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Israeli army vehicles fire tear gas they enter the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia, near the Ofer prison, ahead of the planned release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Hamas hostages. IMAGES
Journalists take cover as Israeli forces fire rubber bullets during clashes outside the Ofer prison in occupied West Bank amid clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces near the military compound. IMAGES
Israeli forces try to disperse crowd of Palestinians gathering in front of the Ofer prison, as they await the release of prisoners, as part of a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel. IMAGES
Palestinian mourners gather for the funeral of three people killed in Jenin in an Israeli air strike on their vehicle. The Israeli military said it had "eliminated" Ahmed Barakat, who it accused of a May 2023 attack that killed an Israeli settler. Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a stronghold of armed Palestinian groups opposing Israel, which has occupied the West Bank since 1967. Israeli troops regularly carry out incursions into Palestinian communities but until several months ago had rarely struck the West Bank from the air. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy leaves the courtroom after the Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for the former French president over illegal campaign financing, saying he needed to spend only half that time behind bars. But while lighter than the original sentence, Wednesday's ruling was still harsher than the one-year suspended sentence that prosecutors called for. IMAGES
French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu meets with his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv during his second visit to Israel since the start of its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the October 7 attacks. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34GA4G6_EN