HEADLINE 1: Yesterday, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Beijing will provide $100 million to help with reconstruction and ease the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

HEADLINE 2: The Pentagon deployed a new type of drone to the Middle East.

HEADLINE 3: Iraq added Hezbollah and the Houthis to its asset freeze list.

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FDD Senior Research Analyst Natalie Ecanow analyzes the latest headlines, followed by a pre-recorded conversation between Jon Schanzer and FDD Director of Impact and AI Research Fellow Leah Siskind.

Learn more at: https://fdd.org/fddmorningbrief

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Featured FDD Pieces:

"America needs to stop being naive in Gaza" - Bonnie Glick, Washington Reporter

"China’s Influence Operation in US Education Was Supposed To Be Shut Down, But Did Closing the Confucius Institutes Only Make It Stronger?" - Jennifer Richmond, The Washington Free Beacon

"Is Qatari Money Corrupting American Education?" - Natalie Ecanow, Townhall