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  1. Displaced Palestinians start returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip (19 January 2025)

  2. Romi Gonen hugs her mother, Meirav, on a sofa after her release

  3. Two Palestinians with their backs to the camera hold black, white, green and red Palestinian flags while look down on Ofer prison, in the occupied West Bank, ahead of the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for three Israeli hostages on the first day of the Gaza ceasefire deal (19 January 2025)

  4. Mandy and Emily Damari hug as they speak on a video call after her release

  5. Palestinians in Jabalia walk among debris as they return to their houses after the announcement of ceasefire and hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel

  6. The moment three Israeli freed hostages arrived back on Israeli soil

  7. Eitan Gonen, father of Romi Gonen, with hands on his face

  8. People in Gaza celebrate as a long-awaited temporarily ceasefire begins on Sunday

  9. Woman in Jerusalem wearing sunglasses

  10. Woman protesting against the government and showing support for the 7 October hostages holds up both hands, with the words "Stop the War" written on her palms, as demonstrators with banners stand in the background

  11. File photo showing a man hold up a poster calling for the release of the body of Israeli soldier Oron Shaul, which was being held by Hamas in Gaza, at a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel (4 November 2023)

  12. Netanyahu looks at the screen as he addresses the Israeli nation.

  13. File photos of Ali Razini (left) and Mohammad Moghisseh (right) sat in court

  14. Aid lorries in Gaza

  15. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (top row, 2nd right) speaks during an Israeli Security Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem (17 January 2025)

  16. Two women embrace at a public demonstration after ceasefire and hostage deal was agreed

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  18. Vladimir Putin, seen in profile, gestures towards his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, who is walking slightly ahead of him. Both men are wearing dark suits. Putin has a white shirt and dark tie, while Pezeshkian wears a blue open-necked shirt.

  19. A woman holds a sign with the image of a hostage kidnapped during the 7 October attacks.

  20. Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in an evening address

  21. A montage image: Includes black and white image of Trump and a red map. On the right is Jeremy Bowen in a blue press vest.

  22. A convoy of blue lorries driving uphill on a slight bend

  23. Two Palestinian women search and collect usable items among the rubble of a completely destroyed house in Gaza.

  24. Palestinian man with two young girls walking past the rubble of buildings destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, as two boys walk away in the opposite direction, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 16 January, 2025