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The Israel Defense Forces said that they are still ready to carry out strikes against the leadership of the Hamas movement, despite the ceasefire imposed the day before,the Times of Israel reported on Friday.

The United States is not going to change its plans to provide military assistance to Israel because of the conflict in the Middle East. This was announced on Friday, May 21, at a briefing for journalists, White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki.

The Kremlin said that it would like to understand the actions of the United States, which announced new sanctions against the Nord Stream-2 against the background of statements about the intention to hold a meeting of the presidents of the two countries.

Military personnel of Russia and Serbia, within the framework of joint tactical exercises, practiced the attack of conditional "militants" from the air. On Saturday, May 22, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Russia reports.

According to the joint action plan for 2021, tactical exercises were held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Turkish servicemen, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reports.

The authorities of the Philippines and China openly discussed the situation in the South China Sea and the differences between the parties in this area, the Channel News Agency reported on Saturday, citing a statement from the Philippine Foreign Ministry.

There are "truly impressive photos" that show the recent joint exercises Ragnar Viking of the Royal Navy (Navy) of the United Kingdom, the Navy (Navy) and the Marine Corps (Marine Corps) of the United States, as well as the French Navy and the Royal Norwegian Navy, writes The Drive.

Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces on Saturday conducted maneuvers in Shizuoka Prefecture (Honshu Island) with the participation of about 3.1 thousand troops, the Kyodo news agency reports.

Paramilitary groups in Iraq, opposed to the United States, are trying to create conditions that would force the withdrawal of the American contingent from this country, said the head of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Frank McKenzie.

Egyptian mediators on Saturday held talks with the Israeli government and the Palestinian authorities in order to consolidate the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and ensure a long-term peace, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing an Egyptian diplomat.

The commander of the Turkish Air Force (Air Force), Abidin Yunal, is allegedly responsible for the incident with the Russian Su-24 aircraft, which was shot down in 2015 in the sky near the border of Syria and Turkey.

The weapons belonging to the company EMKO, stored in warehouses in the Czech village of Vrbetice, where the 2014 explosions occurred, were old ammunition from the Warsaw Pact era and were not intended for sale. This was stated in an interview with the magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday, May 22, the head of the company, the Bulgarian arms dealer Emiliyan Gebrev.

The head of the US Department of Defense, Lloyd Austin, during a speech to cadets of the US Military Academy West Point in New York on Saturday, May 22, said that the country faces threats of terrorism, cyber weapons and the coronavirus pandemic.

The main threat to the UK is Russia, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph.

Russian and Serbian special forces during the tactical exercise "Joint Response - 2021" demonstrated a high level of coordination of actions, said State Secretary - Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov.

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru commanded the Nigerian army for less than six months. On May 22, the BBC news agency reported that the crew of a Beechcraft King Air 350 aircraft of the Nigerian Air Force and 11 of its passengers were killed in a plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday, May 23, appealed to the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, with a request to consider the introduction of sanctions against the Belarusian authorities over the incident with the Ryanair plane.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a telephone conversation that Israel needs some time to complete the operation in Gaza, Axios reports, citing an Israeli official.

The Foreign Ministry, the SVR and the Ministry of Emergency Situations will determine the timing and format of the evacuation, taking into account the development of the situation in the Gaza Strip

The evacuated citizens will be taken to Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on the evacuation of Russian and CIS citizens from the Gaza Strip.

Cameroon has received the first (of two planned transfers) shipment of military equipment to equip the contingent taking part in the peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR).