Scottish first minister says wife’s mum in Gaza called to ‘say goodbyes’ at 3am | UK News

The mum-in-law of Scotland’s first minister was left in the middle of the street with her family as she feared being killed by a missile strike in Gaza.

Elizabeth El-Nakla called Humza Yousaf and his family to ‘say her goodbyes’ he said on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning.

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As he spoke on the BBC show his voice almost cracked as he told how at around 3am today, his mother-in-law called the family as she was scared of her relative’s house being attacked.

According to Mr Yousaf, it however turned out to be a false alarm.

He said he could ‘imagine the panic’ as her neighbours around her were told to leave their homes.

Mrs El-Nakla and her husband, Maged, travelled from Dundee to the Gaza Strip last week.

The Scottish first minister’s in-laws were visiting Maged’s ill 92-year-old mother and their son, Mohammad, who has an eight-week-old child.

Now the family are trapped within the Palestinian territory after Hamas, the militant group which governs Gaza, launched a surprise incursion Saturday.

In a tearful 40-second-long video to BBC News last week, Elizabeth said: ‘I am currently in Deir al-Balah with my husband’s family, my family, my grandchildren.’

Close to tears, she added: ‘We have no electricity. We have no water. The food we do have, which is little, will not last because there is no electricity and it will spoil.

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