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  1. Rebel fighters led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) drive an armoured vehicle during an offensive against government forces in north-western Syria (28 November 2024)

  2. Israeli armoured fighting vehicles make their way to the northern Gaza Strip

  3. Adolf Eichmann stands in the dock, flanked by two Israeli guards, while a third guard stands at the front right of the picture

  4. Displaced Palestinian children wait in a line whilst holding bowls as they wait to receive a free hot meal in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on 26 November 2024

  5. View of the border with Lebanon from a burned-out window in Kibbutz Menara (27 November 2024)

  6. Abu Ali sits in the front seat of his car, hand on the steering wheel. A child and presumed relative sits in the passenger seat next to him.

  7. File photo showing Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Yoav Gallant (R) attending a ceremony at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Israel (31 October 2024)

  8. Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike. The writer, Jeremy Bowen, is in a different image to the side wearing a press vest

  9. A woman dressed in a black headscarf and dark clothing walks past the wreckage of heavily damaged buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon. The scene shows extensive destruction, with collapsed walls, twisted metal and debris scattered across the ground.

  10. A relief map of Lebanon showing the mountains to the east of Beirut with a photograph of damaged buildings imposed in the background.

  11. A family photo of Egyptian diver Khattab al-Faramawy

  12. A young woman stands in front of rubble

  13. Destroyed buildings following Israeli strike

  14. A highway packed with cars towards south Lebanon

  15. A woman cries after returning to her city, after a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah took effect at 0200 GMT.

  16. Black smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh

  17. Split screen of man in Tel Aviv and woman in Beirut

  18. A side view of a woman carries a Hezbollah flag while riding pillion on the back of a motor scooter driven by a man on a street in Beirut

  19. Biden is talking to the press.

  20. Israeli troops at damaged house in northern Israel after reports of projectiles coming from Lebanon

  21. Israeli soldiers stand on a tank by Israel’s border with Lebanon in northern Israel, 26 November 2024

  22. Plumes of smoke rise from Beirut's southern suburbs following a wave of Israeli air strikes (26 November 2024)

  23. Firefighter and man stand amidst the rubble in Burj Al-Barajneh, Beirut

  24. Medics stand beside a stretcher to wait for possible survivors after a boat sank at a harbour in Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate, in Egypt 25 Novermber 2024. Two medics are wearing black and blue medical suits. They are standing on a wooden platform by the sea.