Israel-Gaza war

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Jeremy Bowen: Chances of peace in the Middle East

The BBC's International Editor reflects on the ongoing peace efforts
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  1. Rubble and a destroyed building as a man on his bike rides past it on a dirt road.

  2. A child with her hair tied back smiles, with backpack straps and a cream jumper. Other children surround her.

  3. An Israeli soldier on patrol beside a protective security barrier decorated with graffiti that reads "Path for Peace" in Hebrew near the border fence with Gaza Strip, left, in the moshav Netiv HaAsara.

  4. A Palestinian woman pours water from a large jug into a baby's bottle as she prepares baby formula in a tent.

  5. US President Donald Trump points his finger towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

  6. An image in black and white of young children sitting on the ground and looking up, one of them has a beard and moustache drawn on his face in pen

  7. Photo showing US president Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Behind them is a yellow curtain. Trump is behind Netanyahu facing left. Netanyahu is face on and looking down at a piece of paper.

  8. A blue Italian police van

  9. An ambulance and other vehicles at the scene of an attack in Israel (26/12/25)

  10. An Israeli military vehicle moves in a street outside the building in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where Al Jazeera's office was located before it was ordered to close (22 September 2024)

  11. Siwar Ashour

  12. Displaced Palestinian woman Hanan Abu Taibah cooks food on a fire outside her tent in Khan Younis, southern Gaza (18 December 2025)

  13. A woman holds a picture of Ran Gvili, the last dead Israeli hostage in Gaza, at a rally in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel (29 November 2025)

  14. A treated image of two Jewish men sitting together inside a synagogue Copyright

  15. Sami al-Saei during his interview with the BBC. He has a bald head with a short black beard. He wears black-rimmed glasses and a black T-shirt.

  16. A Palestinian girl gestures as she waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Khan Younis

  17. An electronic display inside a London Underground train showing a yellow “Caution” banner and a message advising passengers to contact police on 61016, alongside the slogan “See it. Say it. Sorted”.

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    A police van is parked outside the Diorama building in London with a police officer standing next to it, and above the van is a banner reading 'Globalize the intifada' hung on the building, in 2023.

  21. Tents - one of them blue with two children outside it - are reflected in floodwater in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza (17 December 2025)

  22. A man with blonde hair and glasses who is wearing a white and black scarf over his shoulders speaks into a microphone

  23. Rescue workers in hi-vis jackets stand besides a mangled car

  24. Swiss singer Nemo holds up the 2024 Eurovision trophy on stage wearing a fluffy, pink ruffled jacket.