Govt: No children should be dying in Gaza

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Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer has condemned the 'incredibly distressing' scenes emerging from Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on a school.   Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00The statement from the Prime Minister and the leaders of France and Germany just underlines

00:04how concerned we are about the risks of escalation in the region. We're making a strong statement of

00:09the need for calm in the region and to Iran in particular not to escalate the situation.

00:14This is incredibly distressing the scenes that have come from Gaza over the course of the weekend.

00:18No children should be dying. It just underlines our determination to have an immediate ceasefire

00:25and we have been calling on all sides, including the Israelis, to make sure that children are not

00:29caught up in this devastating violence. There have been important efforts including by the

00:34US President, the leaders of Egypt and Qatar. There is still a deal on the table and we're

00:39urging all sides to show flexibility and reach for it. Events over the last few weeks have

00:43demonstrated just how devastating it is not to have the immediate ceasefire that

00:48we have been calling for since we became the government.

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