Israel-Gaza war

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  1. A screengrab from a video showing the demolition of a building in Gaza City. Smoke is seen erupting from several buildings as explosives are detonated. The image is imposed over the BBC Verify colours and branding.

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    Palestinian flags are seen been flown above a demonstration in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square

  3. Israelis attend a protest in Jerusalem demanding that the Israeli government agree a deal to secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas and not endanger them by launching an offensive in Gaza City (3 September 2025)

  4. Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Kaouther Ben Hania and Motaz Malhees attend the The Voice Of Hind Rajab red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival

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    Four police officers are holding a man in a grey top and cap. His face and features are obscured and his hand is in the air

  6. The grandmother of three-year-old Ibrahim al-Mabhuh, who survived an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza City that killed his parents and two sisters, holds him (3 September 2025)

  7. John Swinney, a bald man with glasses, speaks at a podium in the Scottish Parliament. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and purple tie, with his right hand gesticulating in front of his body. There are MSPs sat on benches behind him.

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    A post in a window reading: Stop starving Gaza, we are closed in solidarity

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  11. Benjamin Netanyahu in a black suit and blue tie

  12. Israeli tanks deployed in southern Israel, near the Gaza perimeter fence (2 September 2025)

  13. Greta Thunberg is seen aboard of a vessel of a civilian flotilla

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    David Lammy sitting in a red wing-backed chair with a stern expression on his face - he is visible from the shoulders up and has a lapel pin with the Flag of the United States and the Union Flag. A Union Flag is visible behind him.

  15. Male mourners carry a body during the funeral for Palestinians killed in strikes, according to medics, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Multiple men are carrying a body wrapped fully in a white shroud and placed on a metal stretcher, on their shoulders.

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    Metropolitan Police officers remove people from a protest in central London in support of Palestine Action. A woman wearing sunglasses with white hair holds a sign saying "I support Palestine Action".

  17. Victoria looks to camera whilst wearing a protective blue jacket and blue helmet

  18. Abu Obeida speaks behind a number of microphones with logos of world media while wearing a scarf over his face, flanked by two Hamas fighters.

  19. Picture shows Mahmoud Abbas - an older man with white hair, glasses and a greying moustache dressed in a suit and tie - speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He is standing behind a desk that bears the UN logo.

  20. Ilan Weiss

  21. A man in a black suit, his face not visible, holds a black submachine gun in his hands.

  22. Rescue workers aid a man after the strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital. The man has blood on his face while a rescue workers is wearing his-vis vests and helmet.

  23. Residents in Gaza City, with buildings destroyed by the Israeli attacks in the background, 24 August

  24. A montage of Gaza press photos shows a man in a press flak jacket wearing a helmet with his back to us holding a large camera. Another person holds a camera in their hands, also wearing a press flak jacket. There are tents and tanks in the background.