Humza Yousaf urges PM to call for ceasefire in Gaza
The leader of the Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf has urged Rishi Sunak to call for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza as discussions with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, commence. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 I'm afraid the update continues to be that my mother-in-law and father-in-law remain trapped in Gaza.
00:04 Every night of bombing that takes place, frankly, is torture for them and it's a nightmare for us
00:12 because we know the bombing intensifies during the night.
00:16 I know the Prime Minister is there and he will of course, quite rightly, unequivocally condemn the actions of Hamas, as do we.
00:25 I do hope he calls for an immediate ceasefire. I hope he'll also raise the plight of UK citizens,
00:32 not just my parents-in-law, there's many UK citizens we know that are potentially in Gaza,
00:37 and raises not just a ceasefire but the opening of a humanitarian corridor.
00:42 We need the Rafa border open, of course for aid to come in, which looks like a limited amount of aid might come in,
00:47 but also for people to be able to leave.
00:49 And I would expect the Prime Minister to make that case forcefully, given the fact that UK citizens have been caught up in this dreadful situation.