I recently attended an event in Parliament organised by Medical Aid for Palestinians and Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding).
Khaled, a doctor from MAP, who was recently working in Gaza spoke movingly about his experience of trying to treat people who were likely to die from treatable diseases and treating children injured by the bombing.
I had the privilege of meeting the Palestinian Ambassador Dr Husam Zumlot who spoke about the urgent need for a ceasefire, the suffering of the Palestinian people and deteriorating humanitarian crisis.
We need an urgent ceasefire. The violence must stop. Too many lives have been lost. Urgent aid needs to reach people safely in Gaza.
The inalienable right of the Palestinian people to an independent and sovereign state must be honoured.