FDD Morning Brief

WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH HUMANITARIAN AID IN GAZA? HEADLINE 1: Lebanon’s central bank banned banks from interacting with a Hezbollah-linked financial institution called Al-Qard Al-Hassan. HEADLINE 2: Sectarian clashes erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze militias in Syria. HEADLINE 3: The UN Human Rights Council is imploding. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with Reverend Johnnie Moore, chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief [https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief]

ISRAEL, GAZA, IRAN ... AND MORE HEADLINE 1: The IDF’s Gaza war tempo is picking up. HEADLINE 2: Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly supports a potential nuclear deal that prevents Iran from enriching uranium. HEADLINE 3: New details are emerging about the 12-day war between Iran and Israel. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely situational updates and analysis, followed by a conversation with FDD Adjunct Fellow Seth J. Frantzman, who serves as a senior Middle East correspondent and analyst at The Jerusalem Post. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief [https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief]

WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE IRAN RIGHT NOW? HEADLINE 1: The Trump administration continues to escalate its maximum pressure campaign against Iran. HEADLINE 2: Francesca Albanese got sanctioned. HEADLINE 3: Hamas tried to abduct an Israeli soldier. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Meir Javedanfar, an Iranian-born Israeli lecturer, author, and expert on Iranian politics. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief [https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief]

HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, AND HTS HEADLINE 1: The Houthis are have resumed attacking ships in the Red Sea. HEADLINE 2: The Trump administration revoked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. HEADLINE 3: Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 more were wounded in an ambush in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. -- FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Roi Kais, Arab affairs correspondent for Israel's Channel 11. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief [https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief]

FDD Executive Director Jon Schanzer delivers timely updates and expert analysis, followed by a conversation with Col. Richard Kemp, a retired British Army officer who has been on the ground in Israel and Gaza following the Hamas-led atrocities of October 7, 2023. Learn more at: https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief [https://www.fdd.org/fddmorningbrief]