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For those of you just joining or waking up, a total of 33 MPs have signed a motion of no confidence in the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

The motion was proposed by Tory MP William Wragg in reaction to Hoyle's handling of the Gaza ceasefire vote.

Sir Graham Brady, the senior Tory MP in charge of the backbench 1922 Committee, is among the signatories.

The full list of Tory and SNP signatories can be found here, external.

Quentin Sommerville
BBC Middle East Correspondent

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On Wednesday the UK air-dropped aid into Gaza for the first time since war broke out under a deal with Jordan.

Four tonnes of supplies including medicines, food and fuel were delivered into the strip on a Jordanian Air Force plane on Wednesday.

Packages fitted with parachutes floated down to the Tal al-Hawa Hospital in northern Gaza - where the UN has been warning of looming famine.

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the aid would save lives and keep the hospital running.

The UK has until now only sent aid to Gaza by land and sea, but northern Gaza - a wasteland after nearly five months of war - is impossible to reach.

On Tuesday the World Food Programme said it would stop sending food trucks to northern Gaza after they came under fire.

Read Quentin Sommerville's full report on UK aid supplies reaching Gaza here

Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent

Sir Lindsay Hoyle has a big job to do today to regain the confidence of MPs.

The Labour party don't really have a problem with what he did because they say what he did was in his power to do and it's happened before.

The problem he has is that the SNP particularly are furious because they feel what was meant to be their day of debate got hijacked because a Labour amendment was chosen to be voted on first and theirs never reached a vote.

The Conservatives are pretty cross too.

Hoyle explained his actions saying he wanted all perspectives to be debated, but there has been a lot of criticism. This morning government sources are saying what happened was unprecedented and that he has to account for what's happened.

They're also asking if he was under pressure from Labour and if he was being induced to do this.

The Labour side have said this is total nonsense, it's up to the Speaker to decide, this has been done before and in the end, their amendment did pass.

Sound and fury aside, it was the Labour amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire", that was ultimately voted through by the Commons yesterday.

This was different from the SNP's original motion for an "immediate ceasefire", the text of which also referred to “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” which is a technical term amounting to a war crime.

Labour's position emphasises the role of Hamas, alongside Israel, in bringing about a lasting pause in fighting.

It also calls for "rapid and unimpeded" humanitarian relief to be allowed into the Gaza Strip.

The amendment passed.

Here's a brief rundown of the events in the Commons that have sparked such controversy:

• Sir Lindsay Hoyle sparked fury on the SNP and Tory benches when he broke with convention to allow a vote on a Labour motion for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
• The row erupted on a day which had been designated an SNP opposition day, meaning they could put forward motions for debate and vote

• The Speaker later said he came to this decision so that MPs could express their view on "the widest range of propositions", but was accused of allowing Labour to hijack the debate
• His decision meant Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer avoided another potential rebellion over the party's position on Gaza, after suffering a major revolt in November
• It also meant there was no vote on the SNP's motion for an "immediate ceasefire"
• This sparked fury, with some SNP and Tory MPs seen walking out of the chamber
• Hoyle also faces calls to resign, with 33 MPs signing a motion declaring they have no confidence in him

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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the fallout from the vote in the Commons over calls to end the fighting Gaza.

The day was supposed to be spent debating an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire, but in a break with convention, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle chose the Labour Party's amendment in addition to the government's amendment to the original motion.

The debate fast descended in chaos, with the Speaker accused of allowing it to be “hijacked” by Labour and some MPs walking out of the Commons.

Hoyle later apologised, but still faces calls to resign.

Now, some 33 Tory and SNP members have signed a motion declaring they have no confidence in the Speaker.

Stick with us on this page for all the latest developments, reaction and analysis to this extraordinary political moment.

Nadia Ragozhina
Live reporter

Thanks for being with us.

You can read the full story of today's confusion in the Commons and the passing of Labour's call for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" here.

Today's live page was edited by me, Paulin Kola and Emily McGarvey.

The writers were Gabriela Pomeroy, Barbara Tasch, Jennifer McKiernan, Chas Geiger, Graeme Baker, Esme Stallard, Ece Goksedef, James Gregory, Jake Lapham, Jeremy Culley, Alex Smith and Emily Atkinson.

We are preparing to close this live page, so let's try to unpick what happened today, and what it actually means.

What's the one clear takeaway?

Labour's call for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza was approved.

What was supposed to happen today?

It was opposition day, when opposition parties can set the agenda in the Commons. It was the Scottish National Party's turn today, and they wanted the Commons to vote to demand an "immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.

The governing Conservatives put through an amendment, and so did Labour. Opposition parties very, very rarely get to amend other opposition parties' propositions.

So why all the chaos?

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle accepted both - breaking with established precedent and sending the House into meltdown. Tory and SNP MPs walked out. That left only the Labour amendment standing.

Hoyle apologised, but several MPs called for his resignation.

What, ultimately, does the proposition passed today mean?

It does add to calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, but ultimately neither Hamas nor Israel will pay it any attention.

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Meanwhile, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel has gathered evidence that Hamas gunmen "systematically and intentionally" committed sexual crimes during the 7 October attacks on Israel.

A report by the umbrella organisation , externaldescribes "identical patterns" of sexual violence at multiple locations.

These allegedly included violent rapes of women conducted "collectively" or "in front of an audience".

On 7 October, hundreds from the Palestinian armed group infiltrated southern Israel, where they killed about 1,200 people and took 253 others hostage.

Israel responded by launching a military campaign in Gaza, during which 29,300 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

• You can read more about the report here.

As we've been reporting, SNP and Conservative MPs walked out of parliament today during a debate on a ceasefire in Gaza. The walkout was over parliamentary procedures.

More than 30 MPs have signed a motion of no confidence in the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

They are protesting over Hoyle's handling of the Gaza ceasefire vote. The motion was proposed by Tory MP William Bragg.

Sir Graham Brady, the senior Tory MP in charge of the backbench 1922 Committee, is among the signatories.

The full list of Tory and SNP signatories can be found here, external.

Quentin Sommerville
Reporting from on board Jordanian airforce plane

As British MPs attempted to vote on a Gaza ceasefire, banking sharply over the Mediterranean sea, in two passes, the royal Jordanian airforce Hercules dropped the four tons of British aid directly into northern Gaza, just after sunset.

The pallets, fitted with parachutes and GPS trackers were bound for an area just to the north of a Jordanian army field hospital in Gaza City. The UK has until now only sent aid to Gaza by land and sea.

But northern Gaza, a wasteland after nearly five months of war, is impossible to reach. The World Food Programme has suspended deliveries there because its convoys had endured “complete chaos and violence” it said.

There’s a heavy Israeli military presence there. Much of the population were forced south. But still, an estimated 300,000 Palestinians remain, with little food or water.

The UN has been warning for months of a looming famine in the north. The British Jordanian delivery contained diesel, critical medical equipment, and ration packs for patients and medical staff.

As the last pallet sailed into the night sky, the Jordanian air crew saluted. It landed right on target, they said.

SNP MP Pete Wishart has been speaking about his disappointment at today’s events in the House of Commons. His party’s motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza was scuppered by Westminster party politics.

The MP for Perth and North Perthshire told the PA news agency he was “appalled and horrified”.

"The debate was hijacked by the Labour Party," he said.

He said observers would be "disgusted at what they've seen. This was a day that deserved and required some serious attention... and what they got was an absolute circus."

He said he had never seen anything like it in his time as an MP.

“I've been through Iraq, through the whole dramas when it came to the independence referendum, through Brexit, and there has never been a day quite like this."

In his first reaction after today's confusion in the Commons, Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Tories and the SNP of "choosing political games over serious solutions".

"Today was a chance for Parliament to unite and speak with one voice on the horrendous situation in Gaza and Israel. It was in that spirit that Labour put forward an amendment calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," the Labour leader said in a statement.

He called it a "serious plan" for an incredibly serious situation.

"Unfortunately, the Conservatives and the SNP decided to walk out hand-in-hand, refusing to vote on this serious matter, yet again choosing political games over serious solutions," Starmer adds.

Both SNP and Tory MPs exited the Chamber in protest over the vote on the Labour amendment, which passed went through "on the nod", which means without division for the amendment to be voted on.

Starmer said that it is clear that "only Labour that will put country over party and silly political games in order to deliver."

Paul Adams
Diplomatic correspondent, reporting from Jerusalem

While Westminster’s debate descended into chaos, closer to the fighting there was a possible shift as a member of Israel’s war cabinet indicated that a deal to release Israeli hostages (in return for an extended ceasefire) may be a little closer.

In a televised statement this evening, Benny Gantz said there were "attempts these days to promote a new outline and the initial signs that indicate an intention to move forward. We will not miss any opportunity to bring our girls and boys home.”

He did not give more details.

A report in this morning’s Haaretz newspaper said that for the first time in weeks, there were “signs of cautious optimism,” following a redoubling of American efforts and talks in Cairo between officials from Egypt and Hamas.

Until now, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has described Hamas’s demands as “delusional”, and it’s not clear how, or even if, these have changed.

It’s likely that Israel and Hamas remain far apart on the terms of a deal. There is no suggestion yet that a deal is imminent.

The House of Commons descended into chaos today amid wrangling over parliamentary procedure and a walkout of furious SNP MPs as well as some Tory parliamentarians.

But as confusion reigned in the chamber, Labour's amendment to the SNP's motion was passed.

The amendment calls for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in Gaza, but does not include mention of the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” which is a technical term amounting to a war crime and which was part of the text of the SNP motion.

The Labour amendment also “condemns the terrorism of Hamas” and notes “that Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence”. It calls for the release of hostages and international aid to be let through to Gaza.

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Stephen Flynn from the SNP has been telling BBC News he wanted to call for a ceasefire in Gaza with his party's motion, but "this place has turned it into a complete pantomime."

The SNP motion was unable to be voted on, he says, because the Labour party put pressure on the Speaker so that "Labour's show was the only show in town."

"This was all about something so much bigger than us and yet here we are talking about all of the wrong things" he says.

While MPs were tearing into each other inside the Houses of Parliament, an organised rally was being held outside calling for peace. Protesters sent a clear message what they wanted by beaming it on to the Elizabeth tower housing Big Ben.

"Stop bombing Gaza," read the message. "Ceasefire now."

Well that was quite a show.

Somewhere in the chaos of this evening the Commons voted unanimously for the Labour amendment calling for a Gaza ceasefire - although technically due to a walkout by other parties they were the only ones really voting.

The scenes were not appreciated by some of those charities dealing directly with the effects of the war in Gaza.

Halima Begum, the chief executive of ActionAid UK, said her charity was "extremely disappointed to see the utter paralysis in Parliament this evening".

"A great disservice has been done to the British people," she said "It’s time to put people’s lives above politics."

Care International's boss Helen McEachern meanwhile condemned the "theatrics" of MPs, adding that "arguments over parliamentary procedure do nothing to assist the people of Gaza".

Harry Farley
Political correspondent

As my colleague was saying, today's scenes in the Houses of Parliament were extraordinary.

Central Lobby, a few metres outside the entrance to the House of Commons, was packed full of camera crews and journalists, all trying to work out what was going on.

We could see as Conservative MPs and SNP MPs filed out into members' lobby in protest at the Speaker of the House of Commons.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle then returned to the House of Commons to apologise. “I regret how it ended up,” he said.

It is a significant moment for Sir Lindsay Hoyle. He appeared emotional as he left the Chair after his statement.

The wrangling over procedure continued.