Overview

• Jared Kushner presented a four-phase reconstruction plan for Gaza that began with Rafah, followed by Khan Younis, central Gaza, and finally Gaza City.

• Prime Minister Netanyahu met with special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to discuss Iran and the opening of the Rafah crossing.

• In Turkey, Hamas political bureau chairman Khalil al-Hayya met with Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin to coordinate progress toward Phase II of negotiations and discuss Hamas’ political and organizational survival.

• CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper visited Israel alongside Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to prepare for regional escalation.

• New figures regarding the Iranian protests indicated that the Iranian regime massacred thousands of Iranians on the night of January 8–9. The International Center for Human Rights (ICHR) claims over the course of entire rebellion, 43,000 Iranians have been killed and 350,000 wounded.

Gaza 

Trump’s Gaza Plan

• At the Davos World Economic Summit, special envoy Jared Kushner presented a four-phase reconstruction plan for Gaza that began with  Rafah, followed by Khan Younis, central Gaza, and finally Gaza City. The plan envisions residential zones, industrial areas, parks, an airport, a seaport, and what appears to be a permanent IDF buffer zone.

• Kushner stated that a new governing authority would oversee Hamas’ disarmament, emphasizing that disarmament is essential for reconstruction,…