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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 7-14, 2026)

Hamas announced the dissolution of its government emergency committee in preparation for transferring administrative responsibilities to the national committee for the administration of Gaza. However, it continued to enforce physical control by executing alleged collaborators and displaying flags at the funerals of eliminated terrorist operatives. Members of the Board of Peace said they would judge actions rather than declarations; IDF forces continued operating within the Yellow Line and other areas of the Gaza Strip, destroying terrorist infrastructure and eliminating more than ten terrorists who were involved in advancing attacks or restoring Hamas' military capabilities. Many of them had participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre and held hostages. Hamas' spokesman in the Gaza Strip reportedly survived an attempted targeted killing; his bodyguard was killed; A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo to continue talks with the mediators on the remaining bones of contention, including weapons, the future of public-sector employees in the Gaza Strip and the IDF withdrawal; A senior UN official condemned Hamas after armed men attacked a food distribution point and a warehouse belonging to an international aid organization; An international pro-Palestinian campaign is calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Gaza Strip, who is being detained in Israel because of his status as a senior Hamas officer and his involvement in terrorist activity carried out at the hospital; Hamas has reportedly transferred a significant portion of its "organizational activity" to Turkey for "security reasons" and to reduce American and Israeli pressure on Qatar to expel the movement's leadership.
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah and Lebanon (July 6-13, 2026)

Lebanese and Israeli delegations are expected to meet in Rome on July 14 and 15 to discuss implementing the framework agreement, while Lebanese President Aoun prepares for his first visit to the White House on July 21, when he will ask the United States to expand its involvement, promote an Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon and increase assistance to the Lebanese army; The Lebanese army reportedly opposes any framework which would require it to meet Israeli demands or coordinate directly with the IDF; the commander of the Lebanese army told the political leadership in Beirut that preserving the army's unity was his highest priority; Hezbollah continues its hard line against the framework agreement, calling it a "surrender agreement" and claiming it violates the constitution; IDF forces continued operations in the security zone in south Lebanon, destroying Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure and eliminating terrorists who posed a threat. Hezbollah operatives were reportedly ordered to prevent the strategic underground complex on the Ali al-Taher Ridge from falling into the hands of the IDF, "regardless of the cost."; Based on lessons learned from the most recent hostilities with Israel, Hezbollah is adapting its combat doctrine, shifting to a more decentralized model based on small cells, expanding the use of UAVs and reducing its exposure to Israeli intelligence; At the funeral of former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah secretary general Na'im Qassem claimed the organization remained committed to its alliance with Tehran and the "resistance axis." Iran reiterated its stance that a final agreement with the United States depended on the completion of the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon; The Lebanese government continued preparations for the reconstruction of the south and the return of the displaced, adding that the scale of the damage and the lack of funding required "extensive international assistance."
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Spotlight on Terrorism – June 2026

During June 2026, the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah continued until Israel's decision to cease fire on June 20; The ceasefire in the Gaza Strip remained in effect, as the IDF continued eliminating terrorist operatives, most of whom had been involved in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre; targeted killings of terrorist operatives continued. Israeli security forces carried out extensive counterterrorism operations in Judea and Samaria; The Houthis and Iran simultaneously attacked Israel with missiles; IDF forces clashed with armed operatives in south Syria.
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 30-July 7, 2026)

Hamas announced the dissolution of its government emergency committee in preparation for transferring administrative responsibilities to the national committee for the administration of Gaza. However, it continued to enforce physical control by executing alleged collaborators and displaying flags at the funerals of eliminated terrorist operatives. Members of the Board of Peace said they would judge actions rather than declarations; IDF forces continued operations within the Yellow Line area and other parts of the Gaza Strip, destroying terrorist facilities and assets and eliminating Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist operatives who posed a threat to the forces, many of whom participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre and who had held Israeli hostages; Hamas claimed the objective of Israel's statements about the movement's military buildup was to justify the continuation of the strikes; Hamas and the other terrorist organizations operating in the Gaza Strip submitted their response to the proposed amendments to the roadmap for implementing the ceasefire agreement, which included agreement to the concentration, collection and storage of weapons instead of disarmament, removal of references to the dismantling of infrastructure, including tunnels, and postponement of discussion on the issue of small arms; Hamas protested the position of the Board of Peace and the United States, according to which UNRWA would have no role in the "new Gaza"; Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad sent delegations to the funeral of Iranian leader Ali Khamenei.
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah and Lebanon (June 29-July 6, 2026)

Lebanese President Aoun and Prime Minister Salam defended the framework agreement reached with Israel and said it was the only way to establish the state's sovereignty and cause the IDF to withdraw from south Lebanon; Senior Hezbollah figures and the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament were greatly opposed to the framework agreement and warned it would drag the country into a civil war, while representing the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States as the basis for ending the war; The IDF continued locating and destroying weapons and terrorist infrastructure in the security zone in south Lebanon and eliminating terrorists who posed a threat to the forces or attempted to transfer weapons; Hezbollah accused the IDF of "violating the ceasefire agreement" but did not claim responsibility for any new attacks. The organization held funerals for more than 200 terrorist commanders and operatives who were killed during the hostilities; Iran is reportedly preparing to transfer approximately $1 billion in aid to Hezbollah, to be allocated primarily for military reconstruction; Delegations from Hezbollah and Amal attended the funeral ceremony of Iran's former leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran and met with senior Iranian figures. Lebanon's defense minister represented his country at the ceremony despite the tensions between Beirut and Tehran.
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The disclosure of the names of fallen military operatives by Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms the Amit Institute’s Research findings on the double roles of “journalists” in the Gaza Strip

Since the beginning of 2026 the military wings of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) have regularly reported the names of hundreds of commanders and operatives killed during the war in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, including after the ceasefire which went into effect in October 2025; The publication of the names provides official organizational confirmation that individuals who during the war were allegedly "journalists" and "media personnel" in fact belonged to the military media units of the military wings of Hamas and the PIJ or to other units within the other organizations; The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (now the Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Research Institute) published two comprehensive studies, one in February 2024 and the other December 2025, examining the identities of 266 Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip who were alleged to have been journalists and media personnel. The findings, based on open-source material, showed that about 60% belonged to the military wings or were affiliated with terrorist organizations, primarily Hamas and the PIJ; The current study shows that commanders and operatives whose names have been disclosed by Hamas and the PIJ in recent months had already appeared in the Information Center's special studies as individuals claimed to have been media personnel but who in fact unquestionably belonged to the military wings of the two organizations.
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