Live: Starmer says UK must ’stand with Jewish community’ as he marks October 7 anniversary

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer marks the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks with a statement in the House of Commons on Monday. The prime minister has said that the UK “must unequivocally stand with the Jewish community” and reiterated his calls for a ceasefire as he marked one year since the Hamas attacks in Israel, which triggered Israel’s subsequent bombardment of 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. Today Israeli civilians mark the anniversary of Hamas’ deadly attack, during which they killed around 1,200 people and took 251 more hostage in Gaza, 101 of which remain in the enclave. Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have since been killed by Israel’s retaliatory air and ground attack in Gaza, according to the local, Hamas-run health ministry. The first anniversary comes against a backdrop of escalating violence in the Middle East, w