London Mayor Sadiq Khan shared “Hamas propaganda” in his Ramadan declaration, the Israeli embassy in London and ambassador implicated on Thursday
Khan declared in a video on Sunday that Israel has actually eliminated “more than 50,000 Palestinians have actually been eliminated in Gaza as an outcome of Israel’s continuous military project, consisting of more than 15,000 kids.”
The stats supplied seem based upon contested figures released by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
As the holy month of Ramadan pertains to an end, I want to send my hottest desires to everybody commemorating Eid in London and around the globe. pic.twitter.com/B50Jijx4Ie
— Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (@MayorofLondon) March 29, 2025
Hamas acknowledged previously today, in contrast to previous figured supplied, that 72% of the casualties in the war have actually been fighting-aged males, US-based non-profit organisation Honest Reporting informed The Telegraph based upon an analysis of Hamas’s March 2025 casualty upgrade.
The horror group likewise does not differentiate in its figures the deaths of contenders.
” These betrayals of mankind must tax our cumulative conscience. However I’m happy that, while the global neighborhood has actually selected to avoid its look, Londoners have not,” the mayor stated.
Khan’s remarks drew criticism from Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely, who composed on X/Twitter: “I was incredibly disrupted listening to @SadiqKhan’s remarks in a video he launched at the start of Eid events. His discuss the casualties from the continuous war in Israel as ‘betrayals of mankind’ appear a stunning misstatement.
” His additional remarks that ‘the global neighborhood has actually selected to avoid its look’ were likewise unreasonable. If that held true, then possibly it needs to look towards Hamas and the atrocities they have actually devoted.”
I was incredibly disrupted listening to @SadiqKhan’s remarks in a video he launched at the start of Eid events. His discuss the casualties from the continuous war in Israel as “betrayals of mankind” appear a stunning misrepresentation.His even more comments that “the … https://t.co/SsgzrmCaTc
— Tzipi Hotovely (@TzipiHotovely) April 3, 2025
The embassy informed The Times in reaction, “The war is an outcome of the ruthless and dreadful attack by Hamas, a proscribed horror company in the UK, which was troubled Israel on October 7, 2023.
” It is worrying that throughout the message, there is no reference of Hamas or any condemnation of terrorism and a require the release of 59 captives that are being kept in dreadful and inhumane conditions.”
The embassy included that “Hamas terrorists killed individuals of all faiths and none, with impunity” on October 7, eliminating more than 20 Muslim Israelis and kidnapping 6 others – and talked about Hamas’s abuse and abuse of Palestinians, a problem unmentioned by Khan.
” The worths that Mr Khan mentions should not be used selectively,” an embassy spokesperson included.
A representative for Khan reacted, “The mayor has actually consistently communicated his outrage at attacks by Hamas on Israel and has actually highly condemned these acts of terrorism. He is deeply saddened by the loss of all lives and continues to support require a long-term ceasefire.”
This is not the very first time that the London mayor’s discuss Gaza landed in hot water. Khan formerly released an apology to the UK Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis after he suggested the rabbi was Islamophobic following a difference on calls for a Gaza ceasefire.
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