Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that 'we must unequivocally stand with the Jewish community' and reiterated his calls for a ceasefire as he marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks.Monday is one year since the Hamas attacks in Israel, which triggered Israel's subsequent conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.Sir Keir described October 7 2023 as "the darkest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust" and said that "collective grief has not diminished" in the year since, and reiterate

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said that 'we must unequivocally stand with the Jewish community' and reiterated his calls for a ceasefire as he marked the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks.Monday is one year since the Hamas attacks in Israel, which triggered Israel's subsequent conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon.Sir Keir described October 7 2023 as "the darkest day in Jewish history since the Holocaust" and said that "collective grief has not diminished" in the year since, and reiterated his calls for a ceasefire.The anniversary comes against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office having helped hundreds of people to leave Lebanon in recent days.