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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
Residents of the southern city of Sderot board buses to evacuate to safer areas in Israel amid ongoing war against Hamas. Situated on the front lines near the Gaza border, Sderot was overrun by Hamas militants in their surprise attack on October 7 and is used to being targeted by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. 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
Violence erupts during the funeral of a Palestinian killed in clashes with Israelis in the occupied West Bank town of Huwara. The northern West Bank town has this year witnessed several fatal shootings by Palestinians against Israelis and reprisal attacks by hundreds of Jewish settlers against locals and their property. IMAGES