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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 13 – 19, 2025)

IDF forces continued extensive air and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip, eliminated terrorist operatives and destroyed weapons and terrorist facilities, including a seven-kilometer-long tunnel system in the northern Gaza Strip. The forces focused on the al-Zeitoun, al-Sabra, al-Shuja’iya and al-Tuffah neighborhoods in Gaza in preparation for an operation to take control of the city; Hamas and the Palestinian "factions" accepted the updated proposal of Egypt and Qatar, based on the Witkoff outline, for a 60-day ceasefire and the release of ten live hostages and the bodies of 18 dead hostages. The factions were reportedly dissatisfied with Hamas' handling of the negotiations and demanded that it act to end the war; Israel and the international community continued increasing the amount of humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip by land and air, including food and tents. The Gaza Humanitarian Fund began a pilot program which would allow families to pre-order aid packages. Nevertheless, Hamas continued to spread its "hunger" propaganda and again warned of the collapse of the health system; The Egyptian foreign minister announced that 5,000 Palestinian policemen were being trained and would be stationed in the Gaza Strip. Egypt also announced its intention to appoint a committee of 15 technocrats to manage the Strip for half a year, while in France efforts were being made to establish an international force to operate under a UN Security Council mandate. Hamas condemned the statements of the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister who called for dismantling the weapons of the "resistance."; The UN secretary general’s report included Hamas in the list of organizations committing sexual violence; The Palestinians condemned Israeli minister Ben-Gvir’s visit to the prison cell of Marwan al-Barghouti and minister Smotrich’s decision to advance the E1 plan to create territorial contiguity between Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem.
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah and Lebanon (August 11 – 18, 2025)

The IDF attacked Hezbollah facilities above and below ground and eliminated operatives as part of its ongoing activity against Hezbollah's presence in south Lebanon which violates the ceasefire, and against the organization's efforts to rebuild its military capabilities and restore its arsenal; There were differences of opinion between the American administration and the European countries ahead of the discussion in the Security Council on extending the UNIFIL mandate in south Lebanon; American special envoy Thomas Barrack arrived in Beirut for talks, the first time since the government's decision to disarm Hezbollah. He said it was now Israel's turn to implement its own measure. Hezbollah's opponents reacted angrily to secretary general Na'im Qassem's statement that Hezbollah would not give up its weapons as long as "Israeli aggression" continued, adding that the "resistance" would battle the decision and would not agree to surrender; The secretary of Iran's supreme national security council, Ali Larijani, visited Lebanon and met with the heads of state and with Hezbollah's leadership. The president of Lebanon and the prime minister said they did not agree to Iranian intervention in the state's internal affairs; Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Authority, instructed the new Palestinian ambassador in Lebanon to carry out the decisions regarding transferring Palestinian weapons and refugee camps to the authority of the Lebanese state.
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (August 4 – 13, 2025)

IDF forces continued extensive aerial and ground attacks in the Gaza Strip, eliminated terrorist operatives, including those involved in the October 7, 2023 attack and massacre, and destroyed weapons and terrorist facilities. The Palestinians condemned the Israeli cabinet's decision to take control of Gaza City; A Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt for talks to renew negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Reportedly, the mediators were working to formulate a proposal for a comprehensive deal to release all the hostages and freeze the activity of the Hamas military wing; Israel and the international community continued to increase humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by land and air, and private merchants in the Gaza Strip received permits to import essential food and consumer goods. A journalistic investigation and an IDF review refuted the Hamas claims of a "policy of deliberate hunger."; Hamas continues to pay tens of thousands of workers in the Gaza Strip through a secret cash payment system; Pro-Palestinian organizations announced they were planning to launch an international flotilla to the Gaza Strip at the end of August, with dozens of vessels and the participation of thousands of activists; Fatah repeated its call for Hamas to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority (PA), while Hamas warned that it would consider any Arab force in the Gaza Strip as an "occupation force." The PA denied the report that Samir Hulileh, a former PA official, would be appointed governor of the Gaza Strip after the war. The Egyptian foreign minister said the Strip would be managed by 15 Palestinian technocrats for six months; The Palestinian Authority is reportedly considering a unilateral declaration of the establishment of a Palestinian state during the next session of the UN General Assembly.
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah and Lebanon (August 5 – 11, 2025)

IDF forces attacked Hezbollah infrastructure and eliminated operatives of the organization as part of its continued activity against Hezbollah's presence in south Lebanon, in violation of the understandings of the ceasefire agreement, and against the organization's efforts to renew its military capabilities and restore its arsenal. Facilities in south Lebanon for storing engineering equipment for the restoration of capabilities were attacked and three Hezbollah operatives were eliminated, as was a senior terrorist operative from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Hezbollah secretary general Na'im Qassem reported that the organization had lost about 5,000 operatives in the campaign against Israel before the November 2024 ceasefire. In his assessment, Israel would not launch a new large-scale operation in Lebanon since the response would be missile fire into its territory; Six Lebanese army soldiers were killed in an explosion in a tunnel used for storing Hezbollah weapons near Tyre. A UNIFIL force uncovered a tunnel network with weapons in south Lebanon; The Lebanese government instructed the army to prepare a plan to disarm and dismantle all armed militias, including Hezbollah, by the end of the current year, and approved the principles of the document received from American special envoy Thomas Barrack. Hezbollah stated that it would ignore the government's decisions and warned that no one would be able to disarm the "resistance."; According to reports, Hezbollah's public health organization suspended hospitalization payments for the families of Hezbollah operatives, a consequence of its economic crisis
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Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis (July 30—August 6, 2025)

The IRGC spokesman reiterated his warning that if Israel attacks Iran again, the latter’s response will be harsher and broader. The Friday prayer leader in Tehran threatened that Iran would turn Tel Aviv into a ghost town; Senior Iranian regime figures exploited the first anniversary of the elimination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran to emphasize the need for continued “resistance” to Israel and harshly criticized Western countries, especially the United States, for their support for Israel; Amid efforts to disarm Hezbollah, an article in a hardline Iranian newspaper warned that Hezbollah is now capable of renewing the fighting against Israel; The Houthi military spokesman claimed responsibility for eight attacks against Israel using ballistic missiles and drones. The IDF Spokesperson announced the interception of two ballistic missiles and two drones launched from Yemen; The United States has reportedly warned the Iraqi government that it will impose sanctions on those supporting the armed militias if attacks against energy facilities in the Kurdish region continue, and that it may also attack illegal weapons depots; A Hezbollah operative responsible for directing terrorist squads in southern Syria with the aim of launching rockets into the Golan Heights was eliminated; The Islamic Resistance Front in Syria warned that any Israeli military operation in the south of the country would be considered a “declaration of war” and would be met with an immediate response.
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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah and Lebanon (July 28-August 5, 2025)

IDF forces attacked Hezbollah infrastructure and eliminated operatives of the organization as part of ongoing operations against Hezbollah's presence in south Lebanon, which violates the ceasefire agreement understandings, and against Hezbollah's efforts to increase its military capabilities and restore its arsenal, including attacking Hezbollah's largest precision missile production site in the Beqa'a Valley. The IDF reported that in the eight months since the ceasefire began in November 2024, approximately 500 attacks had been carried out in Lebanon and more than 230 commanders and terrorist operatives had been eliminated;  According to reports, Hezbollah is preparing for the possibility of renewed fighting with Israel and has begun preparing shelters in north Lebanon for displaced persons; The commander of the Lebanese army claimed that Israel's presence in south Lebanon was the only obstacle to the full deployment of Lebanese army forces; Tensions are rising in Lebanon ahead of a government meeting on the state's monopoly on weapons. The United States reportedly rejected Lebanon's demand that disarmament take place only after the cessation of Israeli attacks and the withdrawal of IDF forces. Washington has demanded that the government determine a detailed timeline for implementing "the state's monopoly on weapons." The Lebanese presidential office told Hezbollah that it had to cooperate with the state, but Hezbollah's leadership refused, claiming that the demand to disarm the organization came from Israel and they would not surrender; Kuwait added Hezbollah and the organization's financial wing to its sanctions list; A Hezbollah operative convicted of killing a UNIFIL soldier in 2022 was sentenced to death in absentia in Lebanon; The Hamas representative in Lebanon claimed the Palestinians were committed to respecting the country's sovereignty and laws.
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