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Israeli forces guard the entrance to the Ofer military prison ahead of the expected release of Palestinian prisoners after Israel and Hamas agreed to extend by one more day a truce under which hostages are exchanged for Palestinian prisoners and aid flows into the war-devastated Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Palestinians burn tyres in Beitunia, near the Ofer prison, ahead of the release of a new group of Palestinian prisoners on the fourth day of a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. IMAGES
Prominent Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis arrives at her home in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem after her release as part of a Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Israa Jaabis, 38, was convicted of detonating a gas cylinder in her car at a checkpoint in 2015, wounding a police officer, and sentenced to 11 years in prison. IMAGES
Israeli forces clash with Palestinians outside Ofer prison ahead of the release of Palestinian prisoners in a second swap in exchange for Israeli hostages that came after an hours-long unexpected delay. The exchange was the second under the terms of an agreement pausing the fighting in Gaza, and had been delayed earlier after Hamas accused Israel of violating the agreement, claims denied by Israeli officials. IMAGES
A Palestinian is wounded by Israeli fire during clashes outside the Ofer prison, ahead of an expected release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages. Hamas militants were to release a second batch of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israel on Saturday, officials said, as a truce is largely being maintained in the devastated Gaza Strip after seven weeks of war that killed thousands. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).