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  1. Two women in a crowd at a protest in Tel Aviv on 9 August 2025 hold up their hands, wearing neon green gloves that have the word "Enough" written in Hebrew in black marker. One of them also holds up a yellow sign in the shape of a hand in a stop symbol that says "Bring them home now". Both women have their mouths open and appear to be chanting.

  2. Protesters marching and holding Israeli flags and signs in the background. BBC correspondent Emir Nader holding mic and walking

  3. Image shows internally displaced Palestinians carrying bags of flour near a food distribution point in Zikim, northern Gaza Strip, on 8 August 2025

  4. Haia Mohammed, wearing a white shirt and black headscarf, smiles while holding a book titled The Age of Olive Trees in an outdoor setting with palm trees in the background.

  5. Conservator Jacqui Hyman, who is wearing a floral blouse and purple protective gloves, smiles as she sits alongside the newly conserved hat. The hat is made of ochre-coloured felt, with a wide brim.

  6. A photo of Palestinians in Gaza City with an outline of the BBC Verify colours and logo.

  7. People walk on a dirt road in a displacement camp on the Gaza City beachfront on August 8, 2025

  8. Mike Huckabee, who has grey hair and a short grey beard and moustache, looks on during an interview at his office at the US embassy in Jerusalem. An American flag is behind him.

  9. A man and woman smile on holiday.

  10. A young boy stands next to his bicycle as Palestinians check the devastation following an Israeli strike that hit Gaza City's southern al-Zeitoun neighbourhood on August 8, 2025.

  11. A crowd of Palestinian residents walk down a sandy street against the backdrop of destroyed buildings in Gaza City on Friday.

  12. People sitting with chains around them, on the ground outside Benjamin Netanyahu's office

  13. Palestinians hold out pots and bowls, jostling to reach the front of a line as they await meals distributed by aid groups in Gaza City

  14. An overhead shot of a crowd of protesters taken at night-time. Some hold up posters with images of hostages, others hold flags and others hold up signs. The crowd appears to be progressing forwards.

  15. Palestinian woman carries a container of water as she passes by rubble in Gaza City (03/07/25)

  16. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wears a white shirt and black blazer, gazing slightly below the camera mid speech.

  17. US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he arrives for a meeting at the West Wing of the White House

  18. An aerial image of a dusty and destroyed Gaza

  19. Bombed out buildings and rubble in Gaza, viewed from above, with the coastline visible at the top of the image.

  20. Dr Ahmed Sabra in a striped blue shirt. He has short black hair and is stood in front of a wooden mantle place. There is a light fixture to the left of him.

  21. Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky in Washington DC

  22. A white lorry waits on the Kerem Shalom border crossing in Gaza. More trucks can be seen in the distance. The foreground is a mix of arid ground and grey and brown sand.

  23. A file photo of a Hezbollah flag with the sun behind it