A Bolton MP has spoken out against a “horrific” Israeli attack on Palestinian refugees that killed 35 people. Israeli air strikes hit Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday, killing 35 people and hitting tents that Palestinian medics say had been sit up for refugees who had fled there. Now Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi says that the British government must do more to hold Israel accountable.
Ms Qureshi said: “Absolutely horrific scenes coming out of Rafah last night. “Bombing a refugee camp, burning civilians and children alive and this too a day after the ICJ ordered Israel to stop this offensive. Yasmin Qureshi MP resigned from Labour's front bench last November (Image: Newsquest) “Our Government had claimed they were against it so now we must see accountability.
” The air strikes came just two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah. More than half of Gaza’s population had sought shelter in the beleaguered city before Israel’s incursion earlier this month. This follows on from months of devastating conflict that has seen more than 35,000 and 1,400 Israeli’s killed since last October.
The war has reverberated across the streets of the UK since then and Bolton has been one of many towns and cities to host regular pro-Palestinian rallies. Rafah in the aftermath of the Israeli airstrikes (Image: Jehad Alshrafi/AP/PA) In November last year Ms Qureshi resigned from Labour’s front bench after the party.