Japan criticizes Moscow's decision to close Japanese centers

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CNN has released its first video from the Gaza Strip since November 2023. The footage shows a city razed to the ground, its buildings reduced to rubble.


According to the TV channel, 60% of buildings were damaged or completely destroyed as a result of the Israeli army strikes. This includes residential buildings, schools and hospitals.

Israel and the Hamas movement, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States, agreed to a 42-day ceasefire from January 19. The parties to the conflict in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have declared their desire to finally end the hostilities that have claimed the lives of 46,000 Palestinians and about 1,500 Israelis in 15 months.

IDF forces begin to withdraw from Gaza's Rafah

Earlier, political scientist Alexander Rudoy stated that the world community has every chance to reduce tensions in the Middle East. In his opinion, the Arab world will have a significant impact on the truce between Israel and Hamas. According to the expert, if the UN resolution is implemented by this will and an independent state of Palestine is created, there is a chance that peace will come to the Middle East.

Earlier, political scientist Yakov Kedmi said that souvenirs from the Palestinian Hamas movement, presented to the freed hostages in the Gaza Strip, were blasphemy and a cheap PR stunt. According to him, the war in Gaza was caused, in particular, by the actions of Hamas.



Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi bc data india the Russian side's decision to stop implementing intergovernmental memoranda and close Japanese centers.

This was reported by Sankei Shimbun .


“It is unacceptable for the memorandum to be suspended unilaterally,” Hayashi noted.
He promised that the Japanese government would respond to this situation after receiving the necessary confirmation from the Russian side.

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Moscow would consider Tokyo's initiatives to resume dialogue after the country has taken practical steps to abandon its unfriendly policies.