First Minister Humza Yousaf says Scotland is willing to be 'first country in UK' to offer 'safety and sanctuary' to residents of Gaza, adding Scotland's hospitals are ready to treat wounded men, women and children of Gaza.
First Minister Humza Yousaf says Scotland is willing to be "first country in UK" to offer "safety and sanctuary" to residents of Gaza, adding Scotland's hospitals are ready to treat wounded men, women and children of Gaza.A Palestinian child wounded in an Israeli air strike is carried inside the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, on October 17, 2023.
"In the past, people in Scotland and across the UK have opened our hearts and our homes. We've welcomed those from Syria, from Ukraine and many other countries…We must do so again," he added. "My brother-in-law is a doctor in Gaza. When we can get through to him on the phone, he tells us of scenes of absolute carnage, hospitals running out of medical supplies, doctors, nurses having to make the most difficult decision of all who to treat and who to let die. That can't be allowed."
"Scotland is ready to play her part in this, and our hospitals will treat the injured men, women and children of Gaza, where we can," he said.
Yousaf, 38, said Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla had limited themselves to an egg a day and sips of clean water as they rationed food so there was enough for their grandchildren.
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