Key Takeaways:
- Iraq: Iranian-backed Iraqi militia attacks
targeting US forces has impeded the US-led international campaign to
defeat ISIS in recent months, according to the Lead Inspector General’s
quarterly report. - Northern Gaza Strip: The IDF 162nd Division
continued to conduct clearing operations in Zaytoun neighborhood,
southeastern Gaza City. Hamas fighters resumed contact with their
command and returned from areas of fighting to report several attacks
targeting Israeli forces in Zaytoun. - Southern Gaza Strip: Israeli forces continued to conduct clearing operations in western and eastern Khan Younis.
- Political Negotiations: Dozens of individuals died
in a crowd near a humanitarian aid convoy in the northern Gaza Strip.
The incident may disrupt negotiations between Israel and Hamas. - West Bank: Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian fighters at least seven times in the West Bank.
- Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: US officials
are increasingly concerned that Israel will launch a ground incursion
into Lebanon in early spring or summer 2024, according to unnamed Biden
administration officials. - Syria: Israeli airstrike hit a Lebanese Hezbollah
truck on the Lebanon-Syria border, according to Reuters, killing one
Hezbollah fighter. - Yemen: Houthi-controlled media claimed that the
United States and United Kingdom conducted airstrikes on four sites in
Hudayduh Governorate, Yemen. - Iran: Iran and Russia are continuing to deepen security and economic cooperation.
- The United Kingdom sanctioned three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary
Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force units, two Houthi members, and the IRGC
Quds Force deputy commander.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/iran-update-february-29-2024