Pro-peace demonstrators gather with broken heart signs and placards calling for a ceasefire to the conflict in Gaza during a protest at HaBima 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)