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British government's humanitarian aid to Palestine branded ‘pitiful’
Palestinians boy walks by the buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment on al-Zahra, on the outskirts of Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023.

EXTRA government humanitarian aid to help Palestinians survive the “incomprehensible horror” they are facing has been condemned as “pitiful” by the chair of a cross-party Commons committee.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Monday that British humanitarian aid to Palestine would increase by a third, amounting to £10 million.

Labour MP Sarah Champion, chair of the cross-party international development committee (IDC), said: “The additional £10m in humanitarian aid the UK is offering for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is pitiful.

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