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Israeli air strikes hit Gaza City as they trade fire with Gaza militants in a flare-up of violence following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike. IMAGES
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
Images show rockets fired by Palestinian militants from Rafah, southern Gaza, amid ongoing battles between the Israeli army and Hamas. Fighting rages in Gaza, more than five weeks after Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack sparked a furious response from Israel which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian militant group. IMAGES
Masked Palestinian gunmen fire at Israeli military vehicles in West Bank's Jenin, as clashes erupt after six Palestinians were killed during an Israeli raid on Jenin. IMAGES
Flares light up the sky over Gaza City as many explosions can be seen and heard on the 26th day of the conflict. On October 7, Hamas militants killed 1,400 people and kidnapped more than 230, according to Israeli officials, in the deadliest attack in the country's history. Since then, Israel has relentlessly bombarded the Palestinian territory and sent in ground troops as they seek to destroy Hamas, with the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza saying 8,796 people have been killed, two-thirds of them women and children. IMAGES
Smoke billows over the northern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air strike, seen from Israel's Sderot. The war between Israel and Hamas, triggered by the unprecedented attack by the Palestinian movement Hamas on Israeli soil from Gaza on 7 October, entered its 20th day. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI33Z74DU_EN