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Sir Keir Starmer appears to be keeping a low profile today as Labour frontbenchers continue to defy the party line over Israel's bloody assault on Gaza.
The Opposition leader doubled down on his opposition to a ceasefire between the IDF and Hamas on Tuesday, saying it would only benefit the terrorists by giving them space to regroup.
Instead he has lined up alongside Rishi Sunak and other western leaders urging 'humanitarian pauses' to allow aid into Gaza and people out.
However senior MPs have continued to indirectly call for a ceasefire to avoid claims they are avoiding collective responsibility - where politicians tow the party line or quit/are sacked from ministerial or shadow ministerial senior jobs.
Slough MP Tan Dhesi became the latest to do this last night after a highly controversial Israeli airstrike on Hamas targets in a refugee camp.
The Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury tweeted that a 'cessation of hostilities' was needed.
The Opposition leader doubled down on his opposition to a ceasefire between the IDF and Hamas on Tuesday, saying it would only benefit the terrorists by giving them space to regroup.
Slough MP Tan Dhesi, the Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, tweeted that a 'cessation of hostilities' was needed.
And another shadow minister, Imran Hussain, demanded 'an end to this bloodshed now'.
Shadow cabinet minister Liz Kendall this morning suggested that Labour MPs who defy party leader Sir Keir Starmer by calling for a ceasefire will not face action.
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