Overview

• The IDF hosted a 5-day  seminar at Ground Forces Command base in Israel, for more than 100 senior commanders, researchers and military academy representatives from 18 countries, including Britain, Germany, Poland, Morocco, India, Japan and others. The IDF is sharing operational and intelligence lessons developed over the last two years.

• UN Security Council approved Trump’s proposal for a “Peace Council” and deployment of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza under his oversight and with an international mandate.

• Reports indicate that a Hamas figure known as Abu-Khalil, operating from Turkey, is directing the bulk of Hamas terror activity in Judea and Samaria.

Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) was accorded full ceremonial honors during his reception by President Trump at the White House with full, including a horse-guard parade with promises to receive the most advanced F-35s from the US.  MBS expressed that Saudi Arabia will join the Abraham Accords only if there is a clear pathway to establishing a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders.

Gaza 

• While IDF forces remain inside the Strip and along the “yellow line”, Hamas is working in parallel to rebuild its military capabilities. The de facto commander ‘Az al-Din al-Haddad is appointing new brigade and battalion commanders, recruiting new militants, and…