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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Israeli prime minister praises 'foundation for deep ties' in Egypt

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A demonstrator holds up a spoon, reportedly the digging tool used by six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison, during a rally in solidarity with them in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 8, 2021.

Israel, Hamas exchange fire after escaped Palestinian prisoners caught

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AL-MONITOR Staff

An ambulance arrives at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City, on Sept. 10, 2021.

Palestinian shot dead after attempted stabbing in Jerusalem's Old City

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Arab Israeli protesters demonstrate in the mostly Arab city of Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, on Sept. 10, 2021, to denounce punitive measures taken by the Israel Prison Service against Palestinian prisoners, after six of them escaped from the northern Gilboa prison.

Rocket fired into Israel after two Palestinian escapees caught

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Orthodox pilgrims at airport

Israeli prime minister cracks down after pilgrims falsify test results

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AL-MONITOR Staff

This picture taken on November 5, 2019, shows a view of Gulf Air Airbus A320 (R) and A321 (C, L) aircraft at Bahrain International Airport.

Bahrain's Gulf Air to start flights to Israel

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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Lebanon forms new government

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Police and journalists gather around a hole used by six Palestinians to escape from the Gilboa Prison after they dug a tunnel beneath a sink, in northern Israel on Sept. 6, 2021.

Palestinian media alleges rights abuses during Israeli search for escaped prisoners

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AL-MONITOR Staff

A Syrian refugee walks past the rubble of demolished concrete walls at a make-shift camp in the town of Rihaniyye in Lebanon's Akkar governorate on Aug. 9, 2019.

Lebanon won't deport six detained Syrian refugees

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AL-MONITOR Staff

Members of the Spanish Guardia civil stand near vehicles seized during a raid targeting assets of the family of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in the Puerto Banus marina area of the plush resort of Marbella on April 4, 2017.

French court upholds conviction of Assad's uncle in money laundering case

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AL-MONITOR Staff

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US citizens on first Qatar Airways flight from Kabul since pullout

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German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass meets Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People on Nov. 13, 2018 in Beijing, China.

German foreign minister reopens embassy in Libya

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AL-MONITOR Staff