Palestinian Authority & Gaza Strip

Terrorist groups practice rushing Israeli troops and outposts. "The resistance will not sit idly by as the occupation escalates its actions against our people," they say in a joint statement.

Channel 12 News reports that the Palestinian postal authority's refusal to acknowledge addresses marked "Israel" leads to many orders going undelivered.

Currently, Doha's aid to the Hamas-controlled coastal enclave includes fuel deliveries to the monthly tune of $7 million. The "Gas for Gaza" initiative could save the Palestinians $10 million a month, but finalizing the deal could still be years away.

Newspaper Al-Araby al-Jadeed also reports that Cairo is pressing the Bennet-Lapid government to take action on the issue of Palestinian security prisoners in Israel and increase the number of work permits for Gaza residents.

Loss of international tourism, the lifeblood of Bethlehem's economy, has hit hotels, restaurants, and gift shops especially hard. Town's mayor says residents optimistic 2021 Christmas will be better than last year's.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says during meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Washington is committed to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

According to a Lebanese outlet, Israel has threatened it revert to policy of taking out Hamas officials in Gaza and beyond. 

Hamas and the Islamic Jihad agree to increase the cooperation between their military wings, say the expected uptick in terrorist attacks will be their response to "settler terrorism and crimes of the Zionist occupation soldiers."

Cairo designated the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization in 2013. Since then, Many of the Brotherhood's leaders in Egypt, including late President Mohamed Morsi, have been charged with espionage for Hamas or other foreign entities.

Terrorist operatives launch at least three rockets into the sea, train to kidnap IDF soldiers and fire machine guns and mortars as part of "Shield of Jerusalem" exercise.