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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (July 14-21, 2026)

Hamas announced the election of Khalil al-Hayya as the new head of its political bureau, 21 months after the elimination of Yahya al-Sinwar; IDF forces continued operations within the Yellow Line and other parts of the Gaza Strip, destroying Hamas weapons depots and other terrorist facilities and assets and eliminating more than 16 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists, many involved in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre and who had held hostages; Another round of negotiations in Cairo on implementing the second phase of the ceasefire agreement ended without progress in disarming Hamas and the other terrorist armed organizations operating in the Gaza Strip; The date for the entry into Gaza of the Palestinian national committee for the administration of Gaza remains unknown. However, the committee continues to hold coordination meetings with the Board of Peace and the Palestinian Authority to discuss the provision of essential services and the beginning of reconstruction work; Hamas' security forces continue to identify "collaborators" with the militias and Israel amid the continuing targeting of "resistance fighters" in the Gaza Strip; Hamas and Palestinian Authority delegations arrived in Qatar to offer condolences to the emir on the death of his father; Israeli security forces continued extensive counterterrorism operations in Judea and Samaria, detaining dozens of wanted Palestinians and locating large quantities of weapons. An Israeli Arab was detained on suspicion of planning to assassinate an Israeli government minister.
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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 – 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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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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Spotlight on Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 23-29, 2026)

IDF forces continued operations within the Yellow Line and in other areas of the Gaza Strip, eliminating Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including operatives involved in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 terrorist invasion and massacre. Hamas military infrastructure rebuilt after the ceasefire was also destroyed; The International Committee for the Protection of Journalists is reviewing its database of journalists killed during the war in the Gaza Strip after it became known that some of them were affiliated with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Hamas continued to accuse Board of Peace representative Nikolay Mladenov of promoting Israeli positions and undermining the negotiations for implementing the ceasefire. It reiterated its claim of being prepared to transfer control of the Gaza Strip to the national administration committee; The organizers of the so-called "June 26 Revolution" against Hamas rule said the attempt to hold mass demonstrations had failed because of Hamas intimidation, but promised to continue their campaign; A senior Hamas figure held talks with the Iranian foreign minister; Israeli security forces continued extensive counterterrorism operations in Judea and Samaria; The Palestinian Authority wants to enlist the Vatican, the UN and Arab and Western countries against what it claims is "the deliberate targeting of Christian institutions in Jerusalem."
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