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Yoni Ben Menachem

Yoni Ben Menachem, a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center. He served as director general and chief editor of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

Hamas sources claim that Israeli intelligence used Palestinians to spy on the ISIS offshoot operating in the Sinai Peninsula.
The Israel Defense Forces is preparing for a renewal of acts of large-scale violence at the Gaza border.
The arrest of a Hamas terrorist cell in the Ramallah area is a significant success for the Israel Security Agency (ISA) in its war against Hamas terror. The ISA is also known by its Hebrew title, the Shin Bet or Shabak.
Hamas is threatening to renew acts of violence along the Gaza Strip to put pressure on Israel so that it will in turn press the Palestinian Authority to return its officers to the Rafah border crossing.
A drone bearing a large explosive charge and a huge bouquet of balloons was dispatched towards the Gaza perimeter and landed inside Israeli territory. The explosives were neutralized by the Israel Defense Forces; in response, the IDF attacked two Hamas positions in Gaza.
Ziyah Nakhalah gave an interview to the Iranian TV channel Al-Alam, in which he revealed the “Axis of Resistance” plan, led by Iran, to attack Israel from the north and the south.
The Iranians have resumed their airlifts to Syria, in which they transfer weapons to Hezbollah. They also feel encouraged by the American president’s decision to withdraw U.S. military forces from Syria.
The Israel Security Agency and the Israel Defense Forces pulled off a successful intelligence operation when they caught and killed Ashraf Na’alwa, responsible for two murders in the Barkan Industrial Park on Oct. 7, and Salah Barghouti, a member of the terror cell that carried out the attack at the Ofra Junction on Dec. 8.
It is making every effort to perpetrate terror attacks from Judea and Samaria perpetrated by “sleeper cells,” exploiting the fact that the Israel Defense Forces are busy on two fronts in the north and the south.
The Hamas Interior Ministry has publicized the sentences of 14 people convicted of collaborating with Israel as a deterrent to Gaza residents and to highlight its “control” of the security situation.
The Palestinian Authority and Hamas are working together to sabotage a draft resolution drawn up by the United States, condemning the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
The possibility of Israel launching a preemptive military strike should not be ruled out.