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The Israeli military conducted air strikes and traded fire with Gaza militants on Tuesday in a flare-up of violence following the death of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike in Israeli custody. IMAGES
Palestinian militants fired rockets from the Gaza Strip, following the death in Israeli custody of a leading figure in the Islamic Jihad group who was on hunger strike. The Israeli military in a statement said "sirens sounded in the area of kibbutz Saad" close to the Gaza border, warning of incoming fire. The rocket launches follow the death of Khader Adnan who was a leading figure in the occupied West Bank within the Islamic Jihad militant group. IMAGES
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi reunites with her family in her hometown Nabi Saleh, in the West Bank, after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians. IMAGES
Israel has released a Palestinian journalist they accused of being a Hamas activist after he held a three-month-long hunger strike. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration).
Israeli PM Netanyahu has voiced hope that the U.S. will reject a U.N. Security Council resolution backing Palestinian statehood, during an address to the pro-Israel lobby group, AIPAC. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The United States vetoes a Security Council vote on a Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership. The draft resolution, which was introduced by Algeria and "recommends to the General Assembly that the State of Palestine be admitted to membership of the United Nations," received 12 votes in favor, two abstentions and one against. IMAGES
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