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March 9, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israeli defense chief assesses military readiness along Israel’s border with Syria

The new chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, visited northern Israel on March 9 and met with IDF commanders along the border with Syria. According...

March 6, 2025 | |

‘Ensure Israel’s Security’: European Nations Reject Hamas Role in Any Plan for Gaza

French Diplomat on Hamas’s Future Role: European states serving on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) — permanent members France and the United Kingdom along with non-permanent...

March 5, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Can Hamas ever be defeated?

The questions about Gaza’s future are still unanswered

March 4, 2025 | |

‘No Peace Without Palestinian State’: Arab League Endorses Egyptian Plan to Rebuild Gaza

Latest Developments Plan Calls for Palestinian State on 1967 Borders: Representatives from Arab League nations endorsed Egypt’s five-year plan to rebuild Gaza without resettling its residents during...

March 4, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

The Arab plan for Gaza sidelines Hamas and PA, but only for six months

Dead-on-arrival plan for non-factional interim committee to run Gaza during transition is dissociated from reality

March 3, 2025 | |

Qatari Advisor’s Comments on Gaza Ceasefire Highlight Gaps With U.S. and Israel

Qatari Official Urges Parties to Negotiate Phase Two: Countering the U.S. and Israeli positions,Majed al-Ansari, a senior advisor to the Qatari government, stated in a March 2 interview...

March 3, 2025 | Ahmad Sharawi |

How Arab leaders should respond to Trump’s Gaza challenge 

President Trump has laid down a challenge to Arab leaders: Show me a better plan for Gaza if you don’t like mine.   At an emergency summit in Cairo on March 4, the Arab League will attempt...

March 1, 2025 | |

‘No Progress’: Hamas Rejects Israeli Proposal to Extend Phase One of Ceasefire

Phase One of Ceasefire Ends: Hamas said that it rejected Israel’s proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which expired on March 1. During the first phase...

February 25, 2025 | |

‘The Egyptian Solution’: Israeli Opposition Leader Yair Lapid Unveils Peace Plan for Gaza

Enabling Israel to ‘Divorce’ Itself From Gaza: Yair Lapid, Israel’s former prime minister and currently the leader of the parliamentary opposition in the Knesset, unveiled...

February 24, 2025 | |

Israel SitRep: February 24, 2025

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February 20, 2025 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Egypt and UNRWA Were for Trump’s Gaza Plan Before They Were Against It

Those Outraged by Trump’s Proposal May Not Recall That a Similar Plan for Palestinians Was Put Forth in 1953

February 18, 2025 | |

‘Hamas Executed a Mother and Her Two Children in Cold Blood’: Bibas Family Bodies Reportedly Included in Upcoming Hostage Release

Bibas Family Said to Be Among Hostage Remains: Hamas will release the bodies of four slain Israeli hostages on February 20 and six living hostages two days later, the Iran-backed...

February 17, 2025 | |

‘Neither Hamas Nor the Palestinian Authority’: Netanyahu Rejects Reports of Gaza Power Transfer

Latest Developments Netanyahu Rejects Post-War PA Governance in Gaza: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on February 17 that “the day after the war in Gaza, neither Hamas nor the Palestinian...

February 13, 2025 | |

Egypt to Propose Alternative Plan for Rebuilding Gaza

Egypt to Present Alternative Plan for Gaza: Egypt will reportedly present a plan later in February to rebuild the Gaza Strip within three to five years without displacing Palestinian...

January 31, 2025 | |

European Union Restarts Rafah Crossing Monitoring Mission, Egyptians Protest on Border

Latest Developments EU Resumes Rafah Border Missions: The European Union (EU) on January 31 restarted its civil border mission at the Rafah crossing that separates Gaza from Egypt, according to a statement...

January 31, 2025 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mariam Wahba

Will Egypt’s President Become Trump’s Least Favorite Dictator?

Hours after President Donald Trump revealed plans to ask Egypt to enable Palestinian refugees looking to escape the war to enter the Sinai Peninsula from Gaza, Cairo’s Foreign Ministry issued a...

January 28, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Uneasy Truce: Israel’s Fragile Ceasefires with Hamas and Hezbollah

For fifteen months, Israel fought a difficult and complex war on multiple fronts. It was the costliest war in Israel’s history in terms of civilians killed and hostages taken, with more...

January 22, 2025 | Seth J. Frantzman |

First hostages released, some IDF troops withdraw from Gaza as Israel-Hamas ceasefire begins

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, which was hammered out in Qatar in the first two weeks of January, began on the morning of January 19. The Israeli government scrambled to approve the framework for the...

January 10, 2025 | Mariam Wahba |

State Department Calls Out Genocide in Sudan, Heightening Urgency for U.S. Strategy Change

In the most significant U.S. statement on Sudan since the country’s renewed civil war broke out in 2023, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared on January 7 that members of the Rapid Support Forces...

January 7, 2025 | |

Biden Administration Reallocates Egyptian Aid to Fund Lebanese Armed Forces

State Department Withholds $95 Million From Egypt: The outgoing Biden administration will withhold $95 million of its foreign military aid to Egypt and redirect it to Lebanon to...