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We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East.
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  1. Palestinians wait to be allowed to return to their homes in northern Gaza after they were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war. A woman in a headscarf sits with a blanket on her knees, with a child wearing a red jumper next to her.

  2. A group of men and children sit atop a vehicle with their belongings

  3. Israeli army tank drives into position near Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on January 14, 2025

  4. Four female Israeli soldiers due for release by Hamas

  5. Liri Albag wearing a blue hoodie with a yellow smiley face sits in between her parents who are embracing and kissing her.

  6. Images of the four Israeli soldiers meeting their families

  7. Four freed Palestinian prisoners wearing matching grey sweatshirts are greeted by people after being released from an Israeli jail in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

  8. Naama Levy hugged by loved ones

  9. Crowd waving Palestinian flag

  10. Eitan and Yair Horn

  11. 19 January 2025: Emily Damari smiles broadly from the back seat of a car, which has just arrived in Israel-occupied territory - she has just been released after spending 15 months as a hostage in Gaza

  12. Two female soldiers alongside Hamas fighters

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  14. A composite photo of Karina Ariev, Naama Levy, Daniella Gilboa and Liri Albag

  15. The Radcliffe camera with some protestors, all wearing black, stood on a ledge.

  16. Lina al-Dabah shows photo of her dead daughter Aya on a mobile phone

  17. A woman is pictured smiling with bright sparkling lights behind her.

  18. File photo of the vehicle carrier Galaxy Leader, which was seized by Yemen's Houthi movement in November 2023

  19. Israeli military chief Lt Gen Herzi Halevi (L) listens to a message during a Memorial Day ceremony at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl military cemetery on 13 May 2024 (file photo)

  20. BBC Verify's Nick Eardley

  21. Donald Trump sitting in the Oval Office

  22. A devastated area of Jabalia seen from the air, with buildings hollowed out

  23. People, including a child on a crutch, missing the lower half of his left leg, walk past the grey, dusty rubble of houses and buildings destroyed during the war in Al-Bureij in central Gaza