The talks are the first since the two groups met in China in July and agreed to steps to form a Palestinian unity government for Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
IDF operations in Tubas and Far'a resulted in the elimination of Muhammad Zakaria Zubeidi and several other terrorists and the discovery of explosives under roads.
As an eventual ceasefire deal in Gaza draws closer, the media speculate whether Mohammed Dahlan’s moment is about to arrive.
In assessing operational choices, all law-supporting states, not just Israel, would eventually discover that the identifiable alternatives to targeted-killing also include violence.
Russian-Chinese interest in Palestinian reconciliation is perhaps in fact a method of strengthening an anti-Western bloc as a whole.
Israel used a drone to target a Hamas commander in Tulkarm recently, which was part of Israel's efforts to combat the increased weapon smuggling and terrorist threats.
Zvi Yehezkeli expresses pessimism regarding the recent agreement between the terrorist organizations Hamas and Fatah; and China's increasing involvement in the region.
Reports about the meeting indicated that Hamas and Fatah had agreed to end decades of divisions at the meeting.
The Beijing Declaration was signed at the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue among the factions held in China's capital from July 21-23.