British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has been forced to run for cover after rocket warning alarms went off during a visit to southern Israel following the Hamas massacre.
In a video broadcast on social networks, the Foreign Minister is seen running into a building in Ofakim followed by a crowd of people while sirens warned of an imminent rocket attack.
Israel’s official X account, managed by the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, assured that it was the “reality” with which its people live daily.
Ofakim, located in southern Israel and whose population exceeds 30,000, was attacked by Hamas terrorists on Saturday and liberated by security forces on Sunday.
Cleverly had arrived in the country a few hours earlier to demonstrate the United Kingdom’s “unwavering solidarity” with Israelis following the Hamas terrorist attacks last Saturday.
In a statement released this Wednesday, the Foreign Office indicated that the head of this portfolio “will meet with survivors of the attacks and senior Israeli officials to underline the United Kingdom’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself.”
There are seventeen British citizens, including children, who appear on the list of “dead or missing” after the Hamas attack, as indicated this Wednesday by the BBC.
The family of Jake Marlowe, missing since Saturday, received confirmation this Wednesday that he has been found dead. The Briton, 26, was working as a security guard at the Supernova music festival when he was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists.
A spokesperson for the Israeli embassy in the UK told Sky News that “Marlowe’s death has been confirmed in southern Israel” and that “repatriation plans are being put in place.”