Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen and Israel's Minister of Health Uriel Buso (R) hold a picture of Maya and Itay Regev Gerby Egev Gerby held hostage in Gaza, ahead of a press conference at the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva, on November 14, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 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. (Photo by PIERRE ALBOUY / AFP)