Iran Update, February 25, 2024 - Andie Parry, Peter Mills, and Nicholas Carl Information Cutoff: 2:00 pm ET

1 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 Gaza Strip Axis of Resistance campaign objectives: • Erode the will of the Israeli political establishment and public to launch and sustain a major ground op. [...] The IDF Nahal Brigade (assigned to the 162nd Division) targeted Palestinian fighters, destroyed rocket launch sites, and located weapons during clearing operations in Zaytoun.[1] IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi held a situational assessment meeting in the northern Gaza Strip with the commanders of Southern Command and the 2 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 htt. [...] The IDF Givati Brigade (assigned to the 162nd Division) has operated in Abasan al Kabira and Abasan al Saghira in recent days.[9] The brigade seized a long-range rocket and launcher in a "medical laboratory" in the Abasan area, likely the Algerian Specialized Hospital in Abasan al Kabira.[10] The IDF‘s acknowledgement of its activity in the Abasan al Kabira area is consistent with local Palestinia. [...] Channel 12 stated humanitarian aid will begin directly entering the northern Gaza Strip “in the next few days.” [19] Aid currently enters the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing at the southern end of the Gaza Strip and must travel near active fighting in Khan Younis and Zaytoun. [...] Iran and Axis of Resistance Axis of Resistance campaign objectives: • Demonstrate the capability and willingness of Iran and the Axis of Resistance to escalate against the United States and Israel on multiple fronts 7 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 Israel Battlemap February 25%2C 2024.png • Set co.