Israel-Gaza war

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Jeremy Bowen: Chances of peace in the Middle East

The BBC's International Editor reflects on the ongoing peace efforts
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  1. A Palestinian man carries water cans among the rubble of destroyed buildings on the streets of Sheikh Radwan, Gaza City (20 October 2025)

  2. Smoke billows from a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza after Israeli strikes

  3. Tal Haimi, pictured smiling, wearing a blue T-shirt

  4. A man with a grey beard and shaved head wearing a brown jacket and green shirt. He standing in front of a poster that reads "The Fifth Step, @sohoplace, National Theatre of Scotland." He has a slight smile.

  5. A Hamas member holding a rifle gun

  6. Women hug each other during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at al-Awda Hospital, in central Gaza (20 October 2025)

  7. Smoke billows above piles of rubble and half-destroyed buildings in the central Gaza Strip.

  8. Man in hat loads gun

  9. Image shows Ronen Engel in a turquoise blue shirt, with a beard and black glasses smiling with a topknot of dark brown curls on top of his head

  10. Evyatar David making the gesture of the heart

  11. A treated image showing people search at the mound of rubble at the site of the collapsed Sussi Tower

  12. An elderly woman, looking distressed, with two younger women behind her. There is a hospital sign in the background on a heavily damaged wall.

  13. Tom Fletcher wearing a black top with the OCHA United Nations logo on it.

  14. Eliyahu Margalit sits in a field wearing a blue checked shirt and grey T-shirt. He had short grey hair and a beard.

  15. The image shows a food distribution scene where several people are handing out or receiving bags of bread. Multiple hands are visible reaching for or holding plastic bags containing round loaves.

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    Maccabi Tel Aviv fans hold up a scarf in the airport before their trip to Amsterdam

  18. A woman is carried but four police officers as protesters can be seen in the background. One is holding up a sign saying: I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.

  19. Hamas gunmen at the handover of the bodies of two hostages in Gaza

  20. A file photo showing a man carrying a box with aid

  21. Palestinian Marwan Barghouti looks into the camera, his arms raised, while surrounded by Israeli prison guards (file photo)

  22. A photo taken at night showing a Red Cross white truck, with an armed Hamas gunman standing next to it.

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    A crowd of people in Trafalgar Square protesting. A number of police in fluorescent jackets are among them and a Palestine flag is flying near one of the lion statues. In the background are a large number of police behind a fence