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Palestinians celebrate in the street after a ceasefire was agreed in Gaza. Picture: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images

Fragile ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza appears to hold

Noa Kirel, Eurovision 2023 representative for Israel - Credit: Getty

Noa Kirel: who is Israel's Eurovision 2023 entry in the Grand Final

Hundreds of mourners attend a group funeral in Gaza City for people killed in Israeli air raids in the Palestinian territory on May 9 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Islamic Jihad explained as leaders killed in Gaza air strikes

Hossein Vafaei squares off against Ronnie O’Sullivan at the World Snooker Championship 2023 on Friday - Credit: Getty Images

Meet Hossein Vafaei - Ronnie O’Sullivan’s rival and WSC opponent

A picture taken on April 20, 2020, shows an employee leaving the Hall of Names, bearing names and pictures of Jewish Holocaust victims, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem

Explainer What is Holocaust Remembrance Day and how is it observed?

Israeli protesters wave national flags on a barricade as they block a road during a rally against the government’s controversial judicial overhaul bill in Tel Aviv. Picture: AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images

Israel PM Netanyahu reverses decision to fire defence minister

Protests have broken out against reforms to Israeli judicial system. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel's proposed judicial overhaul explained amid demonstrations

Undated handout photo issued by the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Maia (left) and Rina Dee, the two British-Israeli sisters who were killed in a gun attack in the occupied West Bank (Image: PA)

Mother of two British-Israeli sisters killed in gun attack also dies

Two British sisters were killed in a shooting attack on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank. Picture: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/afp/AFP via Getty Images)

British sisters killed and mother injured in Israel shooting

Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launches air strikes on the Palestinian enclave on late April 6, 2023 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

Israel strikes Lebanon and Gaza after major rocket attack

Thousands of Israelis attend the Annual Cohanim prayer, or Priest's blessing, for the Pesach (Passover) holiday, on April 9, 2012 at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's old city (Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Explainer Violent clashes as Israeli police storm mosque at Jerusalem holy site

Rishi Sunak welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Number 10 amid protests aginst his domestic policy. (Credit: Getty Images)

Judicial overhaul protests plague Israeli PM Netanyahu during UK visit

What steps are taken to help build a city back up from ruins

How cities rebuild from war and maintain cultural identity

Israeli actor Chaim Topol or Topol, UK, 23rd December 1966. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Fiddler on the Roof star Chaim Topol dies age 87

Mourners attend the funeral of two Israeli settlers who were shot dead in West Bank. (Credit: Getty Images)

West Bank hit with revenge attacks after two Israeli men shot dead

Smoke billows as the residence of Mohammad al-Jaabari, a Palestinian who carried out a shooting attack last year, is demolished by Israeli forces (Photo by HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images).

Explainer Israel demolishes pro-Palestinian terrorists’ homes despite UN concern

Salah Hammouri, French-Palestinian lawyer and field researcher at Palestinian NGO "Addameer (Conscience) for Prisoner Support and Human Rights", which supports political prisoners detained in Israel and in Palestinian prisons, and user of one of six devices reportedly hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, looks on at offices of al-Haq Centre for Applied International Law in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on November 8, 2021. - An investigation by a European rights group published on November 8 found that Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used to hack the phones of staff of Palestinian civil society groups targeted by Israel. The revelations by Frontline Defenders -- confirmed by Amnesty International and the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab -- mark the latest development in the widening controversy surrounding six prominent Palestinian groups designated as "terrorist" organisations by Israel's defence ministry last month. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel risks diplomatic row after deporting Palestinian lawyer

Benjamin Netanyahu has staged a comeback as Prime Minister of Israel following the election results. (Credit: Getty Images)

Former Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu makes comeback in Irsaeli election

A man waves a Palestinian flag while an Israeli solder looks on during clashes in the village of Deir Sharaf near the western entrance of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Credit: JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

Five Palestinians killed in raid by Israeli troops on West Bank city

Liz Truss met with Israel caretaker Prime Minster Yair Lapid at the UN general Assembly in new York to discuss a controversial embassy move. (Credit: Getty Images)

What did Liz Truss say about moving UK Israel embassy to Jerusalem?

Cinema has struggled since the Covid pandemic (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Chapter 11 bankruptcy explained as Cineworld ‘set to’ file for one

Why Israel are in the European Championships in Munich

Sacha Baron Cohen has an estimated net worth of $160 million (Pic: AFP via Getty Images)

Sacha Baron Cohen beats Roy Moore’s $95 million defamation case

British Strawberries are available in UK supermarkets between April and October (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Strawberry season UK: when is the best time of year for strawberries?

Shireen Abu Akleh funeral was held on 13 May (Pic: Getty Images)

Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral comes under fire from tear gas

Israeli youths dressed in memorabilia depicting the Israeli flag watch fireworks over the centre of Jerusalem

Yom HaAtzmaut: the Israeli Independence Day and its celebrations

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that Adolf Hitler had, “Jewish Blood"

‘Scandalous: Sergei Lavrov claims about Hitler’s Jewish roots debunked

Downing Street may have been the target of surveillance by powerful spyware (Photo: Getty)

Watchdog warns of cyber attack against Downing Street

Simon Leviev is The Tinder Swindler (Credit: Netflix)

Simon Leviev: who is the con artist in Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler?

Cases of ‘flurona’ have been reported around the world, including in the United States, Brazil and Hungary (NationalWorld / Mark Hall)

What is ‘flurona’? Term explained as cases reported around the world

Members of the public await their turn to be vaccinated at the Titanic Exhibition Centre which has been transformed into a vaccination as it opens on December 21, 2021 in Belfast (Photo: Getty)

UK ‘considering’ fourth Covid jab to limit Omicron

Booster jab ‘will protect against Omicron variant’ - Israeli official

Scotland picked up all six points on offer from their latest World Cup qualifying double header against Israel and Faroe Islands

Scotland player ratings: How Steve Clarke's side fared over double header

Best-selling author Rooney refused the deal, citing political differences (Picture: Getty Images)

Author Sally Rooney snubs Hebrew translation of new book - here’s why

Billy Gilmour of Scotland celebrates at full time during the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park

Faroe Islands v Scotland: Prediction, team line ups & TV coverage

Steve Clarke, manager of Scotland interacts with Lyndon Dykes after the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match between Scotland and Israel at Hampden Park on October 09, 2021

Scotland 3-2 Israel: Clarke’s gutsy decision not to change formation

Scotland manager Steve Clarke is preparing for two crucial World Cup qualifiers against Israel and Faroe Islands

Scotland World Cup 2022 qualifiers: Fixtures, KO times, group table

Scotland’s midfielder Ryan Christie tries to cross as he is marked by Israel’s midfielder Manor Solomon during the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier group F football match between Israel and Scotland at Bloomfield stadium in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv

Scotland v Israel: What we know from previous meetings

The Scotland squad stand for the national anthem prior to the clash in Vienna. Picture: SNS

How Scotland players rated in excellent win over Austria

Lanarkshire has the highest covid infection rate in Europe.

Scotland is Europe’s Covid epicentre according to WHO data

Israel has now given a booster jab to around 2.1 million people.

Revealed: the countries giving the most booster jabs

Tug boats are moored next to Israeli-linked tanker MT Mercer Street, off the Fujayrah port in the United Arab Emirates, on August 3 (Photo: KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran ship attack: did Tehran strike the Mercer Street tanker?

People in the village of Vavatsinia in the Larnaca district of Cyprus watch as the wildfire rages on the nearby hills during the night of 3 July (Picture: Getty Images)

Cyprus fire claims four lives, as UK troops sent in to support rescue mission

Callum McGregor celebrates with teammates Lyndon Dykes and Andrew Robertson after scoring Scotland's first goal during the Euro 2020 Championship Group D match between Croatia and Scotland (Getty Images)

Can Scotland qualify for the 2022 World Cup?

Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel carries out Gaza airstrikes after militants launch fire balloons

The Pfizer vaccine was the first Covid vaccine to be approved for use in the UK, with millions now vaccinated with the jab since December 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Side effects of first and second dose of Pfizer vaccine explained

Yair Lapid (L), leader of the Yesh Atid party and Naftali Bennett have formed a coalition (Getty Images)

Who are Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett?

Barbados, Croatia, Greece and Turkey will accept the NHS Covid app (Photo: Shutterstock)

Countries where NHS Covid app will be accepted - and when it could rollout

A Palestinian family returns to their house in Gaza City after a ceasefire was agreed between Israel and Hamas. (Pic: Getty)

Ceasefire meaning: what is the Israel-Palestine agreement?

‘Bilateral, unconditional’ ceasefire agreed in Israel-Palestine conflict (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

‘Bilateral, unconditional’ ceasefire agreed in Israel-Palestine conflict

Israeli soldiers deploy in the northern Kibbutz of Misgav Am, near the border with Lebanon (Getty Images)

Israel carry out airstrikes on Lebanon after call for 'de-escalation'

Irish entry Lesley Roy misses out on Eurovision final (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Irish entry Lesley Roy misses out on Eurovision final

A ball of fire explodes above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the Palestinian enclave (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden calls for ceasefire in Israel-Gaza conflict

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have mounted in recent days (Getty Images)

What's happening in Israel and Palestine? Violence in Gaza explained

Rockets light up the night sky as they are fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza as ground forces join fighting

Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement (Photo: MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

What is Hamas, and why is it fighting with Israel?