You may have seen that the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ensured No 10 Downing Street was lit up with the flag of Israel last night. This is in response to the devastatingly brutal attacks on civilians by the terror group Hamas.
I am proud to be one of more than 300 cross-party parliamentarians that have signed a statement of support too. This has been sent directly to the President of Israel, Isaac Herzog.
This unprecedented joint statement asserts our shared condemnation of the Hamas terror group and restatement of Israel’s right to self-defence.
This is a fast moving situation and some of the social media from the attacks is extremely distressing. My heart is with the families who have lost loved ones or who are missing. The government and police are working with Jewish communities and CST security in the UK too.