Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the ongoing violence in Gaza, said: 

“The killing of sleeping Palestinian children taking shelter in a school has horrified even those hardened to sustained suffering. 

“The reaction of people across the world to these scenes of bloodshed is to ask how many more children will die before a cessation of violence is achieved. 

“Indeed the growing number of Palestinian civilians being killed is rightly provoking international outrage, and the continuing incursion into Gaza risks further international isolation for Israel and further international condemnation of its actions. 

“Labour opposes the Israeli incursion into Gaza and reiterates its call for a ceasefire to now be agreed, to secure an end to the bloodshed and suffering and to allow dialogue, in time, to replace violence.”