Scotland's leader Humza Yousaf said his wife's parents were fast running out of food and drinking water in Gaza and could die if unable to leave soon.
Yousaf's parents-in-law live in Scotland but were visiting relatives in Gaza when Hamas militants poured into Israel and killed 1,300 people last weekend.
"Their supplies are going to run out very soon. They are down to their last rations ... They are obviously thinking about the kids," he told Reuters in an interview, citing information gleaned from short calls over patchy phone lines. He visited a synagogue in Scotland last week to comfort the family of a Jewish man who died in Israel, telling them: "Your grief is my grief".
"There is no doubt that collective punishment is a breach of international law," he said. "I don't know why people are dancing around on that issue. There are rules of engagement." "If we do not act as an international community, it will be a significant stain on our conscience for many years to come," said Yousaf, whose wife was born in Dundee to a Palestinian father and Scottish mother.
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