Conflicts color the history of the territory of Israel. The current war has become the longest and bloodiest since 1948.
Exactly one hundred days ago, at 6:29 in the morning, Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,100 people and taking more than 200 hostages.
After the attack, a state of war was declared in Israel and the next day Israel began airstrikes on Gaza. The ground attack was carried out by the Israeli army on October 27.
On Saturday evening and Sunday morning, thousands of people had gathered in Israel in Tel Aviv to demonstrate and demand peace and the release of the hostages taken by Hamas, says Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
There were peace activists, foreign diplomats, politicians and hostages released from Hamas captivity at the demonstration.
Al Jazeera estimates that due to the 100-day border blockade, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets around the world to protest the war in Gaza.
For example, in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur, protesters gathered in front of Israel’s ally, the US embassy. The United States has opposed UN Security Council resolutions calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health estimates that almost 24,000 people have died in fighting and Israeli attacks during the war. According to the Palestinian authorities, 85 percent of the population of Gaza has been displaced from their homes, and access to humanitarian aid to Gaza has been guaranteed.
Now running the conflict is the longest and bloodiest then the 1948-1949 Israeli War of Independence, and there is no end in sight to the fighting. Israeli forces continue to attack Hamas positions in central and southern Gaza.
Israel says the fighting will not end until Hamas is completely defeated and the more than 100 hostages still held by it are freed.
Opinion has also been expressed in Finland. A support demonstration for Israel gathered in the center of Helsinki on Sunday, according to the Helsinki police.
The last demonstration in favor of Palestine was on Saturday. On Saturday, a demonstration was held in the center of Helsinki called End of Genocide in Gaza. According to the police’s estimate, there were 800–1,000 participants.
According to the police, Sunday’s demonstration in support of Israel was smaller, but the Helsinki police did not have a more accurate estimate of the number of participants.