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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Ellie Ng

Mother of sole British hostage in Gaza ‘wants solutions not sympathy’

Mandy Damari spoke about her daughter Emily’s plight at a press conference in London (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

The mother of the last remaining British hostage in Gaza has said she wants “solutions, not sympathy” as she appealed to the Government to help keep her daughter alive in captivity ahead of securing her release.

British-Israeli Emily Damari, 28, was kidnapped on October 7 last year and has been a hostage for 426 days, her mother Mandy told a press conference in London.

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