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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Lib Dem MP Layla Moran fears for relatives in Gaza Strip

Layla Moran
Layla Moran told Good Morning Britain her family were unable to move safely inside what she called an ‘open-air prison’. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

The Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran has told of her fears for relatives in the Gaza Strip, who she said were unable to move to safety inside what she described as an “open-air prison”.

The party’s foreign affairs spokesperson, who became the UK’s first MP of Palestinian heritage when she was elected in 2017, said extended family had been forced to seek sanctuary in a church after their house was hit by an Israeli bomb following the Hamas attacks.

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