Weekend long read

1) UN Watch provides an interactive resource on the topic of ‘The UNRWA Terror Network’.

“Intelligence shows that around 12% of UNRWA’s Gaza staff are members of Hamas or other designated terrorist organizations. The figure comes from cross-checking UNRWA employee rosters with Hamas records seized by the IDF. Many more staff openly glorify jihad on social media, while top Hamas leaders once held influential posts inside UNRWA schools. This “revolving door” between UNRWA and terrorist groups remains active today.

This interactive map distills over a decade of UN Watch research into one searchable network, exposing more than 400 UNRWA employees with ties to Palestinian terrorist organizations.”

2) The IDF provides a database of declassified documents.

“Within these files, you will find evidence of Hamas fighters hoarding humanitarian aid, and deliberately deepening civilian suffering.

Additional intelligence reveals Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s direct involvement in planning and promoting terror, as well as the terrorist organization’s close coordination with Iran, including shared ideology, funding, and strategic cooperation.

Further documents uncover the infiltration of Hamas into international bodies like UNRWA, where senior officials and educators were complicit in terror activity, and expose Al-Jazeera journalists in Gaza who actively collaborated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorism.”

3) The ITIC reports on ‘Hamas activity to restore its civilian governance In the Gaza Strip after the ceasefire’.

“In ITIC assessment, despite the severe blow to Hamas’ civilian leadership and the destruction of civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip throughout the war, Hamas managed to quickly regain almost full control over the areas it held, activating government mechanisms and attempting to provide basic services, while also using force against the Gazans as a means of deterrence. Hamas understood that overt control of the Strip would deter the international community from transferring the funds required for reconstruction, delay the rebuilding of the Strip and could spark civilian unrest, and therefore signaled its willingness to transfer the civilian administration to a Palestinian technocratic government, while refusing to disarm. Nevertheless, Hamas’ absolute control over government institutions and the provision of services, including at the local level, will leave it with significant influence, even if an alternative body is established to manage the Strip in accordance with the second stage of the American plan.”

4) The INSS provides analysis of ‘Regional Involvement in the Gaza Strip: Scenarios and Implications’.

“A pressing question concerns the extent to which the Gulf states are prepared to send forces to stabilize and rebuild the Gaza Strip. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which possess significant economic and diplomatic leverage, are setting strict conditions for their involvement: the disarmament of Hamas and the transfer of its powers to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The UAE also demands a fundamental reform of the PA. These conditions may reflect a lack of real willingness to become involved, an understanding that Hamas cannot be disarmed, and concern about being perceived as collaborating with Israel if there is no political horizon for resolving the Palestinian issue. In contrast, Qatar and Turkey show greater determination to engage in developments in the Strip seemingly without preconditions, which suggests that their influence there is likely to grow at the expense of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”

5) The Alma Center reports on Hizballah’s ‘Independent Weapons Production’.

“In our assessment, Hezbollah is developing a hybrid military-industrial strategy that combines the principles of local manufacturing demonstrated by Hamas, but adds efforts to produce advanced and precise high-end capabilities (precision missiles, advanced UAVs, and anti-tank missiles), supported by advanced Iranian technological knowledge.

Although these efforts are not new, we assess that given its regionally isolated situation, Hezbollah will turn to local arms manufacturing on a scale not seen before.”

 

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