
About this episode
Jonathan Schanzer, executive director at FDD, joins the show to break down his time on the ground in Israel at the beginning of the war and what may come with the Israel-Iran ceasefire in place.
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• 01:27 Introduction
• 02:10 Extraction
• 05:50 Different
• 09:25 In the shelter
• 12:03 Damage taken
• 16:18 Stress
• 17:45 Getting out
• 24:57 Road ahead
• 30:40 Iranian risks
• 32:10 Hamas
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