Overview[1] On March 31, 2024, the 19th Palestinian government was sworn in at Mahmoud Abbas’ office in Ramallah. It is headed by Dr. Muhammad Mustafa, and according to the announcement, the government ministers do not belong to any political party. Its platform emphasized that the government regards Judea, Samaria, east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip as one political-geographic unit with the PLO as the source of its authority (Wafa, March 28, 2024). Right: The new Palestinian government after the swearing and in ceremony in Ramallah. Left: Muhammad Mustafa swears allegiance at the ceremony i ..read more

Highlights[1] On the night of April 14, 2024, the IRGC launched hundreds of UAVs and missiles, including ballistic missiles, at Israel in response to the attack near the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1, 2024, in which Hassan Mahdavi, the senior IRGC commander in Syria and Lebanon, was killed. After the attack, senior Iranian officials stressed that Iran was not interested in further escalation and threatened an even harsher and wider response in the event of an Israeli response against Iran. The Iranian president and foreign minister held a series of telephone consultations to prevent ..read more

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*Updated from October 8, 2023 Overview[1] This past week Hezbollah continued attacking Israel, mostly military targets in the north and the Golan Heights, and claimed responsibility for 38 attacks. The attacks close to the April 14, 2024, Iranian missile and drone attack on Israel mainly targeted Israeli air defense sites in the Golan Heights, apparently to assist and support Iran. In response, Israeli Air Force planes attacked Hezbollah military facilities in south Lebanon and the Ba’albek region. On April 15, 2024, there was an explosion near an IDF force in the western sector on the Leban ..read more

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*Updated from October 8, 2023 Overview This past week Hezbollah continued its attacks on northern Israel, attacking military and civilian targets 43 times. In response, the IDF attacked Hezbollah facilities along the border and in Ba’albek. in one of the attacks a senior operative in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force was killed. Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah secretary general, delivered two speeches for World Jerusalem Day. In his speeches he emphasized the “uniqueness” of Jerusalem Day this year, claiming that Israel was on the road to destruction and that Hezbollah was ready for any scenario. Hezboll ..read more

Overview[1] Since the beginning of the Gaza Strip War, initiatives have been undertaken around the globe to organize boats and ships to bring aid to the Gaza Strip, leading to the establishment of the International Campaign to Save Gaza (ICSG), which was announced on November 23, 2023 during a conference held in Istanbul.[2] Recently the organization, behind which is the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), announced it would launch a ship from Libya to El Arish in the near future, and would launch another ship from Lebanon. Meanwhile, Zaher Birawi, the ICSG chairman, announced the launch of a f ..read more

Highlights[1] The commander of the IRGC’s Qods Force in Syria and Lebanon, Mohammad Reza Zahedi (Hassan Mahdavi), along with his deputy and five other Iranians, were killed in an airstrike on a building adjacent to the Iranian embassy in Damascus. Following the attack, senior Iranian officials, foremost among them the Supreme Leader of Iran, threatened a harsh response against Israel. The Supreme National Security Council convened a few hours after the attack to discuss Iran’s response. In late March 2024, delegations headed by the head of Hamas’ political bureau and the secretary-general of ..read more

Highlights In a recording released on March 28, 2024, ISIS’ spokesman calls for attacking Christians and Jews everywhere around the world, especially in the United States, Europe, and Israel, and commends the terrorist attack carried out by the organization in Moscow on March 22, 2024. Referring to the war in the Gaza Strip, the spokesman says the solution to the Muslims’ problems is fighting the infidels and unity under the banner of Islam and Islamic law (Sharia). He describes the war against the Jews as a religious war and prays that the organization’s operatives will be able to reach the ..read more

Overview[1] The Gaza Strip is currently preoccupied with ways to deliver humanitarian aid to local residents, while the Palestinian and Arab media are preoccupied with the issue of “the day after” in the Gaza Strip, and several possibilities have been mentioned regarding its future management. The Palestinian Authority (PA) regards itself as the Gaza Strip’s best administrator. It views the war in the Gaza Strip as a window of opportunity for regaining control of the Strip, and as another step towards establishing an independent Palestinian state. PA officials deliberate with international a ..read more