Faith leaders unite to reject prejudice on eve of 7 October anniversary

Muslim and Jewish figures join archbishop in first act of high-level solidarity

Muslim and Jewish leaders today unite around an unprecedented joint statement calling the assaults on Israel on 7 October last year brutal Hamas terrorist attacks" that led to a devastating war in Gaza and beyond" which together have caused horrific" human suffering.

Joined by the archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the first high-level act of inter-faith solidarity in the year-long conflict, they say in a letter to the Observer: Our faiths and our humanity teach us that we should mourn for all the innocent people who have lost their lives.