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  1. Crowds wave flags in a stadium

  2. Smoke billows over Tulkarm refugee camp, West Bank. It is a hazy, sunny day.

  3. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, speaks at a news conference. He is wearing a black suit with a red tie and is stood behind a lectern and in front of the flags of the US and Israel

  4. Palestinian families react after Israel delayed the release of Palestinian prisoners, scheduled to be released in the seventh hostage-prisoner exchange, in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah early on February 23, 2025

  5. Lisa is shown holding a microphone and speaking during the event. It is dark, and the city lights are visible in the background. She is wearing a long red dress and a cream jacket, and has one hand up as she is talking.

  6. The entrance to the tomb of King Thutmose II, who ruled three-and-a-half thousand years ago

  7. Undated family handout photo issued by the Israeli Embassy in London of Shiri Bibas with her son Kfir

  8. Four of the men were kidnapped on 7 October 2023, while the two have been held for a decade.

  9. Daniel Lifschitz, grandson of Oded Lifschitz

  10. Omer Shem Tov hugging a family member and holding the hand of a woman sat on a black sofa.

  11. Undated family handout photo issued by the Israeli Embassy in London of Shiri Bibas with her son Kfir

  12. Women wearing the Israeli flag around their shoulders embrace in anguish as the convoy transporting the bodies of deceased hostages, identified at the time by Hamas as Oded Lifschitz, Shiri Bibas and her two children Kfir and Ariel Bibas arrived in Tel Aviv

  13. File photo shows posters bearing the portraits of Israeli hostages Shiri Bibas, and her two children Ariel and Kfir. The poster of Shiri says "bring her home now", while those of Ariel and Kfir say "bring him home now".

  14. A family photo showing the Bibas parents with their two small children

  15. Man looks at charred remains of bus (21/02/25)

  16. Sharone and Oded hugging each other and smiling. Photo taken in a house.

  17. Israeli soldiers carrying a coffin draped in the Israeli flag

  18. Abdullah Al-Yazouri walking in front of a demolished building

  19. A woman draped in an Israeli flag holds another person (20/02/25)

  20. A woman in black carries a sack of grain on her head. There are lots of other sacks in the background.

  21. The rock-surrounded entrance to the tomb of King Thutmose II

  22. Eli Sharabi is in the middle, being held by two hooded men in black and khaki clothing. He is gaunt and wearing a brown sweatshirt. He has a facial hair in the shape of a goatee and a balding hair line. He is holding a sign which has Arabic writing and a Palestinian flag in the corner

  23. More than a dozen campaigners standing together. Some are holding banners calling for people to be freed from Saudi prisons.

  24. A woman looks into the distance as she stands between Israeli flags in Tel Aviv