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On July 31, 2024, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the death of Hamas leader and head of its political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards, in Tehran.
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On July 31, 2024, Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) released a statement in Arabic, English, Urdu and Pashto versions eulogizing Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh and threatening Israel and the U.S.
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Following the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, a Telegram outlet affiliated with the Iranian regime amplified calls to avenge his death, suggesting that he was killed by Israel.
Following a series of late-July 2024 assassinations of senior members of Hamas, Hizbullah, and the Iran-backed Iraqi Hizbullah Brigades militia in Iran, Lebanon, and Iraq, respectively, senior members of Iran-backed Iraqi militias asserted that these operations were a violation of the rules of the game and "a declaration of war against all Muslims."
On July 30, 2024, a pro-Al-Qaeda media outlet released an open letter to Americans, in which it warned that U.S. support for Israel would provoke terrorist attacks on American soil.
On July 27, 2024, the pro-Al-Qaeda Al-Nusra Media Foundation resumed circulating a series of Arabic-language posters inciting attacks in the United States in retaliation for its support for Israel and its "overt participation in the killing of Gazans."
On July 29, 2024, the media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released two posters glorifying the May 31 stabbing attack in Mannheim, Germany.
As the world's attention turns to France for the much-anticipated Paris Olympic Games, Salafi jihadis, in pursuit of religious and political goals, appear to be eyeing the event as an opportunity to further their ideology of violence.
On July 26, 2024, the much-anticipated opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, provoked mixed reactions in populist circles and among the religious right globally, including Salafi jihadis on social media.
On July 29, 2024, Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah Movement (the Houthis) published an article on its official website, claiming that according to "maritime transport websites" specializing in tracking ship movements, the Red and Arabian seas were "completely empty" that day of "American, British, and Israeli ships," as well as ships "related" to these countries.
On July 25, 2024, the official Military Media website of Yemen's Iran-backed Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis) broadcast a 47-minute documentary, the first of its kind, that purports to reveal, for the first time, the details of the Houthi takeover of an "Israeli" cargo ship on November 19, 2023, in the Red Sea and its removal to Yemen's Al-Hudaydah Port.
On July 24, 2024, Lebanese Hizbullah released a video featuring footage gathered by its surveillance drones showing runways, air defense systems, and other sensitive infrastructure inside Israel's Ramat David Air Base, located about 45 km (28 miles) from the Lebanese border.
In a July 27, 2024 article, the chairman of the board of the pro-Hizbullah Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar claimed that Israel's intelligence prowess failed to assess Hizbullah's air force capabilities.
Recent weeks have seen much media speculation that Israeli forces may soon enter southern Lebanon as part of the ongoing war with Hamas, Lebanese Hizbullah, and Iran-backed groups in Yemen and Iraq, which began with the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023.
On July 25-26, 2024, rockets were reportedly fired at the Ayn Al Asad airbase in Iraq's Al-Anbar Governorate and the Conoco base in Syria's Deir Al-Zour Governorate, both of which house American troops, in three separate operations.
On July 26-27, 2024, a previously unknown group claimed responsibility for three attacks against American bases in Iraq and in Syria.
Telegram channels affiliated with Iran-backed militias have released media materials threatening Israeli athletes and criticizing the Olympics for permitting Israel to participate in the games.
From July 22-28, 2024: The Islamic Resistance in Iraq Claims One Attack Against Israel
In the week of July 22-28, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias in Iraq formed in 2003, issued one statement claiming responsibility for a single attack carried out by its operatives. The attack targeted Israel's southernmost city of Eilat.
On July 29, 2024, media reports claimed that as many as 45 people had been killed and up to 180 injured in clashes between rival Sunni and Shi'ite tribes in the Parachinar area, in the Kurram Agency of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the border with Afghanistan.
On June 30, 2024, the United States carried out a "defensive airstrike" targeting militants that the U.S. deemed were preparing to launch drones posing a threat to U.S. and coalition forces, in Musayib, in Iraq's Babil province.
On July 24, 2024, Euphrates Post, a Syrian opposition website, reported that Iran is expending its military presence in Syria, explaining that Iran-backed militias in the country have increased their operations at outposts adjacent to Syrian airports and other strategic facilities.
On July 24, 2024, a Syria-based group of mujahideen from the Caucasus published a three-minute Russian-language video documenting the group's alleged attacks on July 15.
On July 26, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) published Issue 453 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba', featuring four reports revealing exclusive details of operations carried out by their operatives in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Niger, Mozambique, and Syria.
Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed several attacks on Christian villages in the northeastern North-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, in statements released on July 28-31, 2024.
On July 25, 2024, the Islamic State (ISIS) released Issue 453 of its weekly newsletter, Al-Naba'.
Islamic State (ISIS) Supporters Discuss Information Security After Arrest Of Operative In Brazil
Supporters of the Islamic State (ISIS) discussed information security after an operative was arrested in Brazil.
Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP) claimed, in four statements published on July 25-27, 2024, that on July 24 its fighters attacked six villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) northeastern provinces, beheading more than 57 Christian villagers.
The latest issue of the "Voice of Khurasan," an English-language monthly magazine published by Al-Azaim Media Foundation, a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which defines itself as a supporting entity for the Islamic State (ISIS), has articles praising a life of difficulty adopted by the mujahideen fighters and criticizing new trends adopted by hijab-wearing women.
On July 26, 2024, a user of the Islamic State (ISIS)-operated server published a post in the Filipino language which he claimed was a message from the "brothers from East Asia Wilayah [Province]."
A pro-Islamic State (ISIS) Telegram channel offered advice to media supporters, including to overcome internal disputes, to expand their activities onto other social media platforms, and to trust official media materials only.
On July 30, 2024, a pro-ISIS Telegram channel published commentary claiming that an "Islamic breach" in the "U.S.-led world order" has become too wide to contain, and that [ISIS] activities in the Indian Subcontinent, Philippines, Mali, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demonstrate that the U.S. is incapable of "patching the breach," and that the heralds of the divinely promised victory will appear worldwide.
On July 30, 2024, a pro-Islamic State (ISIS) released a poster on Telegram calling on Muslims to stop believing the media's accusations against ISIS and instead demonstrate their commitment to Islam by carrying out attacks on nearby targets, suggesting U.S. military bases and Israeli embassies.
An anti-Islamic State (ISIS) channel on an Al-Qaeda-operated server published commentary arguing that ISIS's Somalia Province is "one of the most affluent economic offices" of the organization.
On July 27, 2024, the official media outlet of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), reported a "qualitative ambush" earlier that day killing over 60 forces of the Malian army and the Russian Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) in the Kidal Region, near the Algerian border.
On July 27, 2024, the official media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) published a statement in Arabic titled "A Statement Concerning the Occupying Jewish Entity's Bombardment of Yemen."
On July 28, 2024, Al-Malahem, the official media arm of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), published an approximately six-minute video by its affiliated Shahed media outlet, titled "Palestine and the Betrayal of Conscience."
In Two-Day Span, Al-Qaeda Affiliate In Sahel (GSIM) Claims Four Attacks In Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger
On July 24, 2024, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen ("the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims" – GSIM), claimed responsibility for four attacks carried out by the group's operatives in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger.
On July 31, 2024, the media arm of Al-Qaeda's affiliate in the African Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat Al-Islam Wal-Muslimeen (the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims – GSIM), published a statement in Arabic accusing the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – a mutual defense pact formed in September 2023 among Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso "headed by the Malian army" – of continuing its "brutal aggression" against civilians, including "heinous crimes" and "horrible massacres."
On July 27, 2024, a pro-Al-Qaeda outlet published an almost four-minute video in Arabic detailing "military objectives" of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). On July 30, the media group released a version of the video with English subtitles.
A pro-Al-Qaeda poster urged Muslims to avenge Islam by assassinating heads of state.
In a Dari-language video shared on YouTube, Afghan Taliban commander Abdul Hameed Khorasani urges the people of Tajikistan to wage jihad and overthrow the government of President Emomali Rahmon for imposing restrictions on the headscarf.
