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The French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, as part of a Middle East tour aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Gaza. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne meets his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, as part of a Middle East tour aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group in Gaza. IMAGES
In Ramallah, French FM Catherine Colonna meets with Palestinian Prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, and her Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki. She condemned violence in the West Bank, where more than 290 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers since October 7. IMAGES
A Red Cross bus transporting released Palestinian prisoners arrives in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Thirty Palestinian prisoners were freed overnight, the Israeli prison authorities said, in the latest exchange under an extended truce deal due to expire within hours. IMAGES
A Red Cross bus transporting 30 Palestinian detainees leaves the Ofer prison, in latest exchange amid a fragile Hamas-Israel truce. As the latest group of Israeli hostages was released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a source close to the Islamist militant group said it was willing to extend the truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting and enabled aid to reach Gaza civilians. Israel had yet to respond. IMAGES
French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem, 21, who was held by Hamas since October 7, arrives by helicopter at the Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. Shem was released along with another hostage, 40-year-old Amit Soussana, according to Israeli authorities. IMAGES