The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) provides these updates regularly based on regional events. [...] CTP-ISW defines the “Axis of Resistance” as the unconventional alliance that Iran has cultivated in the Middle East since the Islamic Republic came to power in 1979. [...] That Israel detected and was able to target such a sensitive meeting suggests that Hezbollah is suffering from lapses in operational security—possibly caused by Israel detonating the pagers and personal radios used by Hezbollah members.[2] These detonations compromised Hezbollah’s primary and secondary means 1 Copyright © Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute’s Criti. [...] The IDF 98th Division, for instance, has fought extensively in the Gaza Strip and is now deployed to the Israel-Lebanon border.[4] On the other hand, Hezbollah has a significantly more competent force than it did in 2006.[5] Hezbollah forces are more experienced given their participation in protracted campaigns fighting for Bashar al Assad in Syria. [...] 3 Copyright © Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute’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 An IDF soldier was severely injured in an engagement with Pal.
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- Johanna Moore Carolyn Moorman Annika Ganzeveld Kathryn Tyson 1
- Katherine Wells Behzad Rezaei and Nicholas Carl 1
- Information Cutoff September 20 2024 200pm ET 1
- Israel appears to be exploiting disarray in Lebanese Hezbollah in order to inflict further damage upon the group. 1
- The United States does not expect Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire-hostage agreement in the coming months according to the Wall Street Journal .11 2
- Key Takeaways 3
- Lebanon 3
- Lebanon 3
- Iraq 3
- Gaza Strip 3
- Gaza Strip 4
- Axis of Resistance objectives 4
- An IDF soldier was severely injured in an engagement with Palestinian militias at an unspecified location in the southern Gaza Strip on September 20.13 4
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad PIJ detonated an explosively formed penetrator targeting Israeli forces east of Rafah city on September 20.15 5
- West Bank 6
- Axis of Resistance objectives 6
- Israeli forces have engaged Palestinian fighters in at least two locations in the West Bank since CTP-ISWs last data cutoff on September 19.16 6
- The IDF conducted an airstrike that killed a Palestinian militia commander in Qabatiya south of Jenin on September 19.18 7
- This map is not an exhaustive depiction of clashes and demonstrations in the West Bank. 7
- Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights 8
- Axis of Resistance objectives 8
- Lebanese Hezbollah has conducted at least 12 attacks into northern Israel since CTP- ISWs last data cutoff on September 19.20 8
- Iran and Axis of Resistance 9
- Iran is helping the Houthis target US MQ-9 drones according to NBC News which has enabled the Houthis to down or damage several in recent months.22 . 9
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC Ground Forces announced that they engaged and destroyed a terrorist group trying to infiltrate Iran near Marivan Kurdistan Province.26 9
- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met with Venezuelan Transportation Minister Ramon Velasquez in Tehran on September 19.31 9
