Yocheved Lifshitz (C), who was released by Hamas after 16 days in captivity, holds a picture of her captive husband Oded Lifshitz as she attends a protest with others holding signs showing portraits of other 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 AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)