Medical Aid for Palestinians calls for UK government to halt arms sales to Israel

Following the Israeli  attack on Mawasi, the British charity Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) has called for the UK government to "act urgently" to halt arms sales to Israel.

The charity said in a statement that, in the aftermath of Israeli strikes on displaced people sheltering in Mawasi, they had been forced to temporarily evacuate one of its medical points near the area.

"Al-Mawasi is heavily crowded and has a big market where people move around to try and secure their basic needs," MAP's Mohammed Al Khatib said.

The charity said it has been "warning for months that there is no safe place for anyone in Gaza amid Israel's military bombardment that ICJ [International Court of Justice] has concluded may amount to genocide".