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Recognising the State of Palestine "is justice for the Palestinian people (and) the best guarantee of security for Israel," Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares says alongside Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa. SOUNDBITE
"Nothing can justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is beyond words. Nowhere and no one is safe," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells a press briefing in New York. SOUNDBITE
Thousands gather in central London for a demonstration in support of the Palestinian people as the bloody Israel-Hamas war continues. On Saturday January 13, the fighting entered its 99th day since the unprecedented Hamas attack of October 7 2023. Gunmen from the Gaza-based militant group entered Israel, killing 1,140 people, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures, and kidnapping a further 250. In response, Israel launched an all-out military campaign in the Gaza Strip, which the territory's Hamas-run health ministry says has killed more than 23,843 people, mostly women and children. IMAGES
14-year-old Palestinian Ahmed Salaima is greeted by his family upon his arrival home in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, after being released from an Israeli prison as part of a Hamas-Israel hostage deal in Gaza. IMAGES
Released Palestinian prisoner Khalil Al-Awar is offered sweets and cigarettes as he is welcomed home by relatives and friends in East Jerusalem. Israel's prison service said 39 Palestinian detainees were released on November 26 under the terms of a truce agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The announcement came after 13 Israeli hostages were freed in the Palestinian territory under the deal, along with three Thais and a Russian-Israeli dual citizen. IMAGES
Prominent Palestinian prisoner Israa Jaabis arrives at her home in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem after her release as part of a Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Israa Jaabis, 38, was convicted of detonating a gas cylinder in her car at a checkpoint in 2015, wounding a police officer, and sentenced to 11 years in prison. IMAGES
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