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Jericho (West Bank), Oct 14 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Alaa Badarneh). Palestinian farmers have increased the planting of date palms in the West Bank city of Jericho and in the Jordan Valley to increase their production after the low-level food production recorded in previous years.FOOTAGE OF DATE PAMS AND PACKING FACTORIES.
Three couples share how they're planning to spend their Valentine's day with their special someone this year.
Israel has not shared a date for an assault on Gaza's Rafah with the United States, which will keep raising concerns, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the time was set. "No, we do not have any date for an operation, at least one that's been communicated to us by the Israelis," Blinken tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States says it still opposes a major Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a date was set. With some 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah, "We have made clear to Israel that we think a full-scale military invasion of Rafah would have an enormously harmful effect on those civilians and that it would ultimately hurt Israel security," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
British runner Russ Cook crosses the finish line, concluding a 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VID_34NU3GV_EN
British runner Russ Cook jogs with supporters who have joined him for the final leg of his 16,000km charity challenge to run the length of Africa from South Africa's Cape Agulhas to Cape Angela in Tunisia. IMAGES