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Israeli troops withdraw from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after blowing up a house belonging to a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli soldier a few months ago, on December 15, 2018. - Israeli Sergeant Ronen Lubarsky, 20, of the Duvdevan special forces unit, reportedly died on May 26, 2018, two days after being struck on the head by a stone block thrown during an arrest raid. Israeli media said that the block was a granite slab dropped from a third-floor window. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

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A picture shows a view of a street with access to a detention center under the Adliyeh (Palace of Justice) bridge (L) of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 7, 2022, following a dawn prison break. - More than 30 people fled the detention centre, security forces said, after sawing their way past a prison window, according to a judicial official. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli troops withdraw from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after blowing up a house belonging to a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli soldier a few months ago, on December 15, 2018. - Israeli Sergeant Ronen Lubarsky, 20, of the Duvdevan special forces unit, reportedly died on May 26, 2018, two days after being struck on the head by a stone block thrown during an arrest raid. Israeli media said that the block was a granite slab dropped from a third-floor window. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

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29 June 2019, Japan, Osaka: Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdelasis al-Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, will attend the third working session of the G20 summit. The heads of state and government of the 19 leading industrialised and emerging countries and the European Union will meet at the G20 summit in Osaka (Japan) on 28 and 29 June 2019. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa (Photo by Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

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This picture taken on November 2, 2020 shows a view of the aircraft of the UN's acting envoy to Libya at the airport in Ghadames, a desert oasis some 465 kilometres (290 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli. - Rival Libyan military officers began talks on November 2 on home soil for the first time following a ceasefire agreement last month, discussing implementation of the deal. The three-day meeting of the joint military commission is taking place at a remote area near Libya's borders with both Algeria and Tunisia, far from the power bases of either side. The military commission had been dubbed "5+5", because it is made up of five officers from each camp. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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Protest in front of Medicine Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, on March 30, 2017 in solidarity 22-year-old imprisoned student, Ahmed el-Khatib, who is suffering from an illness brought on by unsanitary prison conditions. He is one of an estimated 60,000 political prisoners in Egypts jails, many of whom are sick but are denied medical treatment. (Photo by Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and lightened candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, on October 25, 2018. - Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributor, was killed on October 2, 2018 after a visit to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain paperwork before marrying his Turkish fiancee. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)

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