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.
Political correspondent Tal Schneider and health editor Diana Bletter join host Jessica Steinberg for today's episode.
Schneider discusses the timing of US President Donald Trump's announcement regarding Wednesday's White House meeting about the management of the day-to-day lives of Gazans after the war. She notes the Israeli cabinet's decision Tuesday to gloss over the latest Hamas proposal and the US administration's allowing Israel to go ahead with its current military plans.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will only accept comprehensive deals, notes Schneider, and he will not agree to any phased deals of the kind that Egypt and Qatar have succeeded in bringing to the negotiating table.
Bletter describes the Druze community's efforts with a platform created to help supply medical supplies and food from Israel to the devastated Sweida province in Syria where thousands of Druze are under siege by Syrian government-led forces.
Bletter also highlights groundbreaking medical research, including unlocking bacteria to create more effective antibiotics and vaccines. She also notes research on spinal cord tissue that will be transplanted into paralyzed patients, helping them walk again.
Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing liveblog for more updates.
For further reading:
Trump to hold White House meeting on ‘comprehensive plan’ for managing postwar Gaza
As cabinet meeting glosses over deal, mediators say Israel ignoring Hamas proposal
Large crowds fill Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square for rally urging deal to free captives
In a Galilee war room, Startup Nation’s Druze mobilize to help their Syrian brethren in Sweida
Using novel method to compare subgroups, Israeli researchers unlock bacteria’s secrets
In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord
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IMAGE: Demonstrators protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the current government and for the release of hostages outside Tel Aviv's Defense Ministry on August 23, 2025. (Photo by Erik Marmor/Flash90)
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