Israel has gone ‘beyond self-defence’ in Gaza, says Labour’s Streeting
by Peter Walker Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#6JQR5)
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Israel has gone beyond reasonable self-defence" in its attack on Gaza, a Labour frontbencher has said, as the party prepares for a potentially difficult Commons vote on the crisis later this week.
Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, said it was possible that Israel had broken international law in its military campaign, which has killed more than 28,000 people in Gaza since the 7 October massacre of Israelis by Hamas.
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