Israel SitRep: June 3, 2024
Today’s Issue: | Israel Hit with 325 Hezbollah Attacks in May, Including With Burkan Missiles | Defense Minister Gallant: We Will Not Accept Hamas as Ruling Power in Gaza After War | IDF Holds Exercise...
Cairo
What Is Hamas Hiding in Rafah, and Why Doesn’t Biden Want the IDF to Find It?
In the lead up to the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) operation to destroy Hamas and secure the release of over 100 hostages – including 8 Americas – believed to be in and around Rafah, leaders around...
Op-eds
To help Israel, Washington needs to get tougher on Cairo
Cairo is becoming a spoiler in the current Israel-Hamas war, and the U.S. must take action to reverse Egypt’s posture. The Egyptian government prevented humanitarian aid from entering...
Op-eds
Under Pressure From Washington, Cairo Resumes Aid to Gaza
Egypt resumed providing humanitarian aid to Gaza on May 26 after more than two weeks of withholding it. With food insecurity in Gaza a major challenge, the Egyptian blockade exacerbated the humanitarian...
Policy Briefs
Israeli, Egyptian Troops Trade Fire Near Rafah
Israeli and Egyptian troops exchanged fire near the southern Gaza border city of Rafah on May 27, killing at least one member of Egypt’s security forces. Both Jerusalem and...
Flash Briefs
Egypt Resumes Aid to Gaza by Rerouting Trucks to Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing
Egypt resumed transferring aid into Gaza by rerouting trucks to Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing on May 26, nearly three weeks after Egypt closed its Rafah crossing into Gaza. Approximately...
Flash Briefs
Can the Middle East halt the rise of Iran before it’s too late?
Iran has recently reconciled with Saudi Arabia, with China’s backing, and it has been seeking to open a new page of ties with Egypt.
Op-eds
Terrorist Rockets Discovered Next to Gaza’s Border With Egypt
Israeli forces operating in the southern Gazan city of Rafah discovered Palestinian rockets primed for launch next to the Egyptian border on May 22. The rocket cache,...
Flash Briefs
Egyptian Blockade of Aid to Gaza Earns Rebuke from U.S.
A senior U.S. official issued a rare rebuke of Egypt on May 22 for blocking aid transfers into Gaza. Egypt shares one border crossing with Gaza in Rafah, which has been closed...
Flash Briefs
Stung by Looting, UN Announces New Distribution Routes for Gaza Aid Delivered Through U.S.-Funded Pier
The United Nations announced that new routes are being planned for the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza arriving through a U.S.-built pier off the Mediterranean coast, Reuters...
Flash Briefs
Egypt’s relationship with Hamas: What does history tell us?
October 7 deeply impacted Egypt, however, Cairo has not appeared to excoriate Hamas for the attack, leaving questions about how this all transpired.
Op-eds
Israel’s Catch-22 in Rafah
Israel does not want to run the Gaza Strip, and yet that may allow Hamas to regroup.
Op-eds
As Israel Presses Rafah Operation, Civilians Evacuate En Masse
Nearly half of Rafah’s civilian population has been evacuated, less than two weeks into the Israeli military’s operation in the strategic south Gaza city, a senior United...
Flash Briefs
Israel: 50 Rafah Tunnels to Egypt Unearthed
Israel went public on May 17 with the discovery of 50 smuggling tunnels leading from the southern Gazan city of Rafah to Egypt. Defending Israel against South African-filed genocide...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: May 17, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Spokesman: 98th Division Continuing Jabalya Operations, Commando Brigade Joins Fighting in Eastern Rafah | 98th Division Expands ‘Operational Control’ in Jabalya Area; IAF Stikes...
Israel at War Situation Report
Cairo’s double game in Gaza
The Israel Defense Force’s move last week into the southern Gaza city of Rafah has exploded in Egypt like a 2,000-pound bomb. Cairo has long been playing a double game, holding...
Op-eds
Iran is seeking closer ties to Egypt
Iran is seeking outreach to not only Egypt by also Saudi Arabia. Recent reports also indicate that Iran has threatened Jordan.
Op-eds
Nearly Half Million Gazans Evacuate Rafah
Approximately 450,000 Gazans have evacuated Rafah, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced on May 14. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) asked civilians to relocate...
Flash Briefs
Palestinian Authority Rejects Israeli Offer to Control Rafah Border Crossing
The Palestinian Authority (PA) rejected an Israeli offer to grant it control of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Sky News Arabic reported on May 13. Rafah lies two...
Flash Briefs
Biden’s betrayal of Israel only means more civilians will die
A decade ago, former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates famously declared that Joe Biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four...