Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world, from Sunday through Thursday.

Editor David Horovitz and military correspondent Emanuel Fabian join host Amanda Borschel-Dan on today's special episode.

Since just after dawn Saturday morning, Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip have launched massive rocket barrages at southern and central Israel. The attacks is combined with an assault by dozens of gunmen who infiltrated Israel by air, land and sea, clashing with Israel Defense Force troops and taking dozens of hostages.

Fabian, tells us how the orchestrated attack unfolded and where we stand now. Horovitz fills us in on the political drama that is, as well, an ongoing story.

Discussed articles include:

Live blog October 7, 2023

‘We are at war,’ Netanyahu says, after Hamas launches devastating surprise attack

Israel confirms people abducted into Gaza; Hamas claims to capture soldiers, civilians

Residents near Gaza Strip beg for IDF help as they fight off terrorists

Thousands flee rocket and gunfire at all-night desert ‘Nature Party’; dozens missing

‘A colossal failure’ as Gaza’s Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared

In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat

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IMAGE: The scene where a rocket fired from Gaza caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on October 7, 2023. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

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