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  1. Headshot of a woman wearing a black and white checked top with a white headscarf. She is wearing pink lipstick. There is a pot with yellow flowers in the background.

  2. Zain Tafesh, a small Palestinian boy, laying topless on his hospital bed

  3. A man stands in a collared shirt and suspenders, his hair grey and expression neutral.

  4. Marco Rubio, wearing a dark blue suit, stands behind two microphones, with both hands open

  5. UN aid chief Tom Fletcher wearing a suit and sat in front of a microphone

  6. A parked white fire engine with fluorescent green stripes on it

  7. Workers carry bodies of unidentified Palestinians in body bags in Gaza. An ambulance is behind them.

  8. US Vice-President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem (22 October 2025)

  9. A composite image showing an IDF digger surrounded by troops placing a yellow block. Imposed over the image is a map showing the proposed line and the BBC Verify logo.

  10. Two uniformed naval guards in a boat patrolling a port area

  11. File photo showing a Palestinian man carrying an aid box provided by Unrwa, during a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza (21 January 2025)

  12. Evyatar David making the gesture of the heart

  13. Palestinian children wait with pots to receive hot meals distributed by charity organizations

  14. Arie Zalmanowicz (L) and Tamir Adar (R)

  15. A drone view shows the destruction in a residential neighbourhood in Gaza City

  16. US Vice-President JD Vance (centre) speaks at a press conference in southern Israel. US special envoys Steve Witkoff (left) and Jared Kushner(right) stand behind Vance. Photo: 21 October 2025

  17. Two excavators are pictured on either side of a set of yellow blocks on sandy ground in Gaza

  18. Sarkozy walks next to his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in front of a red background

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

  20. A masked Israeli settler holds a heavy stick while stood over an injured Palestinian woman on the ground.

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

  22. A man with a grey baseball cap, green jacket and headphones

  23. Emad Al Rawashdeh stands in the street looking to the side of the camera. The sun is behind him and catches the light in the long strands of his dark, greying beard. He has dark thinning hair and brown eyes. Behind him is a tree on the left, and a row of market shops, which are out of focus to the right.