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10.10.2025 10:51 Two years after the 7 October attacks, dozens of hostages remain in Hamas captivity. BBC Verify has been examining what we know about them.

09.10.2025 10:40 The agreement of the first-phase of the peace plan for Gaza, announced by US President Donald Trump, is a big moment.

09.10.2025 10:40 World leaders, and people in Gaza and Israel have welcomed the tentative deal between Israel and Hamas.

09.10.2025 10:40 Donald Trump says all hostages will be released and Israel will withdraw troops to an "agreed upon line", but there is no update to other aspects of his 20-point peace plan.

09.10.2025 10:40 The deal raises hopes for a lasting peace after more than two years of conflict.

09.10.2025 10:40 Palestinians celebrate on the streets of Khan Younis after the first phase of a Gaza peace deal was agreed.

09.10.2025 10:40 Relatives of Israeli hostages celebrated in Tel Aviv after the announcement that Israel and Hamas had signed the first phase of a peace deal.

09.10.2025 06:01 Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

08.10.2025 20:21 The Skeik building, in a quiet road in western Gaza City, has seen many families pass through it since the war began.

08.10.2025 15:22 Activists on board nine vessels carrying food and medical supplies for Palestinians will be deported, Israel says.

08.10.2025 10:41 "The horror of that dark day will be forever seared in the memories of us all," UN Secretary General António Guterres says.

08.10.2025 10:41 The arrival of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner comes as a second day of talks ended without tangible results, a Palestinian official tells the BBC.

07.10.2025 19:21 Palestinians have been reflecting on the toll on their lives since Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, which triggered the war.

07.10.2025 19:21 Results from the first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad show only 13% of seats were won by female and minority candidates.

07.10.2025 14:20 There is a chance of a deal that will end the killing and destruction in Gaza and return the Israeli hostages, living and dead, to their families.