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Iran Claims "Treasure Trove" of Israeli Sensitive Documents + German Taurus Missiles to Ukraine? + Chinese FC-31 Warplanes to Pakistan "Within Months" + More
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1. As of Sunday AM, the activist humanitarian aid vessel (Madleen) is roughly 160 nautical miles from Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said Sunday that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to “prevent the ‘Madelaine’ hate flotilla from reaching the shores of Gaza.”
2. Israeli outlet Channel 12 reports that documents found during IDF operations in Gaza show a close effort between Qatar and Hamas to thwart US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians and efforts for Arab countries to normalize relations with the Jewish state.
3. The IDF and Shin Bet confirm that the body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar was found in a tunnel that ran underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
4. Iran Claims "Treasure Trove" of Israeli Sensitive Documents.
Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said the documents were related to Israel’s nuclear facilities and its relations with the United States, Europe, and other countries, and to its defensive capabilities.
5. Russian Ministry of Defense claims elements of the 90th Tank Division have reached the border of the town of Dnipropetrovsk (Donetsk Region). News outlet CNN is unable to verify the battlefield reports, and Ukraine has denied the Russian advance.
6. German Taurus Missiles to Ukraine?
A statement from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 26 about long-range strikes inside Russia resurrected a long-held hope in Ukraine — that Berlin is finally about to send Kyiv its Taurus missiles. (There has so far been no confirmation of actual delivery of Taurus to Ukraine.)
7. Taiwan on Friday condemned Beijing’s “provocative” actions after it conducted a "combat readiness patrol" around the island. Taipei’s defense ministry said it detected 21 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and drones, of which 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
8. Chinese FC-31 Warplanes to Pakistan "Within Months". A Pakistani government source told Janes outlet, that the FC-31 aircraft “will begin arriving within months.” The source did not provide further acquisition details, but it was previously reported that China could supply 30 to 40 jets to Pakistan.
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The USMC has received its final MQ-9A Reaper from General Atomics. The USMC currently have three air stations manning the drones, located in Arizona, Hawaii, and North Carolina.