Rishi Sunak on Hamas attack: ‘We should call it by its name – it was a pogrom’

Rishi Sunak today addressed the House of Commons to make a statement on the conflict between Isreal and Hamas.

He said: “The attacks in Israel last weekend shocked the world. Over 1400 people murdered one by one. Over 3500 wounded. Almost 200 taken hostage. The elderly men, women, children, babes in arms, murdered, mutilated, burned alive. We should call it by its name. It was a pogrom”.

Leader of the Labour Party Sir Keir Starmer said: “Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, Israel was the victim of terrorism on an unimaginable scale. The senseless murder of men, women, children, even babies. The horrors of hostage taking, music festivals turned to killing fields. Innocent Jews slaughtered within their own kibbutz”.