'It's not over yet': Tel Aviv celebrates Pride but war in back of mind

Rainbow flags, colourful floats and Bad Bunny on loudspeakers brought a festive mood to Tel Aviv for this year's Pride march, the first in full form since before the October 7 attack and the war in Gaza."I wanted to come last year, they cancelled it at the last minute, and the previous year too," Orion Tree, a nursery employee who joined the march, told AFP under the blazing sun of the coastal Israeli city."I'm 40 years old, and I've been waiting to go to Pride since I was a child. So I'm really happy to be here," he said.