A photo taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam shows smoke rising after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the village of Kfarshouba near the border on Feb. 16, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
An Israel Air-Force (IAF) Boeing 707 refueling plane and several F-35 and F-15 fighter jets carry out a drill just off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. (Photo: Israel Defense Forces IDF)
In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit, as officials and media visit the site, near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Photo: AP)
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, right, meets with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa during his visit at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo: Amr Nabil / AP)
Palestinians are seen near destroyed buildings by Israeli bombardments inside the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Feb. 9, 2025. (Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg / AP)
Ibrahim Kalin, Head of the Turkish Intelligence Organization, in meeting with Iran's SNSC Secretary Ali Akbar Ahmadian, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 8, 2025. (Photo: Nour News)
Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, (C), meets with Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam, (R), and parliament speaker Nabih Berri, (L), in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Israeli captives, kidnapped by Hamas since Oct. 2023, stand escorted by Hamas fighters on a stage before being handed over to the Red Cross in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.Feb. 8, 2025(Photo:AP)
Women hold posters bearing a pictures of Ohad Ben Ami (L) and Or Levy ,two of three Israeli hostages to be released by Hamas on Feb. 8, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows displaced Palestinians returning to Rafah, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect, Gaza Strip, Jan. 20, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Lebanese citizens gather to return to their villages, while Israeli soldiers block a road leading to the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon, Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo: AP)
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty heads a meeting with ministers from Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE, in Cairo, Egypt Feb. 1, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Demonstrators raise placards and wave flags during a protest calling for the release of hostages held captive in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, in front of the Israeli Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv on Jan. 25, 2025. (Photo: AFP)