Rishi Sunak Calls Hamas Attacks a ‘Pogrom’ and Says Palestinians are ‘Human Shields’

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the House of Commons at least six British citizens were killed and ten are missing, presumed dead, in Israel.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks to students at a Jewish secondary school in north London on Oct. 16, 2023. PA

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told the House of Commons the attack on Jewish people by Hamas terrorists last week was a “pogrom” and has said Palestinian civilians in Gaza were being used as “human shields.”

The prime minister told MPs: “The attacks in Israel last weekend shocked the world. Over 1,400 people murdered, one by one. Over 3,500 wounded, almost 200 taken hostage. The elderly, men, women, children, babes in Arms, murdered, mutilated, burned alive. We should call it by its name. It was a pogrom.”