Overview

• IDF statistics show that 70% of Israeli combat fatalities in Gaza have been caused by IEDs, not direct gunfire or combat.

• Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the growing anti-Hamas militia in southern Gaza, stated that 6,000 Gazans have formally applied to join his militia.

• A terrorist attack in the parking lot of a shopping mall in Gush Etzion resulted with one murdered by 2 Palestinian Authority policemen. 

• IDF launched Operation Black Flag against the Houthis, the tenth and eleventh wave of aerial attacks against Houthi infrastructure. This operation was more extensive than previous operations, involving 20 fighter jets and 50 munitions.

• In a high-profile interview with Tucker Carlson, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian made the explosive claim that Israel had attempted to assassinate him. 

Gaza 

Hostage Deal

Reports of an imminent ceasefire agreement during Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meetings in DC were exposed to be exaggerated, as there are still four central points of contention between Israel and Hamas that are preventing an agreement:

1. The number of Palestinian security prisoners to be released as part of a hostage deal.

   
   

2. The number of aid trucks permitted to enter Gaza each day—crucial for humanitarian support but also a potential supply line for Hamas.

   
   

3. Whether the GHF (Gaza…