British PM Keir Starmer Shouted At 'Gaza' While Speeching At Labor Party Meeting

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer/PHOTO via Instagram @keirstarmer

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was interrupted by a protester when he delivered a speech at a Labor Party meeting in Liverpool.

Protesters, who interrupted Starmer's speech briefly, shouted about Gaza. Starmer continued his speech with applause.

"This person has clearly received permission from the 2019 conference. We have changed his party," Starmer joked in response to the interruption.

"While he protested, we have changed parties, that's why we have the Labor Party government," added Starmer.

Israeli military attacks in the Gaza Strip killed 22 Palestinians. Israeli forces continue to fight Hamas-led fighters in Rafah, near the border with Egypt.

Violence in Gaza comes as fighting escalates between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah forces on the Israeli border with Lebanon a parallel conflict that sparks fears of a major war in the Middle East.

Israeli tanks moved in the northern and western regions of Rafah, against Hamas fighters and Islamic Jihad, according to residents and statements published by two Palestinian militant groups.

Reported by Reuters, Tuesday, September 24, residents said Israeli soldiers blew up several houses in the eastern and central regions of the city.

The armed wing of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said the fighters attacked the attack troops with anti-tank rockets, detonated the planted bomb and mortar fire.

Palestinian health officials said the 22 people were killed in several Israeli airstrikes in the central and southern Gaza Strip. In one of the attacks, six Palestinians were killed, including three women, in a house in Nuseirat, one of the eight historic refugee camps in the region.