HUMZA Yousaf has shared a heart-breaking update from his family in Gaza as they brace for another round of Israeli bombings.
The former first minister shared a note from his wife Nadia El-Nakla which detailed how her cousin Sally had been “evacuated/displaced more than 10 times”.
El-Nakla wrote: “Her flat in Hamad city was destroyed and she had been living at my dad’s house in Deir Al Balah.”
The SNP councillor went on to say that her cousin’s husband had an operation earlier this week and that the couple have four children.
“Today [Wednesday] my dad’s house and my extended family received an evacuation order,” she wrote.
"They have no place to go. Sally is looking for a cart to carry blankets.”
Yousaf shared his wife’s comments, shared on her Instagram story, in a tweet.
He wrote: “Nadia's cousin and family told to evacuate my father-in-law's house in Gaza where they're taking refuge.
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“No Hamas. Just innocent men, women and children now looking for a cart for their possessions, hoping to survive another day.
“Somehow, the world watches on, incapable of humanity.”
Yousaf was an outspoken advocate for Palestinians facing bombardment from Israel while first minister and has remained vocal since leaving office.
He earlier this week welcomed an apology from SNP minister Angus Robertson (above) for meeting with the Israeli deputy ambassador.
El-Nakla, a Dundee councillor and the convenor of the SNP Friends of Palestine group, was reunited with her parents last year after they were stuck in Gaza for around a month after Israel began its bombardment of Palestine in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7.
She met with First Minister John Swinney in the wake of Robertson’s controversial meeting and received assurances that there would be no further meetings between the Scottish Government and Israel under the current circumstances.
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