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April 29, 2024 The Netherlands Considers Restoring UNRWA Funding, Pending Reform The Netherlands is the latest country to consider reinstating funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) after the release of a report on April 22 into the agency’s... April 29, 2024 Israel Readying for U.S. Military’s Floating Pier off Gaza Coast for Humanitarian Aid The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on April 27 that it is preparing to receive a floating pier that the United States is building off the Gaza coast for the purpose of “receiving... April 29, 2024 IDF Strikes Hamas Positions in Rafah Ahead of Planned Offensive The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes in Rafah on April 29 ahead of a planned offensive on the southern Gazan city, where several battalions of Hamas terrorists... April 28, 2024 Egypt Seeks Hostage Negotiations Breakthrough Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel met his Israeli counterpart David Barnea on April 26 to continue deadlocked negotiations over a potential deal to free the hostages still in Hamas captivity... April 28, 2024 Hezbollah Retaliates Against IDF Strike, Launches Barrage of Missiles Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Israel on April 26 in retaliation against an Israeli strike that killed two Palestinian Islamist terrorists in Lebanon... April 27, 2024 Blinken Reverses Plan to Sanction IDF Battalion The U.S. State Department on April 26 froze a plan to impose sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Netzah Yehuda battalion... April 27, 2024 Blinken to Address Normalization With Israel During Visit to Saudi Arabia Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia on April 28 for the World Economic Forum. While in Riyadh, Blinken is expected to discuss the normalization of Saudi-Israeli... April 26, 2024 Terrorists Attack U.S. Pier Under Construction Off Gaza Coast Terrorists conducted a mortar attack on a U.S. pier under construction off the Gaza coast, American defense officials said on April 25. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder... April 26, 2024 Russia and Iran Agree to Deepen Security Ties Russia is ready to expand military and technical cooperation with Iran, the Russian state-owned media outlet RIA Novosti reported on April 26. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu... April 26, 2024 90-Day Clock For Iran Sanctions Begins Pursuant to New U.S. Laws President Joe Biden must determine within 90 days whether to impose key sanctions on Iran pursuant to the supplemental appropriations package signed into law on April 24. The package... April 26, 2024 Iran Sentences Popular Rapper to Death Amid Widening Crackdown on Dissent Tehran’s judiciary confirmed the death sentence of a prominent Iranian hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi, on charges of “corruption on earth,” Reuters reported on April 25. Despite... April 25, 2024 Iran Rebuffs Argentine Request for Extradition of Key Terrorist Mastermind Tehran on April 24 rejected an Argentine request for the extradition of Iran’s interior minister for his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in... April 25, 2024 Hamas Releases Video of American-Israeli Hostage Hamas released a video of American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on April 24, reportedly at the request of Qatar. In the video, Goldberg-Polin is seen seated in front of a... April 24, 2024 Hamas Places Rocket Launch Sites Near Civilian Shelters in Gaza The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes on two Hamas rocket launch sites in southern Gaza, the IDF said on April 24. An infographic distributed by the IDF showed that... April 24, 2024 Israel Mobilizes Reservists Ahead of Rafah Push Israel is redeploying reservist ground forces brigades on April 24 for operations in the Gaza Strip, signaling its readiness to move against the Hamas stronghold of... April 24, 2024 Half of Hezbollah’s South Lebanon Commanders Killed Israeli counterstrikes have killed “half of Hezbollah’s commanders in southern Lebanon,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant revealed on April 24. Gallant’s remarks... April 24, 2024 Iran-Backed Iraqi Militias Resume Attacks on U.S. Forces U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq shot down approximately two drones on April 22, according to U.S. officials. This was the second attack in 24 hours against U.S. troops, coming... April 24, 2024 Israel Develops Plan for Rafah Evacuation The Israeli military is preparing to evacuate Gazan civilians from Rafah, Hamas’s last stronghold, as part of Israel’s planned offensive, The Wall Street Journal reported on... April 23, 2024 Iranian President in Pakistan, Pledges to Strengthen Ties Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Islamabad on April 22, kicking off a three-day visit to Pakistan. Raisi’s trip comes three months after Iran and Pakistan exchanged airstrikes... April 23, 2024 Israel Calls UN Investigation into UNRWA ‘Insufficient’ The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on April 22 released the final report by investigators charged with reviewing the agency’s “neutrality” in light of Israel’s... April 23, 2024 Iran’s Noor Plan Intensifies Crackdown on Women Amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Republic’s Law Enforcement Command (LEC) introduced a new initiative called the “Noor” campaign to further crack... April 22, 2024 Israeli Officials Hold Emergency Meeting to Discuss Possible ICC Arrest Warrants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held an emergency meeting with advisors on April 18, in response to reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the... April 22, 2024 Hamas Chief Meets Turkish President, Considers Move From Qatar to Turkey Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on April 20 — the first meeting between the two leaders since Israel launched its... April 22, 2024 Israeli Forces on Alert for Passover The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are on high alert ahead of the Passover holiday, which begins at sundown on April 22, the IDF said. “During the Passover holiday, the IDF continues... April 22, 2024 Passover Eve Massacre in Jerusalem Averted Hours before Passover began, Israel averted a mass-casualty attack by two Palestinians in Jerusalem on April 22. The two terrorists rammed a car into groups of people in Romema,... April 22, 2024 IDF Intel Chief Resigns Over Hamas’s October 7 Attacks The commander of Israeli military intelligences resignation on April 22, citing his responsibility for the failure to anticipate the Hamas rampage that triggered... April 21, 2024 U.S. Legislators Move to Sanction Iranian Leaders, Oil Trade The U.S. House of Representatives passed a package of four national security bills on April 20. In addition to providing security funding to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, the bills... April 21, 2024 Hezbollah Claims to Target Multiple Sites in Northern Israel Hezbollah claimed to target numerous areas in northern Israel on April 21. The Iranian-backed terrorist group told pro-Iranian media outlet Al-Mayadeen that it struck the northern... April 21, 2024 Israeli Forces Kill 14 Terrorists in West Bank Raid Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinian terrorists during a 50-hour weekend raid in the West Bank, the Israeli military said on April 20. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) counterterrorism... April 19, 2024 Turkish Flotilla to Set Sail for Gaza Israel is bracing for potential maritime trade disruptions due to imminent seaborne aid deliveries to Gaza from Turkey by Turkish charities and pro-Palestinian activist groups. The... April 19, 2024 Iran Threatened to Reevaluate Nonproliferation Obligations if Israel Attacked Atomic Facilities A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) threatened on April 18 to reevaluate Iran’s commitment not to develop atomic weapons if Israel attacked... April 19, 2024 Israel Carried Out Strikes in Iran, U.S. Officials Say Israel carried out strikes inside Iran U.S. officials told CNN on April 19, reportedly using warplanes with long-range missiles to strike at an Iranian military airbase near Isfahan.... April 18, 2024 U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Statehood Bid at UN The United States on April 18 vetoed the Palestinian bid to gain full membership at the United Nations. Twelve members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) supported the... April 18, 2024 Hamas Leader to Meet With Erdogan in Turkey Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on April 17 that he plans to meet Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Turkey over the coming weekend, calling Haniyeh the “leader of... April 18, 2024 Qatar Reevaluates Role as Hamas Mediator Doha is reevaluating its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on... April 18, 2024 Iran Attempts to Destabilize Jordan Iran has sought to leverage its militias and proxies, including Lebanese Hezbollah, to destabilize Jordan, reported the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat on April 16. There are... April 18, 2024 White House Defends $10 Billion Sanctions Waiver to Iran Following Attack The White House on April 15 defended Iran sanctions waivers it last extended in March, giving Iran access to $10 billion in funds. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby... April 18, 2024 Israel Arrests Terrorists Hiding in School in Northern Gaza Israeli soldiers arrested Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists hiding in a school in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on April 17. “Over... April 18, 2024 Israel Foils West Bank ISIS Plot Israeli forces detained a Palestinian overnight who was planning an imminent attack on behalf of the Islamic State (ISIS). Undercover commandos carried out the arrest in Beitunia,... April 17, 2024 Hamas Obstructs Hostage Negotiations Hamas rejected all proposals and expanded demands during recent hostage negotiations, Israeli and American officials said on April 14, 15, and 16. Hamas rejected the latest Gaza... April 17, 2024 Hezbollah Rocket Fire Wounds 18 in Northern Israel Hezbollah launched a combined rocket and drone attack on northern Israel on April 17, wounding 14 Israeli soldiers and four other people, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. The... April 17, 2024 Israel Promises Response to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint Israel’s war cabinet decided to strike back at Iran “clearly and forcefully” during a closed-door meeting on April 15. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reported that the cabinet chose to respond to send a message that Israel “would not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a... April 17, 2024 Iran Briefly Closed Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Inspectors The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on April 15 that Iran briefly closed its nuclear facilities to inspectors the day before amid security concerns about possible Israeli... April 16, 2024 UK Fails to Designate IRGC as Terror Group Despite Iranian Attack on Israel The British government is resisting a campaign by key UK politicians to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. UK Prime Minister... April 16, 2024 Israel Increases Humanitarian Aid Transfers to Gaza Israel facilitated the transfer of 126 aid trucks to northern Gaza and the opening of two bakeries there, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on April 16. The effort, led by... April 16, 2024 Russia Defends Iranian Attack on Israel Russia on April 14 defended Iran’s attack against Israel, blaming it on the Jewish state’s killing of an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general in Syria in an April 1 airstrike.... April 16, 2024 Israeli Air Force Kills Three Hezbollah Terrorists Israel killed three Hezbollah terrorists, at least one of them a commander, in two air strikes in southern Lebanon on April 16. Ismail Baz, who died in a strike on his car near Tyre,... April 15, 2024 Sidestepping Tensions With Israel, Jordan Helps Repel Iran With U.S.-Led Coalition The Jordanian Air Force joined a U.S.-led coalition to help repel Iran’s weekend attack against Israel, shooting down dozens of drones in Jordanian airspace overnight between April... April 15, 2024 Following Failed Onslaught, Iran Threatens Further Attacks Iranian leaders warned Israel on April 14 that the Jewish state would face “stronger” retaliation if it attacked the Islamic Republic in response to Tehran’s failed onslaught... April 15, 2024 Israeli Navy and Air Force Shoot Down More Drones in Wake of Iranian Attack The Israeli Air Force (IAF) downed a drone on April 15 one day after the Israeli Navy intercepted a drone — the latest attacks on Israel following Iran’s onslaught. The drone...

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