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Hundreds of people gather outside the Qatari embassy in London to demand the release of the 230 hostages held in Gaza by Hamas following its surprise attack on Israel on October 7. In addition to the hostages, Israeli officials say some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack, making it the deadliest in Israel's history. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the retaliatory Israeli bombardment has killed more than 8,000 people, mainly civilians and half of them children. IMAGES
"I am begging the world to bring my baby back home", urges the mother of a young French-Israeli hostage girl, Mia Shem, abducted on October 7 in Israel by Hamas. On Monday, the Islamist movement posted on its official Telegram account the video of "one of the prisoners in Gaza" in which a young woman speaking Hebrew appears. The caption states that she was abducted "on the first day" of the Hamas attack on Israeli soil. SOUNDBITE
"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
"There's still a lot of work to be done. But we continue to believe that an agreement is possible and indeed essential, and we will continue to work relentlessly to achieve it," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells reporters in Doha after being informed of the reply by Qatar. 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
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