A child looks on as performers stand on a stage draped in Israeli national flags and holding portraits of some of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks, during a demonstration calling for their release outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, now informally called the "Hostages Square", in Tel Aviv on December 9, 2023. Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres in the Gaza Strip as they seek to destroy Hamas over its unprecedented attack in October when militants broke through Gaza's militarised border to kill around 1,200 people and seize hostages, 138 of whom remain captive according to Israeli figures. (Photo by Marco LONGARI / AFP)