Hundreds gather near Eiffel Tower in Paris to mark six months since Oct. 7

By AFP and ToI Staff 7 April 2024, 9:04 pm

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Illustrative. People take part in a gathering organized by the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza since the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel, at the Trocadero esplanade with the Eiffel Tower in the background in Paris, on April 7, 2024. (Thomas Samson/AFP)

Hundreds of people are gathering at the Trocadeo esplanade in Paris to call for the release of over 100 hostages held by terror groups in Gaza since October 7.

Demonstrators are waving Israeli flags and holding posters of the hostages.

The demonstration near the Eiffel Tower marks six months since war erupted in Gaza with Hamas’s October 7 massacre, which saw some 3,000 terrorists burst across the border into Israel by land, air and sea, killing some 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages, mostly civilians, many amid horrific acts of brutality and sexual assault.

Rassemblement sur l’esplanade du #Trocadéro à #Paris pour demander la libération des 134 otages retenus depuis 6 mois suite aux attaques du Hamas en Israël le 7 octobre 2023. pic.twitter.com/zhWPLijqif

— CLPRESS / Agence de presse (@CLPRESSFR) April 7, 2024