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Peer claims bombs ‘more horrific than Hiroshima’ dropped on Palestinians

Source: PA Archive

Bombs “more horrific than Hiroshima” have been dropped on Gaza, a peer said as she insisted protest marches will continue until the “slaughter stops”.

Baroness Uddin said she hopes the marches will “yield peace and justice”, adding the cause of Palestine has been “awakened in the hearts of all citizens throughout the nations”.

She added the UK is “so complicit with Israel’s breaking of international laws

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