The IDF also stated that, overnight, troops demolished the Hebron house of Imran al-Atrash, one of the terrorists responsible for the November 18, 2025, ramming and stabbing attack.
“Today, on behalf of President Trump, we are announcing the launch of Phase Two of the President’s 20-Point Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, moving from ceasefire to demilitarization," Witkoff said.
The officials are concerned that the Iranian regime is not yet weak enough to be effectively ended through US strikes.
US officials stated that President Trump sent out invitations to the countries he personally selected to be on the Gaza Board of Peace.
"All the signals are that a US attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes," a Western military official said.
Earlier on Wednesday, pro-regime activists held a protest outside the embassy, burning Israeli and US flags.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "there is no plan" by Iran to hang people. "Hanging is out of the question."
Iranian filmmaker Javad Ganji, 39, was shot during protests in Tehran's Sadeghiyeh area, according to Hengaw and the National Council of Resistance of Iran's data.
The interim governing body for Gaza will have 15 members, according to Witkoff, though their names have not been confirmed. It remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed as required by the plan.
There are also concerns about how detainees are being treated by the Syrian authorities and about the desecration of the bodies of the fallen.
Turkey, which deems Kurdish militants in northern Iraq terrorists, has warned in recent days that any foreign intervention in Iran would escalate regional crises.
