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Wednesday 08 May 2013

Israel confirms overnight airstrikes against Damascus

Israel carried out an air strike near Damascus airport overnight, targeting Iranian missiles destined for Lebanon's Shia Muslim Hizbollah movement, a senior Israeli source has said.

Damien McElroy

By , agencies

9:06AM BST 05 May 2013

In Israel

US President Barack Obama during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories  

Obama in the Middle East

Barack Obama signs a guest book at Israeli President Shimon Peres's residence in Jerusalem  

Barack Obama in Israel

An Israeli man runs through a swarm of locusts arriving over the Negev desert near the Egyptian border  

A plague of locusts?

A Palestinian man walks near palm trees as snow falls in Jerusalem's old city. Jerusalem was transformed into a winter wonderland after heavy overnight snowfall turned the Holy City and much of the region white, bringing hordes of excited children onto the streets.  

Snow in the Middle East

A Palestinian man uses his donkey cart to transport people across a flooded street in the Rafah refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip  

Winter storms hit the Middle East

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