Iran Calls On U.S. To Leave Mideast; Hamas Aims To Maintain Power In Gaza

1) Israel reiterates that it will not accept any role for Hamas in the future governance of the Gaza Strip – amid efforts by the Hamas terror group to rehabilitate itself. 2) Tension are evidently escalating in Lebanon – as Hezbollah continues to defy the terms of the November 27th ceasefire with Israel. 3) Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejects any form of relations between the Islamic Republic and the United States of America.