Scotland’s First Minister has said his mother-in-law has described living through “torture” in Gaza.
Elizabeth El-Nakla and her husband Maged – the parents of Humza Yousaf’s wife Nadia – travelled to Gaza before hostilities flared up earlier this month to visit family, becoming trapped.During a visit to the flood-hit town of Brechin, Angus, Mr Yousaf could be seen speaking on the phone, walking away from his advisers to take the call, which was later revealed to be from his mother-in-law.
“The whole night there will be missiles, rocket fire, drones – they don’t know whether they are going to make it from one night to the next. Mr Yousaf – on behalf of Elizabeth – went on to urge the UK Government to use its influence as an ally of Israel to “demand” the Rafah border crossing in the south of the Gaza Strip be opened for those who want to leave, and for more aid to be brought into the country.
“Because above and beyond my mother-in-law and father-in-law who are two people, there’s 2.2 million people in Gaza.
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