Palestinian pupils attend class at a school set up by the Mayasem Association for Culture with UNICEF support, at a displacement camp in the al-Qarara area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday --AFP LONDON, Oct 07 (BBC): For almost two years, Jewish and Palestinian people have come together in central London each month to share stories, songs and hopes for peace, amid the ongoing conflict in Israel and Palestine.
The events are organised by Standing Together, a group with roots in Israel, where supporters recently took part in demonstrations calling for the release of all hostages and an end to the war.
Daniel Randall, from UK Friends of Standing Together, said the events were about bringing people together.
An event held on Sunday came just days after two Jewish people were killed and three were left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester.
A group of people standing in a wide circle, some holding banners and placards.
British Palestinian doctor Jasr Kawkby said he felt it was important to attend the event following the attack in Manchester.
"At heart, we share really the same interests" and he felt it was "really important for me to come and to speak my position as a Palestinian". Mr Randall said: "Part of our message is that the side we're on is the side of people's rights.
Israel marks October
07 anniversary
Israel marks the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attack on Tuesday, as Hamas and Israeli negotiators hold indirect talks to end the two-year war in Gaza under a US-proposed peace plan.
Two years ago to the day, at the close of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas-led militants launched a massive assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country's history.
Palestinian fighters breached the Gaza-Israel border, storming southern Israeli communities and a desert music festival with gunfire, rockets and grenades.
The attack killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures.
Militants also took 251 people hostage into Gaza, of whom 47 remain captive, including 25 the Israeli military says are dead.
With global pressure mounting to end the war in Gaza, US President Donald Trump unveiled a 20-point plan calling for a ceasefire, a release of all the hostages, Hamas's disarmament and a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
The plan prompted talks in Egypt, with Israeli and Hamas negotiators holding "positive" indirect discussions on Monday, according to two sources close to the Palestinian militants' negotiating team.
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