AN SNP MP was furious as David Lammy failed to condemn Israeli airstrikes killing women and children.
Brendan O'Hara, SNP MP for Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber, could be heard shouting "they're babies" and "children" as the Foreign Secretary described Israel's war on Gaza as “one of the most complex of atrocities”.
It comes after Israel resumed heavy strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, shattering a ceasefire that had halted the war and facilitated the release of more than two dozen hostages.
Gaza's health ministry said at least 436 people, including 183 children and 94 women, have been killed since Tuesday, with 678 people wounded.
Speaking in the Commons on Thursday, O'Hara asked Lammy: “The inhumanity and the depravity that we witnessed on Tuesday defies belief.
“But what it does show is that after 17 months, Israel understands fully what impunity is because Netanyahu shattered that fragile ceasefire killing 400 civilians sheltering in tents, mostly babies and toddlers, knowing there would be absolutely no consequence for his action.
“So could the Foreign Secretary tell me, could he think of any other conflict at any other point in history when the UK would have accepted one of its closest allies and one of its closest military partners designating babies and toddlers as legitimate military targets?”
Lammy responded: “The whole House will have heard his language.”
O’Hara then shouted “they're babies” and “children”, as Lammy continued: “I think the whole house also understands that this is one of the most complex of atrocities.
“There are atrocities on both sides of this conflict and I just remind him of the scenes of those murdered horrendously on October 7. What we need now is more light and less heat.”
Earlier on Thursday, Lammy U-turned on his repeated assertions that Israel is breaking international law in Gaza – as he told MPs that a British national had been wounded amid renewed bombings of the occupied region.
Lammy said that although there was a “clear risk” of Israel breaching the law, it was for the courts to decide.
It came after Lammy twice on Monday told MPs that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government was guilty of breaching international laws.
Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed at least 58 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip overnight on Wednesday and into Thursday, according to three hospitals.
The strikes hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women and children as they slept.
