Scottish First Minister announces his wife’s family stranded in Gaza

Scottish Regional First Minister Hamza Yusuf told reporters that his wife’s mother and father, who live in Scotland, were in Gaza to visit his father-in-law’s 92-year-old sick mother during the events in Israel and Gaza. and they were stranded in the region.

Stating that the Israelis told them to leave the country but that it was not possible for them to leave the country, Yusuf noted that the British Foreign Office could not guarantee safe passage.

“THEY ARE STUCK IN GAZA”

Yusuf said: “As many people know, my wife is Palestinian. Her mother and father live in Dundee, Scotland. “They were in Gaza and I’m afraid they are trapped in Gaza right now.” he said.

Yusuf, who said he was worried about whether his mother-in-law and father-in-law would survive, said they “couldn’t sleep at night” because of their anxiety and sadness.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, launched a comprehensive attack against Israel on the morning of October 7, called the “Aqsa Flood.”

As thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel, Palestinian armed groups attacked and seized the Beit Hanun-Erez border gate on the Gaza-Israel border.

Armed groups then entered settlements inside Israel from here and the Israeli army launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of fighter jets.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced that 560 people were killed and 2,900 injured in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

Israeli forces had killed 16 Palestinians in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank since October 7.

The Israeli press claimed that more than 800 Israelis were killed and 2,400 people were injured in the attacks from Gaza. (AA)