Orit Meir (R), mother of Almog Meir, cries next to Thomas Hand, father of Emily Hand, during a press conference by families of hostages held by Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, at the embassy of Israel in London on November 20, 2023. Fighting raged in Gaza, more than six weeks after a shock Hamas attack sparked an air and ground offensive by Israel, which has vowed to destroy the Palestinian militant group. In Gaza, around 13,000 people, more than 5,500 of them children, have been killed in the conflict, officials in the Hamas-run territory have said. About 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Israel during the October 7 attack and around 240 taken hostage, according to Israeli officials. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)