The First Minister has called for a humanitarian corridor to be opened to allow civilians to be evacuated from Gaza ahead of an expected land invasion by Israeli armed forces.
Humza Yousaf has revealed his mother-in-law rang to say "her goodbyes" in a panicked call to the First Minister and his wife on Sunday morning.
"You can imagine the panic, and my mother-in-law was even saying her goodbyes, which was pretty hard to hear," he added.Yousaf and his wife, Nadia El-Nakla, have spoken candidly over the last week over their fears for their relatives. Speaking before the opening of the SNP conference in Aberdeen, the First Minister also backed a programme that would allow Palestinians and Israelis to flee to the UK.He added: “There’s many people who are worried about their relatives – Jewish, Muslim, Christian, atheist, agnostic – whether it’s those that are captured by Hamas or whether it’s those like my own family in Gaza.”
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