Several hundred people marched in London on Sunday to demand Hamas release the Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza , criticizing Britain's plan to recognize Palestine as a state , Agence France-Presse reported.

Joined by several relatives of the hostages, the march ended at the 10 Downing Street office of Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has said the U.K. will recognize a Palestinian state if Israel does not agree to a truce in its war with Hamas.

Many of the protesters waved Israeli flags or wore yellow ribbons, a symbol of solidarity with the hostages, whose liberation the organizers of the march argue should be the Labour leader's priority.

Among those who attended the rally Sunday is Noga Guttman, a cousin of 24-year-old hostage Evyatar David ,

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