The PM said the pauses had been discussed at the UN as he announced an RAF plane is flying to Egypt with 21 tonnes of humanitarian aid.
Rishi Sunak has backed “specific pauses” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas to allow British nationals to escape Gaza and let aid in but rejected calls for a ceasefire.
Mhairi Black, the SNP’s deputy leader in the Commons, said Britain has a “human responsibility” to all civilians in Gaza but particularly so to UK nationals who she said are in hospitals in Gaza with no food, no water, no medicine and “no way out”. United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has sparked a diplomatic storm with his comments on the Israel-Hamas conflict
Mr Sunak said: “Our team are on the ground ready to receive, we will continue to do everything we can do increase the flow of aid – including fuel – into Gaza.” The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says the death toll has continued to rise after Israeli air strikes overnight
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