The British Prime Minister reiterated Britain’s support for the UK’s Jewish community and called the Hamas attack “an atrocity that is an existential blow to the very idea of Israel as a safe homeland.”
London, Thanasis Gavos,
At least six Britons killed and ten missing after the Hamas attack on Israel, the UK Prime Minister announced Rishi Sunak in an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the war in the Middle East.
Mr Sunack reiterated Britain’s support for the UK’s Jewish community and called the Hamas attack “an atrocity which is an existential blow to the very idea of Israel as a safe homeland”.
He went on to say that he supports Israel’s right to self-defense and to prevent further incursions into its territory, but noted that this must be done in accordance with international humanitarian law.
He reiterated the measures he has ordered regarding the additional British military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean, including the strengthening of British forces in Cyprus and other countries in the region, with the aim of preventing wider regional instability.
He added that at the same time he is making diplomatic efforts in this direction, having spoken, among others, with the Jordanian king and with the leaders of Turkey and Egypt.
Both Mr Sunak and the main opposition Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer condemned Hamas, stressing that it does not represent the Palestinian people.
Earlier the British Prime Minister had said that the opening of the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is a priority.
Expressing his concern about the humanitarian situation, he noted that he has raised the need to open Rafah for the evacuation of civilians and the influx of humanitarian aid with other leaders in various countries in the region, mainly with Egyptian President Sisi.
He also said he had stressed to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu the need to “minimize the impact on civilians as best we can.”
Mr Sunak was visiting a Jewish school in north London, in a further reassurance of his intention to protect the Jewish community from rising incidents of anti-Semitism.
In the same area, a Jewish organization reported that two schools were vandalized. In the shadow of these cases, it is estimated that 40% of parents did not send their children to their Jewish school last Friday.
Source :Skai
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