00:00The situation in Gaza, as the Prime Minister has said repeatedly, is utterly horrific and intolerable.
00:06The scale of loss of civilian life, the attack on humanitarian aid workers that we've seen,
00:13the destruction of civilian facilities, including hospitals, has been a horror show, frankly.
00:19And we've worked with other international allies and partners to try and unblock the barriers to aid,
00:27to end the siege in Gaza, to get aid in and people out of harm's way, including children,
00:32that we've been successfully evacuating for treatment here in the UK, thanks to generous support.
00:39Is that enough? Has the international leadership delivered the results that we want to see?
00:45No. And the Prime Minister, I mean, today he's meeting the King of Jordan, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary.
00:52They are working intensively with international allies and partners in the region and internationally
00:59to try and put pressure on the Israelis to help bring an end to this bloody conflict
01:04and the intolerable loss of civilian life that we see.
01:07Well, the question of whether it meets the bar for genocide is a question for international courts to weigh up.
01:15So whether or not it meets the legal bar, frankly, I'm not qualified to judge.
01:19Whether or not we use that term and whether or not the courts make that judgment
01:26doesn't alter the fact that we can see with our own eyes that innocent children are dying in great numbers.
01:35They are either starving or they are being bombed.
01:38And it's not just children, it's other innocent civilians, it's civilian infrastructure.
01:42What happened in terms of the abduction of Israeli hostages on that appalling day?
01:50I mean, it was barbaric and we condemn it.
01:53But it is no justification for what we are seeing now inflicted on innocent people in Gaza.
01:59And that's why the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary are working intensively with international allies
02:04to try and bring an end to this, the return of the hostages, the ceasefire we want to see
02:08and crucially the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
02:11And believe me, those of us who are in positions of power in government
02:15feel the same frustration as the people who are out marching on the streets
02:20because we want to see an end to this conflict.
02:23We want to see peace for Israelis and for Palestinians
02:26and we want to see justice and statehood for the Palestinian people.
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