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• May 5 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 05 May 2024 -- U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) conducted a humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on May 5 at 12:05 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict.

Defense Policy / Programs

• EXERCISE NATIVE FURY 24 BEGINS IN SAUDI ARABIA CENTCOM 05 May 2024 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command (USMARCENT) launched Exercise NATIVE FURY 24 (NF 24) at a Saudi Naval Port on May 5, 2024.
• Exercise Native Fury 24 begins in Saudi Arabia USMC News Release 05 May 2024 -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the United Arab Emirates, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command (USMARCENT) launched Exercise NATIVE FURY 24 (NF 24) at a Saudi Naval Port on May 5, 2024.
• Switzerland Will Not Supply Weapons to Ukraine - President Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Switzerland will not supply weapons to Ukraine, since the law on the state of emergency does not apply in this case, Swiss President Viola Amherd said on Sunday.
• Australia boosts Philippine military ties as South China Sea tensions rise VOA 05 May 2024 -- Australia has agreed to strengthen its security cooperation with the United States, Japan and the Philippines. Analysts say the move is a response to China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
• IRGC's warship sails into Southern Hemisphere ISNA 05 May 2024 -- A domestically-developed oceangoing warship operated by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has crossed the line of zero degrees latitude, the Equator, and sailed into the Southern Hemisphere.

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• Netanyahu in midst of public, far-right allies' pressures IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Thousands of protesters once gain thronged Tel Aviv to demand Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right cabinet resign.
• PM Netanyahu on the Eve of Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day Israel - Prime Minister 05 May 2024 -- "In the terrible Holocaust, there were great world leaders who stood by idly; therefore, the first lesson of the Holocaust is: If we do not defend ourselves, nobody will defend us. And if we need to stand alone, we will stand alone."
• PM Netanyahu on the Contacts for the Release of the Hostages Israel - Prime Minister 05 May 2024 -- "I would like to comment on the tendentious media reports that are damaging the negotiations for the release of the hostages, as well as causing needless suffering to the families of the hostages that are enduring a nightmare."
• PM Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi: Government Unanimously Approves Closure of Al Jazeera Israel - Prime Minister 05 May 2024 -- The Government, today, unanimously approved the closure of Al Jazeera according to the proposal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi.
• PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Government Meeting Israel - Prime Minister 05 May 2024
• Netanyahu Calls Hamas' Ceasefire Demands Unacceptable Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that his government was ready to reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, which he accused of making unacceptable demands.
• Rafah Ground Offensive Will Begin Soon - IDF Chief Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said on Sunday that Israeli troops were gearing up for a ground offensive against the southern Gaza city of Rafah, after accusing Hamas of rejecting Israel's ceasefire proposals.
• Israel downplays chances of ending Gaza war as Rafah invasion looms: Reports Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The Israeli regime has reportedly ruled out the possibility of ending its nearly seven-month-long genocidal war on Gaza despite ongoing ceasefire talks in Egypt as the occupying entity persists in invading the densely-populated southern city of Rafah.
• Israeli Military Eliminated Islamic Jihad Commander - IDF Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it had eliminated one of the commanders of Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad, who allegedly participated in the attack on Israel on October 7.
• Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks remain deadlocked VOA 05 May 2024 -- Israel and Hamas remained deadlocked Sunday on how to halt nearly seven months of fighting in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than a million Palestinians from their homes.
• Israeli police raid Al Jazeera office in east Jerusalem, confiscate equipment VOA 05 May 2024 -- Israeli police Sunday raided a hotel room used by Qatari-owned TV station Al Jazeera as its de facto office after Israel's decision to shut down the network's local operations, an Israeli official and an Al Jazeera source told the Reuters news agency.
• May 4: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 05 May 2024
• Al-Qassam rocket strike kills, wounds over dozen Israeli soldiers Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, says it has fired a barrage of rockets on an Israeli military position on Gaza's southern border with the occupied territories, killing and wounding over a dozen of the regime's soldiers.
• #Gaza: The Israeli Authorities continue to deny humanitarian access to the United Nations UNRWA 05 May 2024
• UNRWA warns against psychological sufferings of Gazan children Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has sounded the alarm about the psychological suffering facing the children in the Gaza Strip as a result of the ongoing Israeli regime forces attacks on the defenseless people trapped on the besieged enclave.
• Northern Gaza in 'full-blown famine': WFP Chief IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Northern Gaza is experiencing a "full-blown famine", the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said, warning it is "moving its way south".
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 05 May 2024
• US Froze Israeli Ammunition Shipments Last Week - Reports Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- The United States put an ammunition shipment to Israel on hold last week, sending Israeli officials scrambling to understand the reason behind the move, US media reported Sunday.
• OIC denounces Israeli genocide in Gaza, urges sanctions against regime Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly denounced the ongoing Israeli genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip, urging its 57 member states to impose sanctions on the regime.
• Malaysian PM condemns West's 'sheer hypocrisy' over Israeli genocide of Gazans Press TV 05 May 2024 -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has censured Western countries over their "sheer hypocrisy" regarding the months-long genocide of innocent Palestinians in the Gaza Strip at the hands of the Israeli regime.
• Assad: Crackdown on pro-Palestine protests exposes West's state of panic Press TV 05 May 2024 -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the violent crackdown on pro-Palestine student demonstrations in Western universities, particularly in the United States, exposes the Western system's "state of panic."
• 6 Palestinians killed in Israeli military operation in West Bank: sources People's Daily 05 May 2024 -- At least six Palestinians were killed on Saturday in a military operation conducted by Israeli forces in Deir Al-Ghusoun, a town in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to Palestinian medical and security sources.
• Hamas: No truce without a complete end to war ISNA 05 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said it would not accept a truce deal that did not completely end the Israeli regime's nearly seven-month-long genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
• Hamas: We have reached a specific formula on agreement IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Following the announcement of the end of the negotiations in Cairo, one of the senior officials of the Hamas movement has announced that a specific agreement had been reached in the negotiations as the mediators have provided a formula.
• Hamas condemns Israel's decision to ban Al Jazeera IRNA 05 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the Israeli regime's decision to shut down Al Jazeera in the occupied territories as a blatant violation of freedom of expression.
• Hamas seeks an inclusive agreement to end Zionist atrocities: Haniyeh IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh has said that this movement seeks an inclusive agreement that would put an end to the Zionist war on Gaza and ensure the withdrawal of Zionist forces to pave the way for the exchange of prisoners, local media reported.
• Netanyahu not serious about reaching Gaza ceasefire: Hamas official IRNA 05 May 2024 -- A senior Hamas leader has said the resistance movement is following the ceasefire negotiations seriously and is determined to reach an agreement aimed at ending the suffering of the Palestinian people.
• Hamas to agree to complete ceasefire deal "in stages" People's Daily 05 May 2024 -- An official source from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) told Xinhua on Saturday that the movement will agree to a complete ceasefire deal with Israel "in stages".
• Hamas says Israel banned Al Jazeera to cover up truth in Gaza Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israeli regime's decision to ban Al Jazeera is a bid to avenge the international news network's coverage of the war in Gaza and its campaign to expose Israel's crimes in the territory.
• Hamas: Israeli assassinations will not deter Palestinian resistance front Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has censured the assassination of five Palestinians, including four fighters from the group, in an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, emphasizing that such targeted killings won't ever deter the resistance front.
• Ismail Haniyeh blames Netanyahu for sabotaging Gaza ceasefire talks Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The political bureau chief of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has expressed the group's "seriousness" in the ongoing truce talks to end Israel's brutal war against the Gaza Strip.
• Hamas: No truce without a complete end to war Press TV 05 May 2024 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has said it would not accept a truce deal that did not completely end the Israeli regime's nearly seven-month-long genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.
• Hezbollah responds to deadly Israeli strike on south Lebanon IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has launched rockets towards northern Israeli-occupied territories after at least two civilians were killed when the Israeli regime hit a border village in southern Lebanon.
• Israeli warplanes pound southern Lebanon IRNA 05 May 2024 -- The military of the Zionist regime has carried new strike on areas in southern Lebanon, news sources reported in the early Sunday morning.
• Hezbollah launches massive rocket attack after deadly Israeli strike Press TV 05 May 2024 -- Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement have conducted a massive rocket attack against Israeli military installations on the northern side of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories after several family members were killed in an Israeli strike on a southern Lebanon village.
• Three civilians killed as Israeli warplanes bomb southern Lebanese village Press TV 05 May 2024 -- At least three civilians have been killed and five others sustained injuries when Israeli military aircraft carried out an airstrike against a village in southern Lebanon close to the border with the northern flank of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories.
• Iraqi Resistance attacks Haifa with cruise missile: Report IRNA 05 May 2024 -- The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announces that it had launched a cruise missile at the port of Haifa in occupied Palestine in a bid to show solidarity with the defenseless Palestinians.
• Iraqi resistance strikes Israeli target in Haifa Port with advanced cruise missile Press TV 05 May 2024 -- Fighters from the Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have launched a missile strike against a strategic target in the northern part of the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories in response to the Tel Aviv regime's devastating war on Gaza.

Other Conflicts

• NATO scrambled 240 fighter jets to shield Israel against Iran's Operation True Promise: Top Cmdr. Press TV 05 May 2024 -- A senior Iranian military commander has disclosed new details about Iran's retaliatory strikes against Israeli-occupied territories last month, saying that 240 fighter jets from the US-led NATO military alliance were scrambled to shield the Israeli regime.
• US missile system had 25% success rate against Iran attack: Report IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Over two weeks after Iran's punitive drone and missile attack on Israeli targets, the occupying regime's media have revealed that the US, which helped the regime intercept some of Iran's ballistic missiles, only had a 25% success rate during the Islamic Republic's attack.
• Chinese embassy in Philippines raises five questions in refuting Manila's denial of 'agreements' on South China Sea issue Global Times 05 May 2024 -- After several senior Philippine officials denied that the Marcos administration had negotiated with China to reach "arrangements" on the Ren'ai Jiao (also known as Ren'ai Reef), the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines raised five questions, emphasizing that China has consistently been committed to managing the situation at Ren'ai Jiao, maintaining dialogue with the Philippines in a responsible manner, and reaching internal understandings and arrangements on multiple occasions.
• DFA Statement on the Remarks of the Chinese Embassy Spokesperson on 04 May 2024 Philippines DFA 05 May 2024 -- The DFA is not aware of any "new model" arrangement being referred to by the Chinese Embassy with regard to Ayungin Shoal. The DFA reiterates its firm position that the Philippines has not entered into any agreement abandoning its sovereign rights and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, including on the Ayungin Shoal. On issues of such importance, any agreements or arrangements would be made only if authorized at the highest level of government.
• Taliban face rare public uprising against their rule in northeastern Afghanistan VOA 05 May 2024 -- Afghanistan's hardline Taliban leaders have threatened to militarily suppress unprecedented violent public protests in a northeastern border region against a nationwide ban on poppy cultivation.
• Russia Inches Toward Marriage Of Convenience With Taliban In Terror Fight RFE/RL 05 May 2024 -- Shortly after the Taliban seized power, Russia addressed the question of whether it was time to review the militant group's status as a terrorist organization.
• 4 terrorists killed in clash with police in SW Pakistan People's Daily 05 May 2024 -- Four terrorists were killed in a clash with police on Saturday in Quetta, capital of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, a spokesperson of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said.
• Armenian Border Protesters March Toward Yerevan RFE/RL 05 May 2024 -- An outspoken archbishop and his supporters have begun marching to Yerevan from a border village in the northern Tavush Province that has been the epicenter of protests over the past two weeks against the Armenian government's territorial concessions to Azerbaijan.
• Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir on the Sidelines of the 15th Islamic Summit in Banjul, The Gambia Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- The Contact Group of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Jammu and Kashmir met on 5 May 2024 on the sidelines of the 15th Islamic Summit of the OIC in Banjul, The Gambia. The meeting reviewed the political and security environment in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). It also took stock of the grim human rights situation in the occupied territory.

News Reports

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Bosnian Serb television network ATV, Moscow, May 5, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024
• Russia to Respond to Hostile Actions of Baltic States With Asymmetric Measures Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Moscow will respond to the hostile actions of the Baltic states with asymmetric measures in the economic and transit spheres, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
• DR Congo Has Right to Be Friends With Russia - President Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the right to have good relations with Russia, DRC President Felix Tshisekedi said.
• Russian influence in Kyrgyzstan rising despite local consternation VOA 05 May 2024 -- Talas, a dusty town in northwestern Kyrgyzstan, is not accustomed to foreign dignitaries. Tourists occasionally stop there, but even officials from the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, rarely visit this remote part of the country.
• Xi Plans to Discuss China-France Relations and Important Regional Issues With Macron Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that he would meet with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, to discuss relations between the two countries, as well as important regional and international issues during his state visit to France.
• HK economy sustains growth as tourism, stocks rebound Global Times 05 May 2024 -- The Hong Kong economy has seen five consecutive quarters of growth, primarily driven by a revival of inbound tourism alongside the continued recovery of the stock market, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said on Sunday, stressing that the good performance demonstrates the sustained growth momentum of Hong Kong.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan May 5, 2024 ROC MND 05 May 2024
• Press Statement by Permanent Representative of DPRK at UN KCNA 05 May 2024 -- Kim Song, permanent representative of the DPRK at the UN, made public the following press statement on May 5:
• New US-led groups monitoring sanctions on North Korea will fail: UN envoy Press TV 05 May 2024 -- North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song has censured Western countries' "hostile" bids to form new groups to monitor sanctions against Pyongyang, saying such attempts will fail.
• INTERVIEW: Former North Korean diplomat on the drawbacks of being elite'High-ranking officials already have one foot in hell.' Radio Free Asia 05 May 2024 -- Ryu Hyun-woo was North Korea's acting ambassador to Kuwait when he defected to South Korea in 2019. As one of the elites in North Korea, he had rights and privileges that ordinary citizens do not. But at the same time, he and others like him were under even more scrutiny than the average citizen, he says.
• Iran allots over 1.8 trillion rials to closure of eastern borders IRNA 05 May 2024 -- The Iranian Ministry of Interior has recently initiated a project aimed at closing the eastern borders, adding that the endeavor has received an allocation of approximately 1.8 trillion rials from the national budget bill for the upcoming Iranian year (March 20, 2024- March 20, 2025).
• Iran FM meets foreign counterparts, officials on sidelines of OIC summit IRNA 05 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has met with several foreign counterparts and officials on the sidelines of the 15th Heads of State and Government Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in the Gambia's capital, Banjul.
• Iranian, Egyptian FMs discuss boosting ties, regional developments People's Daily 05 May 2024 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Saturday exchanged views on the latest joint efforts to improve bilateral ties.
• Iran Plans to Begin Construction of Darkhovin Nuclear Reactor This Fall Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Iran is planning to start the construction of the "nuclear island" of the Darkhovin (Karun) nuclear power plant in the fall, Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), said on Sunday.
• Lithuania Financing Training of Militants Seeking to Oust Belarusian Government - Belarusian FM Sputnik 05 May 2024 -- Lithuania provides support, including financial one, to paramilitary forces located on its territory that want to overthrow the government in Belarus, Belarusian Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik said in an interview with Sputnik.
• Address of the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- Addressing the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar expressed Pakistan's deep concern over Israel's ongoing brutal military onslaught against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.
• Meeting of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Meeting with Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- On the sidelines of the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference in Banjul, The Gambia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar has met with Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China Zheng Jianbang.
• Meeting of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister with the Foreign Minister of Turkiye Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference in Banjul, The Gambia.
• Meeting of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister of Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference in Banjul, the Gambia.
• Meeting of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan with the President of The Gambia Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a bilateral meeting with President of the Republic of The Gambia Adama Barrow on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Islamic Summit Conference being held in Banjul, The Gambia.
• Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Somalia Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 May 2024 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar today met with Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia, Salah Jama, on the margins of 15th OIC Islamic Summit in Banjul, The Gambia.
• Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs UN News 05 May 2024 -- Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise on the fragile Sahel region's "natural stopover point" to Europe on trafficking routes from South America, but authorities with help from the UN are taking down criminal networks and making a record number of seizures of illicit drugs.
• Easter Vigil Peaceful In Georgia Following Nights Of Mass Protests RFE/RL 05 May 2024 -- Anti-government protests were held in a mostly calm atmosphere in the early morning of May 5, as Georgians marked Orthodox Easter in a rainy capital city following three nights of mass rallies that were often met with violence by security forces.