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  1. Mahmoud Khalil speaks at a pro-Palestinian protest

  2. Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil talks to media at Columbia University in New York City on 1 June 2024

  3. Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed houses, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip

  4. Destroyed buildings in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, 6 March 2025

  5. Michal Ohana looks at the camera in front of tributes to the 7 October attacks. She has long brown hair and thin-rimmed glasses.

  6. A group of students wearing keffiyehs and holding Palestinians flags at a protest at Columbia University in New York

  7. Michal Ohana, with long dark hair, large glasses and wearing pink lipstick, stands in front of a memorial to those who died in the 7 October attack on the Nova festival, with photos of the people killed, Israeli flags, flowers and other mementoes.

  8. Donald Trump wearing a blue suit talking

  9. The archway of an old university building has been covered in red paint.

  10. Palestinian children gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, 3 March 2025.

  11. A boy looks at destroyed buildings in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza (26 February 2025)

  12. Three small children in a bus. One child has their hands pressed against the window

  13. Tents for displaced Palestinians are set up near destroyed and heavily damaged buildings in Gaza City (26 February 2025)

  14. Police officer at Columbia University alongside students.

  15. Rami kicks a football while his mother stands behind him, with a member of medical staff watching on

  16. Two women walk past a makeshift tent with three people inside, with destroyed buildings stand in the background

  17. Protest in Cambridge: protesters, with some wearing scarves and dark glasses, hold up signs and red, green and white flags.

  18. The actor Khalid Abdalla

  19. Israeli police and forensic investigators work at the site of a deadly stabbing attack in Haifa, northern Israel (3 March 2025)

  20. Israeli army tank drives into position near Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on January 14, 2025

  21. A Palestinian family break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, on the rubble of their house in Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza (2 March 2025)

  22. A Palestinian boy carries a bag with aid supply provided by the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) in northern Gaza Strip. Photo: 2 March 2025

  23. Emily Damari, a young woman with curly brown hair wearing a blue hospital gown, smiles and holds her hand to the camera while sat in a hospital bed, showing her two missing fingers.

  24. Palestinian women walk between destroyed buildings in Gaza City. Photo: 14 February 2025