Israel SitRep: February 24, 2025
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Cairo
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
Op-eds
‘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...
Flash Briefs
‘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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...
Policy Briefs
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...
Flash Briefs
Turning the Page on Intolerance: Egypt’s Textbook Reforms
Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic content and other problematic material, revising over 350 state-issued books since 2018 as a part of an ambitious reform program....
Op-eds
Ignoring Ethiopian Concerns, Egypt Supplies Troops for African Union Mission in Somalia
Egyptian Troops Participate in African Union Force: Egypt is sending troops to Somalia as a part of the new African Union (AU) mission authorized by the United Nations Security...
Flash Briefs
Struggling with Inflation, Egypt to Get Infusion of Funds from IMF
In the midst of Egypt’s prolonged economic strains, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has granted Cairo initial approval for an additional disbursement of $1.2 billion following a review of its initial loan agreement. The funding will be made available to Cairo following approval by the IMF Executive Board...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s waning influence in the Arab world
The League of Arab States, based in Cairo and comprising 22 nations, issued a pointed rebuke of Iran’s ambitions in Syria on December 26, stating, “The Arab League rejects the recent Iranian...
Op-eds
Removing Hamas from central Gaza is the key to removing its leverage
Despite IDF operating in Gaza for more than a year, Hamas believes it is winning the war with its control of central Gaza.
Op-eds
Welcome to ‘Paddystine’
Dublin’s goal, according to Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, has been to undermine the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself by launching lawfare to chip steadily away at its sovereign rights.
Op-eds
Egypt Revises School Textbooks to Expunge Antisemitic Content
Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic and anti-Christian content, with approximately 80 percent of Egyptian students in elementary and preparatory education now...
Policy Briefs
How Turkey Outplayed Egypt and the U.S. In The Horn Of Africa
Ankara’s recent geopolitical gains go beyond just Syria.
Op-eds
Turkey Brokers Agreement Between Ethiopia and Somalia, Denting Egypt’s Regional Standing
Turkey Mediates Ethiopia-Somalia Agreement: Turkey announced on December 11 that it mediated what President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called an “historic agreement” between Ethiopia...