Key Takeaways:
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Gaza City: Palestinian militias have claimed at least 92 attacks
targeting Israeli forces in Zaytoun, southeastern Gaza City, between
February 19 and February 28. This high attack rate involving at least
seven Palestinian militias using sophisticated military capabilities
indicates that Palestinian fighters have retained military capacity in
southern Gaza City despite two Israeli clearing operations there.
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The militias likely infiltrated into previously cleared areas of
southern Gaza City from the uncleared central Gaza Strip. The militias
also likely reactivated dormant cells after the Israelis decreased the
size of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) contingent in the northern
Strip.
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The attacks in Zaytoun are in response to the ongoing division-sized
clearing operation targeting Zaytoun. The IDF 162nd Division continued
its clearing operation in Zaytoun neighborhood, southeastern Gaza City,
on February 28.
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Rafah: IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari said on February 27 that Israel
seeks to ensure displaced Gazan civilians have access to food, aid,
medicine, and hospital facilities in a separate, safer zone before
conducting ground operations in Rafah.
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Negotiations: Israeli negotiators are expected to leave Qatar on
February 29 if there is no significant breakthrough in ceasefire talks,
according to two Israeli sources familiar with the process.
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Yemen: CENTCOM and an unspecified coalition warship shot down five
Houthi one-way attack drones over the Red Sea on February 27.
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Iraq-Russia: The Iraqi government may request a sanctions waiver to
purchase spare parts for Russian-manufactured helicopters. A
Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee member cited by an
independent Iraqi news outlet said that there is an “unannounced” effort
to resolve the shortage of parts for Iraq’s Russian-made helicopters.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-february-28-2024
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