Key Takeaways:
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Northern Gaza Strip: A spokesperson for the Israeli prime minister’s
office said that the IDF “shifted into a new phase of the fighting” and
will “target pockets of resistance” in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Political Negotiations: Two Israeli sources told Axios that Shin Bet
Director Ronen Bar and Egyptian Intelligence Minister Abbas Kamel
discussed future Israeli operations in the southern Gaza Strip during a
meeting in Cairo.
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West Bank: US President Joe Biden signed an executive order that
enables the United States to place financial and visa sanctions on
foreign nationals involved in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.
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Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi
said on February 1 that northern Israelis will only return when it is
safe for them to do so during a meeting with the IDF Northern Command
and 91st Division commanders.
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Iraq: US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby emphasized
the role that all of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq—a coalition of
Iranian-backed militias—plays in attacks on US forces in Iraq.
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Syria: Reuters reported on February 1 that the Iranian Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) withdrew several of its senior and
mid-ranking officers from Syria ahead of possible US strikes, according
to unspecified regional sources “familiar with the matter."
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