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Jeremy Bowen: Chances of peace in the Middle East

The BBC's International Editor reflects on the ongoing peace efforts
  • BBC Radio 4

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  1. A white Red Cross jeep with the NGO's logo and a red cross emblem is seen in front of damaged and destroyed buildings, the sun setting in the background, as workers assist as fighters of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, search for the bodies of Israeli hostages in Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood in the east of the Gaza City, Gaza Strip.

  2. A group of officers are walking down a street outside Villa Park, most are male but in the middle is a white female officer wearing a black cap, all of them are wearing hi-vis vests

  3. Rom Braslavski

  4. An activist brandishing a flare was confronted by members of the audience

  5. A group of male officers gather outside the stadium. Two of them, one a black man with a moustache and the other white, both wearing caps, have their hands outstretched pushing people back

  6. Evyatar David making the gesture of the heart

  7. (Left) Ruins of buildings in Gaza; (centre) Donald Trump; (right) Phoenix plan to rebuild Gaza

  8. Joshua Mollel

  9. Wide shot showing complete destruction with buildings flattened to grey rubble, and a security camera

  10. Villa Park

  11. Itay Chen, seen with a beard and moustache, smiles at the camera

  12. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) handout photo showing its former Military Advocate General Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi

  13. Israeli soldiers Col Asaf Hamami (L), Staff Sgt Oz Daniel (C) and Capt Omer Neutra (R)

  14. Sahar Baruch (L) and Amiram Cooper (R)

  15. A man with short dark hair carries a cardboard box of aid on his shoulder - a woman carrying a box can be seen in the background behind him

  16. Palestinian student Raghad Loai Mhanna concentrates as she works away on her laptop while sat in a white tent on a bench with a fan next to her, in Deir al-Balah on 19 October.

  17. Palestinians look out from their family's home following an Israeli air strike on a residential block in al-Shati refugee camp, northern Gaza (29 October 2025)

  18. Civil defense teams and Palestinians conduct search and rescue operations in collapsed buildings at the ez-Zeytun neighborhood after Israeli forces struck the central Gaza, on October 29, 2025 in southern Gaza City, Gaza.

  19. Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen (right), co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, preparing to hand out free ice cream from a van in Philadelphia. Both men are seen scooping ice cream into cups. Cohen is pictured on the right, with a smile, as he scoops ice cream.

  20. Paul Givan, a man with blue eyes and short grey hair, looks towards the camera. He is mid-speech and is wearing a navy suit, a white shirt and a pink tie.

  21. Israeli soldiers and police salute as a convoy carrying the coffin that Hamas said contained the body of an Israeli hostage held in Gaza arrives at the National Centre of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel (28 October 2025)

  22. Released Israeli hostage Evyatar David gestures to crowds as he returns to his home in Kfar Saba, central Israel on 26 October 2025

  23. A close head and shoulders crop shows the King of Jordan speaking to the BBC with a Jordanian flag in the background while wearing suit and red tie.

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