces in the Southern Command, and approving battle plans for the Gaza Strip in the event that the ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas collapses. 3. Egypt to Present Plan for Gaza Re...
Feb 12, 2025•30 min•Season 1Ep. 413
For review: 1. IDF Withdraws from Netzarim Corridor After 5th Hostage Release Cycle. According to the ceasefire deal, Israeli forces had to withdraw after the fifth swap was carried out. 2. US President Donald Trump comments on the poor state of appearance of the three Israeli Hostages released on Saturday. President Trump: “They are in really bad shape, they have been treated brutally, horribly. Even the ones that came out earlier, they were in a little bit better shape, but mentally they were ...
Feb 10, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 412
For review: 1. IDF Warplanes Strike Hezbollah Weapon Depots in Lebanon. 2. Three Israeli Hostages set for release on Saturday morning from Gaza Strip. Israel will release 183 Palestinian prisoners in return. 3. In a speech from Tehran, the Iranian Supreme Leader vows Iran will respond to any threat or violation of the country's security by the US. 4. Iran Unveils IRGC Navy Drone Carrier. According to an IRGC Navy Commander- the drone carrier is capable of carrying several squadrons of unmanned a...
Feb 08, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 411
For review: 1. President Trump's Idea Relocates Palestinians During Gaza Reconstruction. Asked how many Gazans he intended to relocate, the President said, “All of them.” Asked to clarify whether the White House was shifting away from President Trump’s talk of “permanent” to “temporary” relocation, the WH Press Secretary responded, “The President has made it clear that they need to be temporarily relocated out of Gaza for the rebuilding of this effort as it’s a demolition site right now it’s not...
Feb 06, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 410
For review: 1. Israeli PM Visits Washington D.C. 2. Major General Eyal Zamir to be the new Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff. Major General Zamir’s background in the armored corps is unique for a Israeli Chief of Staff. 3. New Iranian Ballistic Missile (Etemad) can reach Israel with a 1,700 kilometer range. 4. Saudi Arabia Increases Defense Spending in 2025. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allocated $78 billion for defense spending in 2025, up from $75.8 billion spent in 2024. 5. Ukrainian Pr...
Feb 04, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 409
For review: 1. From DoD Release: US AFRICOM conducts airstrikes against ISIS operatives in the Golis Mountains of Somalia. 2. Three Israeli Hostages Released After 484 Days of Hamas Captivity. 3. Iran Threatens War in Region if Nuclear Sites Attacked. 4. US Wants Ukraine Presidential Elections Possibly This Year. Keith Kellogg, President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, told Reuters that presidential and parliamentary elections, suspended since the all-out war began, "need to...
Feb 02, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 408
For review: 1. US Army Black Hawk Collides with Passenger Jet Near Reagan National Airport. The two aircraft crashed as the American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, with 64 people aboard, was approaching the runway flying over the Potomac River. The Black Hawk was on a training flight from Davison Army Airfield at Fort Belvoir. There were no survivors found. 2. Eight Hostages released from Gaza after 482 days in captivity- 3 Israelis & 5 Thai citizens. 3. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas...
Jan 31, 2025•15 min•Season 1Ep. 407
For review: 1. Three Israeli and Five Thai Hostages Set for Release on Thursday. In exchange for the three hostages to be freed on Thursday, Israel will free 110 Palestinian security prisoners. 2. In Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa is appointed President to lead the transitional phase. After cancelling the country's constitution passed in 2012 under the Assad regime, Mr. al-Sharaa will be authorized to form a temporary legislative council until a new constitution is drafted. 3. Ukrainian President Zelens...
Jan 30, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 406
1. After broken agreement & negotiations, Hamas to Release Three Hostages on Thursday- Gazans can begin moving north tomorrow. Israeli PM Netanyahu’s office says Israel reached an agreement with Hamas after “strong and determined negotiations,” and reiterates that it will “not tolerate any violation of the agreement.” 2. US President Trump to end delivery hold on 2,000 pound bombs to Israel. President Trump said to reporters aboard Air Force One, “We released them (the bombs). We released th...
Jan 27, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 405
For review:. 1. Pete Hegseth Confirmed as US SECDEF. 2. Second Set of Israeli Hostages Released - Four Female IDF Soldiers Free After 477 Days in Captivity. 3. IDF to continue presence in S. Lebanon. A ceasefire signed in late November, stipulated that Israeli forces should withdraw as Hezbollah's weapons and fighters are removed from the south and the Lebanese army deploys. The deal set a 60-day period which ends on Sunday. Israel said on Friday the terms had not been fully enforced by the Leba...
Jan 25, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 404
