{"id":194718,"date":"2023-10-09T10:56:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194718"},"modified":"2023-10-09T10:56:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T10:56:22","slug":"rishi-sunak-calls-cobra-meeting-as-he-vows-to-support-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/rishi-sunak-calls-cobra-meeting-as-he-vows-to-support-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak calls Cobra meeting as he vows to &apos;support&apos; Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rishi Sunak calls Cobra meeting as he vows to &#8216;support&#8217; Israel with military kit and intelligence resources after Hamas attack<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow all the latest developments in the Israel crisis on MailOnline here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rishi Sunak\u00a0is holding a Cobra meeting today as he vows to support Israel with military kit and intelligence resources.<\/p>\n<p>The PM will convene the emergency committee as the death toll rises in the aftermath of the bloody attacks by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>At least 700 people are feared to have been killed in Israel and more than 400 in Gaza, after the terrorist group launched its surprise assault &#8211; slaughtering citizens and taking hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Among the dead was 20-year-old Nathanel Young, a Briton serving in the Israeli Defence Services who died at the Gaza border on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip after declaring war and vowing to destroy the &#8216;military and governing capabilities&#8217; of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/11\/76331865-0-image-a-28_1696846615254.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak will convene the emergency committee as the death toll rises in the aftermath of the bloody attacks by Hamas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/11\/76319201-0-Shocking_footage_from_the_aftermath_of_the_attack_shows_festival-a-29_1696846620379.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shocking footage from the aftermath of the attack shows festival tents empty, with abandoned cars of those trying to escape strewn on the side of the road<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/11\/76318541-0-A_missile_explodes_over_Gaza_City_last_night_as_Israel_carries_o-a-30_1696846625338.jpg\" height=\"857\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A missile explodes over Gaza City last night as Israel carries out airstrikes following Hamas&#8217; attack\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak said that the UK was in &#8216;close dialogue&#8217; with Israel over any support it needed, after holding a phone call with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We already have a very long-standing relationship with Israel, we&#8217;re one of their strongest allies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve provided in the past the kinds of equipment that they&#8217;ve used to defend themselves over the past couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And as I said to the Prime Minister, we will continue to provide \u2013 whether that&#8217;s diplomatic, intelligence or security support \u2013 as they need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m chairing a Cobra with my ministerial colleagues this afternoon, when we&#8217;ll continue to discuss the situation, but we&#8217;re in close dialogue with our Israeli counterparts&#8217;, he told a business event in Newark, Nottinghamshire.<\/p>\n<p>Two other UK nationals \u2013 26-year-old Jake Marlowe, who went to the same London school as Mr Young, and photographer Dan Darlington \u2013 are believed to be missing.<\/p>\n<p>The Government is helping the families of several individuals in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, it is understood.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Office has advised against all but essential travel to the region due to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak said it is a &#8216;complex&#8217; situation, as he acknowledged many will have concerns about family members caught up in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know it will be an anxious time for many families who have loved ones in the region,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a quite complex situation on the ground, so we are working very closely with our Israeli counterparts to establish the status of any British nationals on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That work is under way as we speak.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Young, a former pupil at JFS Jewish School in north London, died after a surprise attack by Palestinian militants caught Israel off-guard on a major holiday.<\/p>\n<p>His loved ones said they are &#8216;heartbroken&#8217;, while the father of Mr Darlington said he believes his son, who was visiting from his home in Berlin, Germany, is missing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/11\/76279603-12610199-Footage_appeared_to_show_hostages_being_taken_by_Hamas_militants-a-32_1696846897945.jpg\" height=\"833\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Footage showed hostages apparently being taken by Hamas militants into Gaza over the weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/11\/76286097-12610199-A_woman_in_Tel_Aviv_picks_her_way_through_rubble_late_on_Saturda-a-31_1696846891958.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A woman in Tel Aviv picks her way through rubble late on Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Mr Marlowe was reported missing while providing security at a music festival near Kibbutz Re&#8217;im, close to the Gaza border.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Communities minister Lee Rowley warned any potential protesters not to &#8216;glorify&#8217; the violence of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Labour&#8217;s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves also condemned the attack<\/p>\n<p>She told Times Radio: &#8216;Israel has been attacked by terrorists. It has every right to defend itself, get its hostages back and protect its citizens.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s defence minister has ordered a &#8216;complete siege&#8217; on the Gaza Strip, saying authorities will cut electricity and block the entry of food and fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Israel are said to be in &#8216;control&#8217; of the border communities, with no fighting going on as of mid-morning on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>All UK Government buildings were asked to light up in Israeli blue and white on Sunday evening, with the country&#8217;s flag projected on to the outside of No 10 in a show of support.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12610199\/Rishi-Sunak-Cobra-Israel-Hamas-Palestine-attacks.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak calls Cobra meeting as he vows to &#8216;support&#8217; Israel with military kit and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":194717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rishi Sunak calls Cobra meeting as he vows to &amp;apos;support&amp;apos; 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