“We continue to stand by Israel’s right to defeat the threat from Hamas terrorists and defend their security. But the whole of the UK is shocked by the bloodshed,” he said in a statement.
“This terrible conflict must end. The hostages must be released. The aid –- which we have been straining every sinew to deliver by land, air and sea -– must be flooded in,” he added.
The bloodiest-ever Gaza war began on October 7 with an unprecedented Hamas-led attack from Gaza by Palestinian terrorists who killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The terrorists also took 253 hostages, about 130 of whom remain in Gaza, including over 30 that the Israeli army says are dead.
“Today marks six months since the terrorist outrage of 7th October –- the most appalling attack in Israel’s history, the worst loss of Jewish life since the Second World War,” Sunak said. READ MORE
