Israeli forces prep to stay in Gaza until at least end of 2025: Report
Israeli news outlet Haaretz reports that the army has distributed training and planning materials to personnel in recent weeks that show plans to occupy the Gaza Strip for at least the entirety of next year.
Also, Haaretz reports, the extent of Israel’s infrastructure construction and the destruction of buildings in Gaza suggests a long stay for combat troops.
“Wide roads are being built, cellular antennas are going up, water, sewage and electricity networks are going in and of course there are the buildings, some portable and others less so,” the report reads.
The US, under President Joe Biden, has repeatedly said that it does not want to see a prolonged Israeli security presence in Gaza after the end of the war.
It remains to be seen how incoming President Trump will view “the day after” in Gaza.
US files charges in leak of documents on Israel’s plans to attack Iran
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/13/man-charged-in-us-for-leaking-secret-documents-about-israeli-attack-on-iran
The US government has charged an employee in a case of leaked classified documents, The Associated Press reports. The FBI said in late October that it was investigating the unauthorised release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential attack on Iran.
The man, identified as Asif William Rahman, was arrested by the FBI this week in Cambodia and was due to make his first court appearance in Guam, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday.
Rahman was indicted last week in US court in Virginia on two counts of disclosing national defence information under the Espionage Act, and could face a lengthy prison sentence. The New York Times reported that Rahman was employed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), adding that the CIA did not comment on the matter.
The leaked documents were prepared by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), which analyses images and information collected by US spy satellites, the newspaper reported. The NGA conducts work in support of secret US military operations.
