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Added on the 18/11/2023 18:24:09 - Copyright : AFP EN
Families and supporters of hostages rally in Tel Aviv to demand their release after Israel announced its troops had found six dead hostages in a Gaza tunnel. IMAGES
Israelis protest next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba against the detention for questioning of military reservists suspected of abusing a detainee held there. The Sde Teiman facility is known to be holding Palestinians arrested from Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Families of hostages held in Gaza rally in Tel Aviv along with thousands of supporters to demand their release. Efforts towards a truce in the Israel-Hamas war, allowing for a ceasefire and hostage release deal, appeared to rekindle after a new proposal from the Palestinian militant group. IMAGES
Some 150 Israelis launch a 4-day protest march from Re'im near the border with Gaza to Jerusalem, calling on the government to reach a deal with Hamas to release the Israeli hostages still held captive in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
The United States calls the death of six-year-old Gaza girl Hind Rajab, who days earlier had pleaded for help, "heartbreaking" and urges a prompt Israeli investigation. "It is just a devastating account, a heartbreaking account, for this child, and of course there have been thousands of other children who have died as a result of this conflict," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters, adding, "We have asked the Israeli authorities to investigate this incident on an urgent basis." SOUNDBITE
Israelis gather in Tel Aviv to organise a symbolic first birthday celebration for Kfir Bibas, the youngest Israeli hostage held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He was less than nine months old when militants snatched him from his bed on October 7. IMAGES