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U.S. Softens Position on Iranian Uranium Enrichment

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-softens-position-on-iranian-uranium-enrichment-5bf0953a?mod=world_lead_story

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said that the Trump administration is prepared to allow Iran to enrich uranium at a low level if it is subject to stringent verification, a significant shift from the White House’s initial demand that Tehran’s nuclear program be dismantled.
The position, if adopted during talks that are to resume Saturday following an initial meeting last weekend, would leave Iran with a toehold on a nuclear program and put the U.S. at odds with Israel’s goals on the question.
“They do not need to enrich past 3.67%,” Witkoff said on Fox News Monday night. “This is going to be much about verification on the enrichment program and then ultimately verification on weaponization.” 
The U.S. is seeking tight constraints on Iran’s nuclear activities and its missile program, while Tehran is hoping to ease economic sanctions that have battered its economy. 

Israel Has Taken Over About a Third of the Gaza Strip
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-has-taken-over-about-a-third-of-the-gaza-strip-9e82d2ea?mod=world_lead_pos3
Israeli troops have taken over about a third of the Gaza Strip in renewed military action, declaring security zones in swaths of the north and south while pushing out their populations as part of a new strategy to ratchet up pressure on Hamas.
After relying mainly on airstrikes and tactical raids for the first year and a half of the war, Israel is now seizing land and threatening to hold it indefinitely as it presses Hamas to release the hostages still held in Gaza.
The shift reflects a realignment of the country’s approach to security to carve out deeper buffer zones in the wake of the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attacks led by Hamas. It is also a way to create new consequences for Hamas by threatening to shrink Palestinians’ land if the hostages aren’t released.

U.S. Strikes Spur Plans for Yemeni Ground War Against Houthis
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/yemen-houthis-operation-us-support-975febe6?mod=world_lead_pos4
Yemeni militias are planning a ground offensive against the Houthis in an attempt to take advantage of a U.S. bombing campaign that has degraded the militant group’s capabilities, Yemeni and U.S. officials say.
The Yemeni factions are sensing an opportunity to oust the Houthis from at least parts of the Red Sea coast they have controlled in the decade since they took power over much of the country’s northwest, the officials said.
Private American security contractors provided advice to the Yemeni factions on a potential ground operation, people involved in the planning said. The United Arab Emirates, which supports these factions, raised the plan with American officials in recent weeks, the U.S. and Yemeni officials said.

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