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Israeli troops deploy at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on May 5, 2025.  Israel's security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the "conquest" of the Palestinian territory, an official said on May 5, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.  (Photo by Menahem KAHANA  /  AFP)

Aid groups boycott Israeli expansion in Gaza, and Al Shara to meet Macron

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A plane leaves Ben Grunion Airport after a ballistic missile fired from Yemen by the Houthis landed in a nearby field. Getty Images

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Israeli police officers examine the scene after a ballistic missile fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels struck a field at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on May 4, 2025. Getty Images

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HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and HE Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon, stand for a photograph before a meeting at Al Shati Palace, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,  April 30, 2025.  Abdulla Al Bedwawi  / UAE Presidential Court / Handout via REUTERS    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY

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Israeli soldiers stand guard as Druze men demonstrate in solidarity with the Syrian Druze community near the border in the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on April 30. AFP

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Judges at the International Court of Justice are hearing a case about Israel's blockade on aid into Gaza. EPA

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U. S President Donald Trump speaks to members of press onboard Air Force One on a flight to Fiumicino Airport near Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, April 25, 2025.  REUTERS / Nathan Howard     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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A former market now being used as a landfill site during the war in Gaza city. Talks are under way on a permanent ceasefire. AFP

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Jordanians inspect the sealed Muslim Brotherhood office in Amman in 2016. Jordan has now banned all activities of the group and closed its offices in the kingdom. AFP

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Bank customers hold placards reading 'The new president's priority must be depositors' savings' (L) during a demonstration organised by Depositors' Outcry, a protest group campaigning for depositors' rights, outside the government palace in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, 21 March 2025.   EPA / WAEL HAMZEH

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A Lebanese welcoming committee greeted passengers arriving on an Emirates flight to Beirut. AP

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