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Backbench Labour MP condemns Hamas
15 May 2018 13:34 BST
LONDON - Joan Ryan, a backbench Labour MP and chair of Labour Friends of Israel, has attacked militant group Hamas for stoking violence in Gaza.
She told MPs: "The death toll on the Gaza border yesterday was truly terrible and the violence must stop, but Hamas must end its cynical exploitation of the peace process, and the IDF must show restraint and do all they can to minimize civilian casualties".
He comments came during an emergency debate on the issue in the UK parliament.
Labour MP Wes Streeting told the debate: "Defending the border is not a licence to kill".