ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: French President Francois Hollande sent a message of hope to the people of Israel and Gaza, during a WW1 commemoration ceremony alongside the German President Joachim Gauck in Alsace on Sunday (August 3).<br/> <br />The Presidents marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War at a ceremony at Hartmannswillerkopf, the site that saw some of the worst fighting during the war.<br/> <br />More than 30,000 French and German soldiers died during the fighting in Hartmannswillerkopf. Within one year, the mountain peak was won and lost eight times.<br/> <br />The show of solidarity between France and Germany, formally bitter enemies but now strong allies, comes at a poignant moment as the world's attention is focused on the increasing crisis in Gaza.<br/> <br />"To those who are losing hope about the peace process in the Middle East, we couldn't send a more beautiful message than today's. France and Germany's history proves that determination can ove
