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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside the Watergate Hotel, Washington DC, where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staying, hours after his address during a joint session of the US Congress. Netanyahu asked lawmakers for steady support as his forces fight Hamas in the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Mourners attend the funeral of Chen Amir, an Israeli municipal officer killed by a Palestinian gunman in Tel Aviv on 5 July. The attack came amid a surge in violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a day after a 19-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. IMAGES
Family members and soldiers mourn the death of 22-year-old Shilo Yosef Amir, shot dead by a Palestinian gunman near a settlement in the occupied West Bank. He was the second Israeli soldier to be killed within a week as violence surges again in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. IMAGES
Israeli soldiers stand guard at the Maccabim checkpoint, near the Israeli town of Modiin. Earlier, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian after he seriously injured a soldier with a van, the day after the country's general election. IMAGES
Israeli forces and Palestinian groups exchange heavy fire in the town of Deir al-Hatab, near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. A Palestinian was shot dead and at least two others injured by Israeli forces during an operation in the village. IMAGES
Mourners pay their respects during a ceremony for Oren Ben Yiftah, a 35-year-old from the central city of Lod, who was killed in a Palestinian attack in Elad, a city mainly populated by ultra-Orthodox Jews, as the Jewish state marked its founding. Israeli security forces launched a manhunt Friday for two Palestinians suspected of killing three Israelis. IMAGES