A British citizen is currently stranded in Gaza amid ongoing missile strikes after Israel came under attack from Palestinian terrorists.
Israeli ambassador to the UK Tzipi Hotovely told Sky News that there was at least one British national there “at the moment”.
She said: “I know there is one British citizen who is in Gaza at the moment.
“The Israeli government is doing everything we can to help those who are held hostage and every citizen who is taken is returned.”
So far, more than 600 people have died after Palestinians launched a shock attack on Israel on Saturday, October 7.
Militants from the Hamas group launched thousands of rocket missiles across the border with members of the group paragliding into Israeli territory.
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