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Added on the 15/07/2022 08:01:59 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Exterior of Israel's Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan ahead of the expected arrival of Israeli hostages after they entered Israel via the Rafah border crossing as part of Israel-Hamas hostage-prisoner exchange deal. Hamas released a second group of Israeli and foreign civilians it had been holding hostage in the Gaza Strip after an hours-long unexpected delay set nerves on edge. IMAGES
Israeli forces increase their presence at the entrance to Ofer military prison as Palestinians gather ahead of an expected prisoner release on the second day of the Hamas-Israeli hostage exchange. IMAGES
Images of barricades and police officers surrounding a high-speed railway station ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinping's expected arrival in Hong Kong on the eve of 25th anniversary of the city's handover to communist China. IMAGES
Palestinian man and Israeli police scuffle outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem, as Israeli security forces secure the entrance to the gate ahead of the "March of the flags", which celebrates the anniversary of Israel's 1967 occupation of the city's eastern sector. Rallies by far-right Jewish groups in Arab neighbourhoods have raised tensions in recent months, prompting a police intervention in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound last month that triggered the deadliest flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence since 2014. IMAGES
Venezuelan police stand guard in the vicinity of the opposition-led National Assembly, after it blocked access to the building in search for explosives. IMAGES