With the end of the humanitarian pause for hostage/prisoner exchanges and the resumption of full-scale fighting, especially in southern Gaza, the Hamas-Israel war appears to be reaching a decisive moment. To discuss the situation on the battlefield and its impact on Israeli security, Palestinian humanitarian concerns, and U.S. policy, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum with Assaf Orion, Hanin Ghaddar, and Matthew Levitt, moderated by Institute executive director Robert Satloff.

Brig. Gen. Assaf Orion (IDF, Res.) is the Rueven International Fellow at The Washington Institute and former head of the Israel Defense Forces Strategic Planning Division, where he oversaw communications with the Lebanese army and represented the IDF in talks with the Palestinian Authority.

Hanin Ghaddar is the Institute’s Friedmann Senior Fellow, co-creator of its interactive map tracking clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, and coauthor of its study "Iran's Precision Missile Project Moves to Lebanon."

Matthew Levitt is the Institute’s Fromer-Wexler Fellow, director of its Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, host of its podcast Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule, and author of the landmark book Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad.