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Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 9-15, 2023)

This week, there was a moderate increase in ISIS’s activity around the world. The centers of ISIS activity were Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Mozambique., Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov warned that the threat posed by ISIS remains high, especially in Africa. The editorial of ISIS’s Al-Naba weekly claimed that the earthquake is a message of warning and intimidation from Allah to the Muslims so that they strengthen their faith. In a video by Al-Zawahiri on the issue of “Palestine” he calls on Muslims around the world to help the Palestinians “liberate Palestine.”
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (February 8-13, 2023)

This past week Palestinians carried out two terrorist attacks. A vehicular ramming attack in the Ramot neighborhood of Jerusalem, which killed three Israeli civilians, two of them young brothers; the other was a stabbing attack south of Hebron. As usual, the Palestinian Authority (PA) did not condemn the. One rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at the Israeli communities. In response, Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked a Hamas facility. A Hamas delegation headed by Isma'il Haniyehrecently visited Cairo to participate in Egyptian efforts to achieve regional calm. PIJ leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah was chosen to head the organization for another four years. The Palestinian leadership continued activities in Arab and international venues to delegitimize the Israeli government.
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Spotlight on Global Jihad (February 2-8, 2023)

This week, the relatively low level of ISIS activity around the world continued. Turkey arrested a squad of ISIS operatives who planned to carry out attacks against the Swedish and Dutch consulates and against Jewish and Christian targets in Istanbul, In Syria The US-led Global Coalition to fight ISIS, in collaboration with the Kurdish SDF forces, arrested 210 ISIS operatives in Al-Raqqah and Al-Tabqa In Africa: a summit conference was held in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, to coordinate activities against the Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabaab. The editorial of ISIS’s Al-Naba weekly called on the organization’s operatives and supporters to kill Jews around the world. At the same time, ISIS continues its campaign calling for the killing of Christians around the world, especially in Europe.
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Spotlight on Iran (January 26, 2023 – February 9, 2023)

Iranian media reported that the attack carried out on a convoy of trucks near the Iraqi-Syrian border did not result in any deathst. The spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack, which has been attributed to Israel, and insisted that Israel’s actions will not save it from the Following the earthquake that severely damaged Turkey and Iran expressed willingness to provide assistance to the victims of the quake. members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) providing assistance in rescuing and evacuating victims n the area of Aleppo. On the night of February 7, the first Iranian plane carrying aid landed in Syria.
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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (February 1-7, 2023)

This past week Palestinian terrorists carried out three attacks in Judea and Samaria two IDF soldiers injured. Israeli security forces continued counterterrorism activity, concentrating their efforts in the Aqabat Jabr refugee camp near Jericho. During the two-day activity five Hamas terrorist operatives were killed; two of them had been involved in the shooting attack at the Almog Junction (January 28, 2023). 11 rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians claimed they were a reaction to the measures taken by the Israeli prison service against women prisoners in Israeli jails who celebrated when seven Israelis were killed in Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem.
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Spotlight on Terrorism : Hezbollah, Lebanon and Syria) January 22 – February 5, 2023)

The Lebanese army claimed it repelled an IDF attempt to cross the border during engineering work in the area. Hezbollah issued clarification regarding a Lebanese civilian who was detained on suspicion of collaborating with the Mossad. Hezbollah expressed support for the Palestinians in the wake of the IDF activity in the Jenin refugee camp and praised the terrorist attacks in Jerusalem. The crisis of governance in Lebanon continues, and all efforts to elect a president have failed so far. Lebanese security forces operating in the northern part of the country detained a squad of ISIS operatives planning a series of terrorist attacks in Lebanon. A convoy of trucks was attacked after crossing the border from Iraq to Syria. Seven people were killed; the trucks were apparently carrying weapons from Iran.
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