To defeat Hamas in Gaza, Israel must stem the flow of weapons into the enclave. Rafah is the known entry point of weapons that are smuggled via tunnels reaching from Egypt’s Sinai desert into Gaza.

More from Enia Krivine:
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Will the Iranian regime use its proxies to attack Israel?

Brad Bowman joins ABC News to explain how the #IRGC has historically 'used these terror proxies to advance their foreign policy.'

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'Opposition parties and journalists were effective in calling out Erdogan’s hypocrisy, which feigned sympathy for Palestinians and Hamas, while at the same time, AKP elites close to Erdogan continued to profit from trading with Israel.' – Sinan Ciddi
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Caution of a I told you so? I am not shocked in any way that the Hamas run Gaza Health Ministry would admit that their civilian casualty numbers (that the world used unquestionably) are very incomplete. There has never been an urban war in which anyone (especially a terrorist…

Iran claims Israel hit its “consulate” in Damascus. That is not a fact. It was an IRGC headquarters.

Iran is not “retaliating” against Israel. Iran has been waging a seven-front war for 6 months. This is the latest Iranian threat in that war. Israel has a right to defend itself.

It recently made headlines that NATO is not obligated to defend Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or other parts of the United States in the Pacific. But that doesn’t leave America alone in its Pacific defense.
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Ukrainian Parliament Passes Mobilization Bill But Punts on Demobilization

John Hardie in FDD's Long War Journal: fdd.org/analysis/op_ed…

Hamas’ Enablers in the Turkish Government

Links to the terrorist group rise to the top of the ruling party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Sinan Ciddi and Melissa Sacks in National Interest: fdd.org/analysis/op_ed…

According to the Syrian Army, at 17:00 hours on April 1, Israel launched an airborne attack from over the Golan Heights, targeting a building in Damascus that it described as the Iranian consulate in the Syrian capital.

More from David Daoud: fdd.org/analysis/op_ed…

IDF’s new phase of operations in Gaza to include pinpoint raids, increased aid

Seth Frantzman in FDD's Long War Journal:
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.Orde F. Kittrie: “Nicaragua’s false charges are an abuse of the International Court of Justice. Israel is not committing genocide, and Germany is not facilitating genocide. Indeed, Israel’s advance warnings and other steps to mitigate harm to Gaza civilians make clear Israel’s goal is…

Germany Rejects Nicaragua’s ‘Biased’ ICJ Case

Analysis by David Daoud and Orde F. Kittrie: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

Danger knocking on the door of Lebanon’s Christians once again

Hussain Abdul-Hussain in Arab News: fdd.org/analysis/op_ed…

.Mark Dubowitz: “Those who have watched with dismay as the U.S. administration has cooled to Israel over the conduct of the Gaza war might find cold comfort in the fact that Washington has not lost sight of the overarching threat posed by Iran. President Biden said this week that…

Israel, U.S. Close Ranks as Iran Threatens Attack

Analysis by Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg, and Joe Truzman: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…

.Joe Truzman: 'This could empower Hamas, Iran, and other adversaries to persist in their current tactics and hold out against Israel, as they may believe that mounting pressure will ultimately compel Israel to capitulate and accede to Hamas’s demands...'
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Iron Dome...at sea! Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs discusses the latest development in Israeli missile defense capabilities on the FDD Moring brief with Jonathan Schanzer

Full brief video: fdd.org/fddmorningbrief + podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/3X3C4X….

Israel SitRep | April 12, 2024

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How should the U.S. respond to Iranian aggression?

I joined John Batchelor yesterday to discuss. Listen here 👇🎧

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Turkish Organizations Ready Flotilla to Ignite Tensions With Israel

NEW FDD Policy Brief by Sinan Ciddi and Tyler Stapleton: fdd.org/analysis/2024/…