Tel Aviv (AFP) – Thousands gather in Tel Aviv to participate in the biggest peace event since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. Performers and activists speak on stage in front of thousands of Israelis, Jews, Muslims and Christians to call for a shared future. The war started with Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures. The militants also seized 251 hostages, 116 of whom remain in Gaza including 42 the army says are dead. Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 37,877 people, also mostly civilians, according to data from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.
