Gaza Strip
The Israeli defense minister says that the residents of Gaza are captives of the head of Hamas.
Kyiv’s goal in the talks is an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from the country • U.S. suspends embassy operations in Minsk, authorizes departure of non-emergency employees from Moscow embassy.
“The relationship between Qatar and the United States is bizarre, and makes no strategic sense,” said Yigal Carmon, founder and president of the Middle East Media Research Institute.
A military source says that given the concern over Iranian suicide drones, air defenses engaged in full. It is unclear why the target was not intercepted; the military is reviewing the incident.
The questioning of a 27-year-old Gazan resident revealed much intelligence on the Hamas terror organization, said the Shin Bet.
The ammunition, hidden in a shipment of home goods, was intercepted by security inspectors working at the Kerem Shalom Crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian terrorist organization has attempted to exploit conflicting loyalties and Israel’s “family reunification” policies, according to the Internal Security Service.
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said he does not envision the country joining the Abraham Accords “in the absence of a real commitment to a two-state solution” between Israel and the Palestinians.
According to Col. (res.) David Hacham, a longtime adviser on Arab affairs, Cairo has been able to delay an ultimatum that would have expired at the end of December.
“For two days, there was anti-Gazan, anti-Hamas anger on social media in Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, even though the march was organized by Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” said Orit Perlov, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies.
The first to go was Hamas political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh, who left the Al-Sahti Refugee Camp for “the extravagant hotels in Doha, the capital of Qatar,” the report stated.
Mohammed Zubeidi, arrested in connection with a car theft, is the son of Zakaria Zubeidi, the former Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander who escaped from Israel’s Gilboa prison in September.
