Rochdale family-of-10 trapped at Gaza border crossing

Zaynab Al-Wandawi and her in-laws are trapped in Gaza

A family of 10 from Greater Manchester who are stuck in Gaza are pleading with the British Government to help them escape.

The Al-Attar family from Rochdale arrived two days before Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, prompting a bombardment of Gaza.

The family have fled to the border crossing with Egypt and have been posting videos online.

The Foreign Office has been contacted for a comment.

Zaynab Al-Wandawi, her sister-in-law Ikram, plus her husband, his mother and his seven brothers are at the Rafah crossing near Egypt.

"Every single day we are bombarded with bombs, and each one we hear we think 'who did that kill?'," said Zaynab.

"We have contacted the British embassy to see if they get their own citizens out but with no success.

"No more bombs please get us home."

The Al-Attar family thought they were safe in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, where the Israelis told people in the north to flee to for safety.

But they are now at the Rafah crossing, trying to get into Egypt, with thousands of others.

Gaza has been bombed repeatedly since the 7 October attack

The prime minister and foreign secretary are said to have been pushing for the release and safe passage of British subject trapped or being held hostage in Gaza.

The family's MP Tony Lloyd said: "I would like the Foreign Office to give them every help to get home."

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has yet to respond to a request for a comment.

However, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spelled out the government's position on Wednesday, saying: "We do want British nationals to leave leave Gaza and we want hostages to be released, but there have to be specific pauses for this to happen."

Ikram Al-Attar, a student at the University of Manchester, pleaded: "Please help call for a ceasefire - no more bombs, no more children need to die."

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