Key Takeaways:
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The Southern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces “expanded” ground operations in
Khan Younis to “dismantle” Hamas’ military forces in Khan Younis.
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The Northern Gaza Strip: Hamas and other Palestinian fighters are
likely in the early stages of the reconstitution of their military and
governance capabilities in the northern Gaza Strip.
• The West Bank: Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian fighters seven times across the West Bank on January 22.
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Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted nine
attacks from southern Lebanon into northern Israel on January 22.
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Iraq: The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control sanctioned Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad for aiding the Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force and its militias in Iraq, Syria,
and Lebanon. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq—a coalition of
Iranian-backed Iraqi militias—claimed responsibility for three attacks
targeting US positions in Syria and Iraq on January 22.
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Yemen: The Houthis claimed that they conducted a missile attack
targeting an American military cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden on January
22.
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Iran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) held a funeral
ceremony in Tehran on January 22 for three IRGC Quds Force officers that
Israel killed in Syria. Israel’s strike on January 20 was a response to
Iran’s efforts to accelerate its supply of military equipment to
Hezbollah, which is using the equipment to support attacks into northern
Israel.
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