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A relative of Liri Albag, an Israeli hostage taken captive by Palestinian militants to the Gaza Strip during the October 7 attacks, demonstrates with other family members in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, calling for action to secure the release of the Israeli hostages amid the ongoing war in the Palestilian territory between Israel and Hamas. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, released a video of the Israeli hostage on January 4, 2025. In the undated, three-and-half-minute video recording that AFP has not been able to verify, Albag called in Hebrew for the Israeli government to secure her release. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

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Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivering a speech in 2008. AFP

CommentHaving attended a Nasrallah rally, I could see why he was a historical figure

Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched by Iran in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters

CommentThe region's sixth war in 40 years could be its worst

A woman mourns her child who was killed during an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City's Zaytoun neighbourhood, on September 21. AFP

EditorialNeither Israel nor Hamas will win this war

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Times Square on October 5, in New York City. Getty Images via AFP

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Women in Gaza city mourn for people killed in an Israeli bombardment earlier this week. On Wednesday, as the UN Security Council met to discuss the spiralling situation in Lebanon, Gazans were counting the cost of the latest Israeli attacks across the Palestinian enclave. AFP

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Iranian women near banners of (L-R) Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, Iran's deceased former president Ebrahim Raisi, and the IRGC's late Qassem Soleimani and Abbas Nilforoushan during an anti-Israeli rally on October 2. EPA

CommentThis is Lebanon's chance to free itself from the clutches of Iran and Israel

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivering a speech in 2008. AFP

CommentHaving attended a Nasrallah rally, I could see why he was a historical figure

Israel's anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched by Iran in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters

CommentThe region's sixth war in 40 years could be its worst

A woman mourns her child who was killed during an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza City's Zaytoun neighbourhood, on September 21. AFP

EditorialNeither Israel nor Hamas will win this war

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Times Square on October 5, in New York City. Getty Images via AFP

US citizens empathise with Palestine – not American politicians

Women in Gaza city mourn for people killed in an Israeli bombardment earlier this week. On Wednesday, as the UN Security Council met to discuss the spiralling situation in Lebanon, Gazans were counting the cost of the latest Israeli attacks across the Palestinian enclave. AFP

EditorialThe world forgets about Gaza at its peril

Iranian women near banners of (L-R) Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, Iran's deceased former president Ebrahim Raisi, and the IRGC's late Qassem Soleimani and Abbas Nilforoushan during an anti-Israeli rally on October 2. EPA

CommentThis is Lebanon's chance to free itself from the clutches of Iran and Israel

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivering a speech in 2008. AFP

CommentHaving attended a Nasrallah rally, I could see why he was a historical figure

Palestinian fighters from the armed wing of Hamas take part in a military parade in July 2023. Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto

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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi attends the Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza conference in Jordan this summer. EPA

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Residents of Zanuta return to their community after being violently displaced by Israeli settlers. David Lombeida for The National

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Displaced Gazans are trying to rebuild their lives at Emirates Humanitarian City. Victor Besa / The National

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A relative of Liri Albag, an Israeli hostage taken captive by Palestinian militants to the Gaza Strip during the October 7 attacks, demonstrates with other family members in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025, calling for action to secure the release of the Israeli hostages amid the ongoing war in the Palestilian territory between Israel and Hamas. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, released a video of the Israeli hostage on January 4, 2025. In the undated, three-and-half-minute video recording that AFP has not been able to verify, Albag called in Hebrew for the Israeli government to secure her release. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)

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