Gaza ‘siege conditions’ unacceptable, says Lammy as Labour toughens line on Israel

Shadow foreign secretary toughens line on Israel-Palestine in light of shocking number' of dead civilians

• Labour will work for a Palestinian state | David Lammy

Labour has warned that the siege conditions" in place in Gaza are unacceptable and called for an immediate humanitarian pause to the fighting, in the party's strongest intervention over Israel's intensifying war against Hamas.

David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary who visited the region last week, said that the number of dead Palestinian civilians and children is shocking" as he called on Israel to take further steps to stop a humanitarian catastrophe". He said that Israel must uphold international law" and also warned of violence in the West Bank.