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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Gaza's southern border with Egypt. Pressure for a ceasefire has mounted as Israeli forces push towards Rafah, where more than half the besieged territory's population has taken shelter. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke billow from Adaisseh in southern Lebanon after Israeli shelling. Cross-border fire has erupted almost daily between Israel and Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement, since Hamas militants broke through Gaza's militarised border and attacked southern Israel on October 7. IMAGES
Smoke billows in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah after an Israeli strike. Israel continued to bombed Gaza in its war against Hamas militants as a top White House adviser travelled to Jerusalem with a rift growing over civilian casualties. IMAGES
Vehicles carrying Israeli hostages released by Hamas from the Gaza Strip arrive at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel. Hamas fighters on Saturday released a second group of 13 Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, freeing for the first time one of the people snatched during their bloody assault on a music festival. IMAGES
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, visit the Kibbutz of Kfar Aza, near the Gaza Strip, which was attacked by Hamas on 7 October. The visit is led by representatives of the National Rescue Unit. IMAGES
Images from the northern Israeli town of Shlomi near the Lebanon border after rockets were fired from Lebanon and Israel retaliated with strikes. The latest unrest follows clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians inside Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, Islam's third-holiest site, which drew warnings of retaliation from around the region. IMAGES