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A picture taken from the Palestinian city of Rafah shows smoke billowing near the Egyptian border, in the southern Gaza Strip, during an Israeli strike on December 11, 2023, amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas. Photo by Said Khatib/AFP

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Members of the South Sudan People's Defence Force of the East African Community Regional Force (EAC-RF) prepare to leave the Democratic Republic of Congo at Goma airport on December 8, 2023. The East African Community (EAC) regional force began its withdrawal from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the morning of December 3 after Kinshasa deemed it ineffective and refused to renew its mandate. (Photo by Guerchom Ndebo / AFP)

Palestinians check the damage of a house in which a man and his daughter were killed and others wounded, during an early morning Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 9, 2023. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)

US Ambassador Alternate Representative of the US for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations Robert A. Wood raises his hand during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on Dec 8, 2023. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

Firefights battle flames in a building hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 9, 2023. - Photo by AFP

The country's chief federal prosecutor, Frederic Van Leeuw, insists the probe is moving ahead but has lashed out at "constant leaks" and "enormous pressure" in the case. - AFP

US Deputy Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood (R), flanked by British Ambassdor to the UN Barbara Woodward (L), reacts during a United Nations Security Council meeting on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza at UN headquarters in New York on December 8, 2023. The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate ceasefire in the intense fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The United States' deputy representative at the UN, Robert Wood, said the resolution was "divorced from reality" and "would have not moved the needle forward on the ground." (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP)

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec 8, 2023, shows smoke rising above buildings during an Israeli strike in northern Gaza, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. - (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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