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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 screenshot from a video uploaded by Palestine Action. It shows a white van with curved rectangular windows and yellow and orange hi-vis decals on the back. It is night time and there is a lot of smoke in the air which is being lit up by the van's red brake lights. On the right there is a figure wearing all black and a white hard hat.

  2. Armed members of Yasser Abu Shabab's Popular Forces militia listen to a speech by their deputy commander, Ghassan al-Dhahini (16 November 2025)

    3. Yolande Knell in southern Israel

    • An injured Palestinian girl has her head bandaged at al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli strike (19 November 2025)

    • Hiba Ahmed and Ayeshah Behit smile for the camera. Hiba Ahmed has long dark brown hair and is wearing a blue coat with a white floor length, white skirt. Ayeshah Behit has pink/purple hair and is wearing a long black puffa coat, with black trousers and a purple Palestinian-style scarf around her neck.

    • A view of Sde Teiman prison in the Negev desert near the Gaza Strip

    • A woman in a pale brown head scarf and maroon top looks at the camera. She is sitting in an office. To her right is a glass-fronted cabinet, with books inside and a plant on top of it. The wall is pale yellow in colour.

    • A Palestinian child, wet from rain, looks into the camera, surrounded by soaked tents and wet and muddy ground.

    • Long shot of Gaza rubble and demolished homes, bricks and concrete burying roads

    • A group of Palestinians is seen with tie hands raised while seated in a plane

    • A tank raises dust on sandy ground.

    • A Palestinian woman holds a child dressed in a yellow track suit, with a pile of rubble behind them.

    • A large concrete sign that reads 'UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX'. It is on an area of green grass.

    • Israeli security forces stand next to their vehicles as they inspect the Hajja Hamida Mosque after it was set on fire and vandalised by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Deir Istiya

    • Passengers, including men and women, raise their hands in a plane

    • Evyatar David making the gesture of the heart

    • In this photograph taken when he was alive, Meny Godard, who has short light-coloured hair, glasses with red frames and is wearing a black t-shirt, smiles at the camera

    • Tom Fletcher dressed in a dark suit looking pensive

    • An Israeli tank parked next to the ruins of a building in the Gaza Strip.

    • Hamas fighters guard an area of Gaza City where they are searching for the bodies of hostages with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in northern Gaza (3 November 2025)

    • Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to members of his Jewish Power party during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem (3 November 2025)

    • Hamdi speaking at a podium with his hand out to illustrate a point

    • Hadar Goldin smiles into the camera

    • Lior Rudaeff