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Added on the 07/03/2021 14:31:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
US President Joe Biden visits Israel's missile defence system at Ben Gurion Airport, with caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, Israeli expert on technology and innovation Daniel Gold, and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. Biden started today his first tour of the Middle East since entering the White House last year. IMAGES
Travellers wait with their luggage at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv as most departures are halted after Israel's top trade union chief called for a general strike in response to the government's judicial reform programme. IMAGES
Departure boards at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport show delayed flights, as a nationwide strike aimed at ramping up pressure on Israel's government to secure the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza begins. IMAGES
Images show aircrafts at Beirut airport as Middle East tensions skyrocket following the killings last week of Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in an Israeli strike on a Beirut suburb and of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in a strike on Tehran attributed to Israel. IMAGES
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich arrive at the Damascus Gate to join thousands of Israeli nationalists participating in the so-called Jerusalem Day flag march, which commemorates the Israeli army's capture of eastern Jerusalem in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. IMAGES