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A SpaceX rocket takes off from Florida's Cape Canaveral carrying Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, which aims to make history twice: as the first private-sector landing on the Moon, and the first from the Jewish state. IMAGES
Images of a model depicting the trajectory of Japan's Moon craft, which has landed on the lunar surface, space agency JAXA announces. IMAGES
Released Israeli hostages are seen on board a military helicopter as it lands on a helipad near the Schneider Children's Hospital in Petah Tikva, after they were liberated from Hamas captivity as part of a hostage deal. IMAGES
Japanese police cordoned off the area after a car crashed near the Israeli embassy in Tokyo. According to the police, a small car crashed into a fence at an intersection around 100 metres (109 yards) from the embassy. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters attempt to storm the Israeli embassy compound in Amman, Jordan, after a strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip killed at least 200 people. IMAGES
NASA unveils its Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 2 space mission, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission scheduled for late 2024, will take a crew of four astronauts to the Moon. IMAGES