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IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency reported that the strike killed two “terrorists” but provided no further details on the identity of the targeted individuals.[32] Iran’s use of drones to target these “terrorists” is exceptional, and the choice to use drones in this capacity suggests that Iran is facing an increasingly 3 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 tenuo. [...] The US Department of Defense reported on April 26 that the United States began construction on a floating pier off the coast of the central Gaza Strip.[33] This US- constructed pier will serve as an additional route for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. [...] The US Defense Department told the Wall Street Journal that the World Health Organization (WHO) will inspect the aid in Cyprus and commercial vessels will transfer the aid to the US-constructed floating pier.[34] US Army vessels will transport the aid from the floating pier to a temporary pier connected to the Gaza Strip by a causeway. [...] 5 Institute for the Study of War and AEI’s Critical Threats Project 2024 Gaza Strip Axis of Resistance objectives: • Erode the will of the Israeli political establishment and public to sustain clearing operations in the Gaza Strip • Reestablish Hamas as the governing authority in the Gaza Strip The al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades—the self-proclaimed militant wing of Fatah—and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (. [...] CBS News reported on April 26 that the State Department is reviewing ”additional information regarding the status of the [Netzah Yehuda Battalion]” from Israel and that there was no official determination on the possible Leahy Law violations.[46] Three US sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios on April 20 that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was planning to announce that the United St.