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Israel stated that the list of four female soldier hostages whom Hamas will release on January 25 would violate the ceasefire agreement. Hamas provided a list of four female soldiers to be released on January 25, though the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal stipulated that Hamas would release female civilians before soldiers. The Wall Street Journal reported that two female civilian hostages expected to be released in phase one of the deal remain in the Gaza Strip.

CTP-ISW has recorded no verifiable reports of kinetic activity in the Gaza Strip or attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israel since the last data cut-off on January 23.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on January 24 that the IDF will refrain from withdrawing from southern Lebanon by January 26. The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire agreement stipulates that the IDF would withdraw by then and that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would backfill. Axios reported that Israel maintains that the LAF failed to destroy Hezbollah weapons and military infrastructure south of the Litani River, which it is required to do according to the ceasefire agreement. The Lebanese government stated that it considers the continued IDF presence a “violation“ of the ceasefire agreement and called for the United States to intervene. US National Security Council spokesperson Brian Hughes said on January 24 that a “short, temporary ceasefire extension is urgently needed.”

Key Takeaways:

• Gaza Strip: Israel stated that the list of four female soldier hostages whom Hamas will release would violate the ceasefire agreement.

• Lebanon: Israel announced that the IDF will refrain from withdrawing from southern Lebanon by January 26.

• Syria: The governing authority in northeastern Syria announced plans to release IDPs from the heavily ISIS-penetrated al Hol refugee camp.

• Iraq: Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid claimed that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias have stopped military activities after insistence from the Iraqi federal government.

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