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Spotlight on Terrorism: Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria (September 9 – 16 , 2024)

This past week Hezbollah claimed responsibility for 65 attacks on military and civilian targets in Israel, including towns and villages which were attacked for the first time since the beginning of hostilities on October 8, 2023. Three IDF soldiers were injured, one of them in the reserves, and property damage was reported. The military wings Hamas and al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya also claimed responsibility for attacks on Israeli territories; Israeli Air Force aircrafts attacked Hezbollah terrorist targets and operatives in south Lebanon and the Lebanon Valley. Hezbollah announced that six of its operatives were killed during the past week; According to the UN, more than 113,000 people have been displaced from their homes in South Lebanon and 589 have been killed since the beginning of the fighting. The Lebanese media published figures for aid worth tens of millions of dollars given by Hezbollah to the families who remained in their homes in south Lebanon and to the displaced families; Hezbollah continued to promote the false claims that its retaliation for the elimination of Fuad Shakr killed more than 20 people at an IDF base, and linked "the killing" to the resignation of the commander of Unit 8200; Syria: A terrorist operative in the Hezbollah organization in the Golan Heights was killed in an Israeli attack. Syria and Iran denied reports that Israeli special forces raided a military facility for the production of weapons in Masyaf in western Syria.
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Spotlight on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict (September 3 – 10 , 2024)

IDF forces continued their operations in Rafah and the center of the Gaza Strip, attacking terrorist facilities located in civilian compounds and eliminating senior terrorist operatives; Hamas reiterated its demands for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and denied Israeli and American accusations of its making new demands as part of the negotiations; The drive to vaccinate the children in the Gaza Strip against polio continues; Charges were revealed in the United States against six Hamas terrorist leaders for their involvement the October 7, 2023 attack and the massacre of civilians; Israel, Judea and Samaria: This past week Palestinian terrorist operatives carried out two attacks, one of which killed three Israeli civilians. The Israeli security forces continued their counterterrorism activities, detaining three suspects for planning an attack in the immediate future; The PA submitted a draft proposal to the UN General Assembly calling for an end of the "Israeli occupation" within six months.
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ISIS’s attitudes towards Hamas according to editorials in recent issues of ISIS’ al-Nabā’ weekly

During August 2024, the ISIS weekly al-Nabā’ published two editorials referring to Hamas in connection with the war in the Gaza Strip. ISIS rejected Hamas' methods, accusing the Sunni movement of cooperating with the Iranian-led Shi'ite axis and stating that the only way to deal with Israel and the Jews was a jihad (according to ISIS's perception); In ITIC assessment, the editorials are an ISIS attempt to exploit the war in the Gaza Strip, and especially criticism of Hamas, to recruit supporters and operatives. They also indicate ISIS's fear of Iranian expansion in the region and of its Shi'ite allies.
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Spotlight on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict (August 20-27, 2024)

IDF forces continued their activity in Rafah and the central Gaza Strip, ending activity in Khan Yunis and Deir al-Balah. Two IDF soldiers were killed during the fighting; The bodies of seven Israeli hostages were located in Rafah. Six had been kidnapped alive and were murdered shortly before their bodies were discovered. The head of the Hamas military wing actually admitted that the hostages had been executed. Senior Hamas figures blamed Israel for the failure of the ceasefire negotiations and the release of hostages because the Security Cabinet had decided to keep IDF forces deployed along the Philadelphia Axis; An extensive operation began to vaccinate Gazan children against polio. The Shifa Hospital in Gaza reopened its emergency room for the first time since it was closed by the fighting; Israel, Judea and Samaria: Palestinian operatives carried out two terrorist attacks. Three Israeli policemen were shot to death in a drive-by shooting south of Mount Hebron, and three IDF officers were injured when two car bombs exploded in Gush Etzion. A car bomb was located and defused near the community of Ateret in Binyamin. The Israeli security forces launched an extensive counterterrorism operation in northern Samaria, an IDF soldier was killed; A new study found that since the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack and massacre, Hamas has increased its "diplomatic" activity in an attempt to garner international support and preserve its position in the Gaza Strip after the end of the war; Mahmoud Abbas met with the Saudi crown prince.
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Escalation and Thwarting of Terrorism in Northern Samaria

On the night of August 27-28, 2024, Israeli security forces launched counterterrorism operations in Jenin and its environs, in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, and the al-Far’a refugee camp in the Tubas area. The operation in Jenin continues (as of September 2, 2024), while the other two operations have been completed. An IDF soldier was killed and at least ten other members of the Israeli security forces were wounded; During the operation, the forces killed more than 25 terrorist operatives in airstrikes and exchanges of fire, including commanders of terrorist networks in Jenin and Tulkarm, detained wanted persons, located explosives laboratories and large quantities of weapons, and destroyed IEDs planted on traffic routes; Concurrently with the IDF operations, two terrorist attacks were carried out. Two car bombs driven by terrorists exploded in the Gush Etzion area, wounding three security personnel. Three policemen were shot dead in a shooting attack in the South Hebron Hills. A car bomb was found near the community of Ateret; During 2024, some processes and trends can be identified that contributed to the increase in terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria, especially in northern Samaria, which in the ITIC’s assessment are expected to continue even after the activity of the Israeli security forces: efforts by Hamas and Iran to encourage terrorist activity through incitement, directing terrorist attacks, and smuggling weapons and money; cooperation between armed terrorist networks belonging to various Palestinian organizations; increasing use of powerful IEDs for terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria and inside Israel; increase attempts to carry out shooting attacks targeting Israeli communities in the Seam Zone.
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Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis (August 21-28, 2024)

The new Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, spoke with a senior Hamas figure and stressed that Iran would support any agreement to end the war in the Gaza Strip that would be acceptable to the Palestinians and the “resistance”; Senior Iranian officials once again threatened to retaliate for the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’ political bureau, in Tehran. However, they stressed that Iran would respond in a time and manner that would not disrupt the talks to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip; Iran praised Hezbollah's retaliation for the killing of Fuad Shukr in Beirut. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman described Hezbollah's action as a clear indication of a shift in the strategic balance, now working against Israel; The Islamic Resistance in Iraq claimed responsibility for two drone attacks against “vital targets” in Haifa. The claims have not been verified. The pro-Iranian militias are preparing to escalate their attacks against Israel as well as against American bases in the region; The Houthis claimed responsibility for attacking two vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. A Greek oil tanker caught fire following the attack and began leaking oil. All crew members were evacuated safely; Houthi sources reported that the preparation of the target bank for the expected attack against Israel due to the attack against the port of al-Hudaydah had been completed and that the Houthis were also expected to participate in the responses of the “axis of resistance” to the killing of Haniyeh and Shukr.
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