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"Bring them home. Alive! now!" chant protesters holding pictures of Hamas-held Israeli hostages outside Columbia University as pro-Palestinian protests have taken over the campus since Wednesday. IMAGES
Women rights groups hold a protest in Tel Aviv calling for a deal to free the hostages taken by Hamas on 7 October. Hamas militants seized about 250 hostages. Israel says 132 remain in Gaza including at least 29 people believed to have been killed. IMAGES
The White House says US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken about Gaza in their first conversation for nearly a month amid reports of tensions between the leaders. "The two leaders also reviewed the situation in Gaza and the shift to targeted operations that will enable the flow of increasing amounts of humanitarian assistance while keeping the military pressure on Hamas and its leaders," US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters in a press briefing. IMAGES
Protesters rally in Tel Aviv, Israel, to demand the release of hostages abducted by Palestinian militants on October 7 and currently held in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hamas. IMAGES
Two hostages with Russian citizenship Yelena Trupanov, 50, and 73-year-old Irena Tati who were freed by Hamas, arrive by helicopter at Israel's Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. IMAGES