David Lammy calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

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Newly appointed foreign secretary David Lammy has said he wants to see “an immediate ceasefire” in the Israel-Gaza conflict. “I will do all I can diplomatically to support Joe Biden in bringing about that ceasefire,” he said speaking from the Foreign Office. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00Clearly, many people across our country are distressed at the images that we have been

00:07seeing from Gaza over many, many months. All of us want to see an immediate ceasefire and

00:14I will do all I can diplomatically to support Joe Biden in bringing about that ceasefire.

00:21We also want the hostages out and we want unfettered aid to get in to Gaza. And in the

00:27end, we must work towards that two-state solution and have a clear path to progress.

00:33All of us recognise the agony of communities who have seen the scenes coming out of Israel

00:39and Gaza. But the job now is to get to work with tireless diplomacy to support an immediate

00:46ceasefire and move towards getting those hostages out and the aid in.

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