British Foreign Secretary David Lammy says he is “outraged by the Israeli government’s refusal to allow in sufficient aid” to Gaza.
“This is not a natural disaster,” he says, speaking in the House of Commons. “It’s a man-made famine in the 21st century.”
Israel’s reputation is “diminishing in the eyes of young people across the globe who look at this with horror,” Lammy says of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
He urges the Israeli government “to step back and recognize the reputational damage caused by its actions.”
He also blasts Hamas for “deliberately starving Israeli hostages.”
Calling for an immediate ceasefire and hostage release deal, Lammy says that “further military operations in Gaza City will only prolong and deepen this crisis. So together with our partners, we demand an immediate halt to this operation.”
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