Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has mentioned he’s “desperately worried” about whether or not his household who’re trapped in Gaza are alive or lifeless after shedding contact with them.
The first minister mentioned he final spoke to the dad and mom of his spouse Nadia El-Nakla at round 7.30am on Friday earlier than communications have been reduce off as Israel expanded floor operations in a single day.
His in-laws travelled to the area earlier than the Hamas assault on Israel on 7 October and have been trapped ever since.
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“We are one of many thousands of families, I suspect, across the world who are desperately worried about whether or not our loved ones are alive or dead and I simply don’t know the answer to that question,” he instructed Sky News.
Mr Yousaf mentioned within the final dialog he had along with his mother-in-law, Elizabeth, a retired nurse, she instructed him there had been an intense evening of bombing and that the household residence, which normally has 10 folks in it, was housing 100 folks.
“The hundred in the house spent a fair chunk of the evening deciding which room they would go in and which corner they would huddle into should there be an airstrike that hits the home,” he mentioned.
“Because they wanted to find out if the house does crumble, where would they be the safest.
“That is not a dialog anyone ought to should have – definitely not any harmless males, ladies and kids.
“So you can imagine we are feeling quite numb, to be frank, and desperately worried about their safety.”
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Mr Yousaf mentioned his mother-in-law and father-in-law Maged, a retired enterprise proprietor, are amongst an estimated 200 UK residents considered in Gaza, who “feel abandoned by the UK government”.
He additionally reiterated requires an instantaneous ceasefire, including: “How many more children do we need to die until people are unequivocal, their demand for no more bombs to be falling on any innocent man woman or child?”
Source: information.sky.com”