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Added on the 26/11/2023 08:58:13 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A series of strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip as rockets are intercepted above the Israeli border city of Sderot, on the third day after a seven-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war expired. Israel carries out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. IMAGES
A strike hits the northern Gaza Strip as Israel carries out deadly bombardments of the Palestinian territory for a second day, after a week-long truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension. IMAGES
Sunset over northern Gaza after Israel and Hamas agreed to extend by one more day a truce under which hostages are exchanged for Palestinian prisoners and aid flows into the war-devastated Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Trucks carrying aid cross into the southern Gaza Strip via the Rafah border crossing on the second day of the truce as Hamas fighters are set to release a new wave of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners. IMAGES
The sun sets over the northern Gaza Strip on the first day of the truce between Hamas and Israel. Nearly seven weeks after more than 240 hostages were snatched from southern Israel by Hamas militants, a first batch of 13 hostages were handed over to Red Cross officials in Gaza, before they were delivered to Israeli custody. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for a further extension to a truce that has paused fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza for seven days, as the hours ticked down to its expiry. "Clearly, we want to see this process continue to move forward," he tells reporters in Tel Aviv following a visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank. "We want an eighth day and beyond." SOUNDBITE
Skyline of Rafah in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt as the truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours, with the militant group saying it was willing to extend the pause after it freed more hostages. IMAGES