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Today on Home Front:

• Beirut assignation was a calculated, but necessary, risk
• Protecting Gaza civilians at the expense of unreasonably high IDF casualties is dead wrong
• Israel needs leverage to facilitate a breakthrough on ‘the day after’ options
• PLUS: If you don’t have anything unifying to say, don’t say anything

Today on Home Front:

• As the north heats up, the IDF zeroes in on Southern Gaza
• Eliminating rocket fire is impossible, but drastically limiting it is an attainable goal
• Does Israel have enough bunker busters to blast Hezbolla’s vast tunnel network?

Today on Home Front:

• Israel is fighting an undeclared war in the North
• The Middle East is a tough neighborhood. Can the US play by its rules?
• The ‘Day After’ in Gaza requires multiple tactics

Today on Home Front:

• Debating tactics that risk IDF lives isn’t politicking
• Israel’s staggering — and underreported — humanitarian numbers
• Gaza tunnel networks are 500% more than estimated. There’s no quick fix.
• Bibi nods to dreams of peace to relieve political pressure

Today on Home Front:

• Will Israel’s diplomatic stunt deter Hezbollah?
• Iris Haim’s tragically uplifting message to the soldiers — and the world
• The IDF is desperately searching for a game-changing breakthrough

Today on Home Front:

• The tragedy of “friendly fire”
• When will the West acknowledge the changed reality of Hamas’ reach?
• 10/7 was the result of mass multi-year failures
• PLUS: “Where are all these open spaces?”

Today on Home Front:

• Why Israel’s golden opportunity to stand up for itself is causing friction
• What’s behind the double talk of the US Administration
• Should the question of the day after overtake the war itself?
• PLUS: Appreciation for the unlikely visitors at the Kosel Hadlakas HaNeiros

Today on Home Front:

• International pressure for speedy progress risks IDF lives
• Is there any solution to the Palestinian labor conundrum?
• What Israel’s leaders can learn from the Hasmonean Empire

Today on Home Front:

• What does a Hamas defeat look like?
• How Israel’s strategy is helping to retain WH support
• The political theater in the war cabinet continues
• Ivy League presidents’ Congress appearance explains the state of academia today

Today on Home Front:

• US demands are unfair, but it keeps them on our side.
• A creaky unity government can still get the job done
• Chuck Schumer and the October 8th Jews

**Note to listeners: Home Front will now air Mondays and Thursdays, covering the wider issues playing out in the ongoing war.