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  1. Two Israeli fighter jets are taxiing at an air base in southern Israel.

  2. Palestinians receive clean drinking water, distributed by a water tanker, as they face difficulties in accessing water due to the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza

  3. Palestinians carrying supplies on a road in Gaza

  4. BBC Radio 4 Today presenter Laura Foster

  5. Mourners react following deaths of Palestinians in Israeli fire near a distribution site in Rafah.

  6. A police officer stands in front of a yellow police tape which says "do not cross". We can see police and ambulance vehicles in front of her. The officer is facing away from the camera

  7. haritable organizations distribute hot meals to Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp, who are struggling with hunger due to Israel's attacks on Gaza and closed borders in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on May 27, 2025. As Israel's relentless and devastating attacks on the Gaza Strip continue, Israeli policies have exacerbated the already severe humanitarian crisis in the region.

  8. Shaima al-Louh, 24, carries her three-month-old daughter, Jilan Zarrouk, at a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in al-Mawasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip (9 April 2025)

  9. Sanaa Seif (L) sits beside her mother Laila Soueif (R) at St Thomas' hospital, London

  10. Displaced Palestinians return from a food distribution centre in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 1 June 2025

  11. Tim Davie appears in a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie.

  12. Two women dressed in blue tunics and white head coverings hold up the flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

  13. Hamdi al-Najjar is visited by his niece, Samah Al-Najjar, while in the intensive care unit. His face is heavily bandaged and he is lying in a hospital bed. His niece is dressed all in black, has he hand on his chest and is visibly upset.

  14. File image of Tice in front of a rural background. He has mid-length brown hair and a short brown beard and is wearing a khaki green polo shirt.

  15. Amber looking happy after her rescue, sitting on a sofa, with a lead around her neck.

  16. A body bag lies on a ground while a man kneels to kiss it. Others gather round while a woman covers her face and cries.

  17. A woman sits on a stairway with her hand on her face, appearing distressed

  18. Steve Witkoff in striped shirt and red tie, wearing a brown coat

  19. Palestinians inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza. Photo: 30 May 2025

  20. World Food Programme (WFP) trucks waiting at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip on 26 May

  21. Two women walk next to an anti-US mural near the former US embassy in Tehran

  22. An elderly man carries a box of aid from a distribution centre, while another image shows a family carrying supplies from the site. Both images have been superimposed over the BBC Verify colours and the logo.

  23. People wearing vests with the name of al-Awda hospital on the back carry bags to a row of ambulances waiting between the rubble of buildings

  24. Mona Seif comforts her mother, Laila Soueif, as she receives treatment at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital in London (30 May 2025)