UK backs Israel’s right to go after Hamas: Sunak

TEL AVIV: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday said the UK supports Israel’s right to defend itself in line with international law and to fight against Hamas after the terror group launched attack on Tel Aviv on October 7. “I want to share the deep condolences of the British people and stress that weabsolutely support Israel’s right to defend itself in line with international law, to go after Hamas…We also recognise that the Palestinian people are victims of Hamas too,” the British PM said while delivering a joint statement alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu post their private meeting at the prime minister’s office in Jerusalem. Sunak said he was “sorry” to visit Israel in “such terrible circumstances”. He said: “In the last two weeks, this country has gone through something that no country, no people should have to endure, least of all Israel…”He further said he welcomes Israel’s decision to ensure that routes into Gaza will be opened for humanitarian aid to enter. “I am glad that you made that decision. We will support it…We also want you to win,” Sunak said