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Five more rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip after the country's army retaliated against Hamas targets. This was announced on Saturday, April 24, by the IDF press service on Twitter.

Military personnel of the Russian military base in Abkhazia destroyed more than 100 air targets in the sky over the Black Sea as part of a control check during the winter training period, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on the evening of Saturday, April 24, on the territory of Israel was intercepted by the country's air defense system "Iron Dome". This is reported by the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

For the sake of security, Russia will create " death zones "that will be almost completely inaccessible to enemy cruise missiles, precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian military department.

Combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile and gun complex " Pantsir-S "of the Leningrad Association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Western Military District (ZVO) in the Astrakhan region at the Ashuluk training ground conducted live firing in motion.

Small artillery ships "Volgodonsk", "Astrakhan" and "Makhachkala" of the Caspian flotilla performed artillery fire on sea and air targets of the imaginary enemy. The fire was conducted from the A-190 "Universal" and AK-306 gun mounts, as well as from the Igla MANPADS.

The United States has sent an official notification to Turkey about its exclusion from the program of production of the latest F-35 fighter jets due to Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems.

A Syrian air defense missile flew unhindered into Israeli airspace and exploded 30 kilometers from the nuclear research center in Dimona.

According to military expert Yuri Lyamin, the Israeli air force this night tried once again to attack objects in the Damascus area.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the deal on the sale of combat drones to Ukraine is not directed against Russia.

Russia has no plans to purchase Bayraktar attack drones from Turkey, the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) told Interfax on Wednesday.

Covering the Kuril Islands, the 18th machine-gun and artillery Division decided to equip more modern armored vehicles. More precisely, they will receive the tankers of this division.

The holding company "Roselektronika" of the State Corporation Rostec with the support of the Industrial Development Fund (VEB Group.Russian Federation) will increase the production of ultra-high-frequency modules for various radar systems.

The exercise to repel an air raid by the calculations of the S300V4 anti-aircraft missile system was held on the Kuril Islands, the press service of the Eastern Military District reports.

Command and staff training (KSHT) with military authorities, formations and military units has started on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, the headquarters of the Eastern Military District (VVO) reported on Monday.

The Northern Fleet began training exercises involving ships, submarines, aircraft and air defense systems. The main purpose of the maneuvers is to ensure the security of Russia's economic activities in the Arctic, the Russian Defense Ministry said. They noted that during the training, rescue operations, assistance at sea, crisis resolution, as well as the protection and defense of maritime communications will also be practiced.

Russian strategic aircraft Tu-160 and Tu-95MS have once again confirmed their high combat effectiveness. During the command and staff exercise, their crews, who rose from the Engels air base in the Saratov region, successfully hit targets with cruise missiles at the Pemboy training ground in the Komi Republic. In total, about a dozen aircraft were involved in the exercise. And the precise strikes of the missile carriers were recorded by means of objective control.

Forty-three foreign planes and 15 drones conducted reconnaissance near the Russian borders during the week, according to data from the Russian Defense Ministry, which was published in the departmental newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called the work of the Republican army and police, which were equipped with Russian anti-aircraft missile and gun systems (ZRPC) "Pantsir-S1" and Mi-35 helicopters, very effective, RIA Novosti reports.

Specialists in electronic warfare of the 49th Army of the Southern Military District for the first time used the latest complex "Field-21" in the system of the reconnaissance and strike circuit. The impenetrable interference dome allows you to control the airspace within a radius of more than 50 kilometers.

As part of the tactical exercise, the air defense units of the Southern Military District conducted live firing from S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems at air targets at the specialized Telemba training ground in Buryatia.