Women’s plight

Protesters hold placards and wave Israeli flags as they take part in a demonstration “Rape is NOT resistance” outside the BBC headquarters, in London, on Sunday to bring attention to the plight of the kidnapped Israeli women in Gaza who have been held by Hamas for over 110 days. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since Oct. 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza.