SDLP leader Claire Hanna has said the situation in Gaza is 'deteriorating, with more people dying every day' and that the UK government must act. Photograph: GettyUK prime minister Keir Starmer has been urged to recall parliament and “impose immediate sanctions” on Israel in a letter from political leaders in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The signatories included the North’s First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, SDLP leader Claire Hanna and her party’s leader in the Assembly, Matthew O’Toole, as well as Alliance leader Naomi Long and People Before Profit leader Gerry Carroll. “We are demanding the immediate recall of parliament and an intervention that sends a clear message to the Israeli government that this cannot continue,” she said. However, it is not yet clear when any children may arrive in Northern Ireland.
