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Added on the 10/07/2014 19:50:57 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Israeli forces are deployed near the border with the Gaza Strip. Israel is pressing on with preparations for a ground offensive in Gaza, after giving Palestinians a little more time to flee northern areas it has vowed to target in response to the deadliest attack in its history. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise from the northern Gaza Strip, seen from Israel, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas militants. International mediators were set for a fourth day of talks with Hamas in Cairo after US President Joe Biden called on the militant group to agree a truce deal with Israel by the start of Ramadan. IMAGES
Israeli police stop protesters, on a road in Nitzana in southern Israel, from blocking the passage of aid trucks bound for Gaza. At least 12 countries -- including top donors the United States and Germany -- have halted funds over Israeli claims that some UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas's October 7 attack that sparked the fighting. IMAGES
Mourners gather ahead of funeral of Hadar Kapluck, one of the 21 Israeli soldiers killed in the biggest single-day loss since the start of the ground war in Gaza. The Israeli government is under growing pressure to find a way to end the conflict. IMAGES
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says, following a Security Council vote demanding aid deliveries at scale, that Israel's offensive is the "real problem... creating massive obstacles" to humanitarian shipments. SOUNDBITE
A crowd gathers and cheers as a man, recently released from an Israeli jail, arrives in a town outside Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. 39 prisoners were freed by Israeli authorities on Friday, part of a truce deal that also saw some 24 hostages, seized during Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel last month, released. The exchange is part of a four-day ceasefire, offering some relief to residents of the war-torn Gaza Strip. IMAGES COMPLETES VIDI344P64T_EN