Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, May 23

GAZA -- Israeli jets destroyed on Wednesday two Palestinian boats in Gaza seaport that were supposed to welcome an international flotilla hoping to break the decade-long Israeli blockade on Gaza.

According to local sources, the airstrikes also targeted a military facility of Islamic Hamas movement in northern Gaza Strip. (Israel-Palestinians-FFC)

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BEIRUT -- The newly-elected Lebanese parliament on Wednesday re-elected Nabih Berri as speaker.

Out of the 128 members of the parliament, 98 voted for Berri who has been holding the post since 1992 while 30 abstained. (Lebanon-New Parliament-Speaker)

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TEHRAN -- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the United States is "not trustable" and will be defeated in its fresh anti-Iran move, local media reported.

All successive U.S. governments are not bound to their obligations, Khamenei said during a meeting with senior Iranian officials, referring to the U.S. withdrawal from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal. (Iran-U.S.-Khamenei)

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RAMALLAH -- A picture of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman smiling at a poster of Jerusalem's skyline showing Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, replaced by a Jewish temple, sparked outrage across Palestine on Wednesday.

In the picture published by the Israeli Television Channel 10 on Tuesday, Friedman was ready to accept the controversial poster from a radical Jewish group. (Palestine-Jerusalem-U.S.) Enditem