People around the world are marking one year since the October 7 attacks on Israel, with renewed calls to negotiate the release of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and an end to the war in Gaza. In Taipei, pro-Palestine vigils and rallies have been held demanding Taiwan's government stop the sale of arms components to Israel and the U.S.
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00:00Rallies and vigils are being held across the world to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7th attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza.
00:09From Tel Aviv and London to Paris and Berlin, thousands of people have gathered to remember the victims of the Hamas attack that killed more than a thousand people, with hundreds of others taken hostage.
00:20In Jerusalem, there were renewed calls for Israel's government to negotiate the release of the remaining hostages.
00:26There were also multiple pro-Palestinian rallies. The conflict has killed nearly 42,000 people in Gaza and displaced nearly all of the 2.3 million people there.
00:36Here in Taipei, rallies and vigils have also been held, with some calling on Taiwan's government to stop sales of arms components to Israel and to the U.S.