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Israel has declared a day of national mourning after Former President Shimon Peres, the country's longest serving politician, passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Tel Aviv following complications after being hospitalised for a stroke on Tuesday, September 13. Condolences have begun pouring in from politicians from all over the world including President Obama. The 93-year-old’s political career spanned seven decades in which he held nearly every senior political post in Israel, including serving two terms as Israel's president and one as prime minister. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian Liberation Organisation Chairman Yasser Arafat In 1994 for his role in negotiating the Oslo Accords. He is survived by three children - a daughter and two sons. His wife Sonya died in 2011. Peres remained politically and publicly active up until his death, being particularly focused on his non-governmental organisation, the 'Peres Centre for Peace,' which promotes closer ties between Israelis and Palestinians. His funeral is scheduled to take place Friday and many world leaders are expected to attend.
Chemi Peres, the son of Shimon Peres, along with Peres' personal doctor as well as the director of the Sheba Medical Center, addressed the media from the hospital to announce the death of former Israeli president Shimon Peres at age 93 and to highlight his contribution to Israel. Israel has declared a day of national mourning after the country's longest serving politician passed away in the early hours of the morning.
The Israeli military conducted air strikes and traded fire with Gaza militants on Tuesday in a flare-up of violence following the death of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike in Israeli custody. IMAGES
Balata (West Bank), Aug 24 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Alaa Badarneh) A 15-year-old Palestinian was killed this morning by a gunshot to the head of the Israeli Army during a raid in the occupied West Bank, reported the Palestinian Ministry of Health.FOOTAGE OF THE FUNERAL OF THE PALESTINIAN ADOLESCENT KILLED BY A SHOT IN THE HEAD OF THE ISRAELI ARMY IN BALATA, NABLUS (WEST BANK).
Ribadesella, Jul 27 (EFE).- The radio journalist Menchu Alvarez del Valle, paternal grandmother of Queen Letizia of Spain, died Monday at age 93, local sources confirmed with EFE.She was born in Santander, in northern Spain, but moved to Oviedo at a very young age before beginning her career path in radio and becoming one of the most recognizable voices of that Spanish region. (Camera: ABEL ALONSO).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE OF MENCHU ÁLVAREZ DE VALLE IN RIBADESELLA, ASTURIAS, SPAIN.
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