LOS ANGELES -- Peace activists and religious organizations held a silent candlelight vigil Wednesday at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.

The peace action Wednesday was the latest demonstration in the city over the conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. The vigil attracted more than 50 members of the Quakers' American Friends Service Committee, the Los Angeles Jews for Peace and the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California.

Earlier Wednesday, dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Federal Building in Westwood to support the incursion into the Gaza Strip. Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli groups have held protests and counter-protests at the Israeli Consulate since the military action began.