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Added on the 28/07/2022 17:53:26 - Copyright : AFP EN
Hundreds of people gather in east London to call for an end to the conflict in Gaza and to show support for the Palestinian people as part of a series of local protests organised by the Stop the War coalition. Later on Saturday a larger rally is planned for Trafalgar Square. IMAGES
The United Nations begins withdrawal of MONUSCO peacekeeping forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo by handing over a first UN base to the national police. During an official ceremony at the Kamanyola base, close to the Rwandan and Burundian borders, the flags of the United Nations and Pakistan, the countries of origin of the peacekeepers in charge, were replaced by those of the DRC. IMAGES
Images published by Ecuador's Armed Forces showing hundreds of military and police officers entering a prison in the penitentiary complex of Guayaquil. Security forces "carry out a new intervention in the Centro de Privación de Libertad #Guayas, controlling the external and internal perimeter of the penitentiary center," the Armed Forces announces on X. 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
A group of dancers from the Israeli ballet perform on the Tel Aviv Museum plaza, renamed "Hostages Plaza" since Hamas's October 7th attacks, and unfold a banner reading: "Bring them home now". IMAGES
Israeli police blow up the home of a Palestinian who killed seven Israelis and a Ukrainian near a synagogue in a settlement in annexed east Jerusalem. Khayri Alqam was shot dead in the January 27 attack and his family later received a demolition order for their apartment, under a long-standing policy to punish the families of Palestinians who kill Israelis. IMAGES