Sunak ‘appalled’ by British deaths in Israeli strike

The death of three British citizens in an Israeli strike has prompted fierce condemnation from the UK government. In a phone call on Tuesday night, Rishi Sunak told his counterpart told Benjamin Netanyahu that he was ‘appalled’ by the attack, which killed seven aid workers in a World Central Kitchen convoy. Sunak said that ‘far too many aid workers and ordinary civilians have lost their lives in Gaza and the situation is increasingly intolerable.’ He is now urging the Israelis to launch a ‘thorough and independent investigation into what happened.’

The three men killed – James Henderson, John Chapman and James Kirby – were all Armed Forces veterans and their deaths dominate the front pages of the national press today. Sunak’s sentiments are echoed by Keir Starmer, who condemned the attack as ‘outrageous’, ‘unacceptable’ and ‘horrifying’, adding: ‘This war must stop now. Far too many innocent people have died in this conflict.’