JEREMY CORBYN demanded the government back justice for the Palestinian people today as MPs debated the Gaza crisis. 

Urging the government to support a ceasefire in the impending UN security council vote, Mr Corbyn said an end to hostilities was vital to “stop escalation in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.” 

He said without an end to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, justice for Palestinian refugees and a halt to the siege of Gaza “we will be back here again” in the years ahead. 

Labour MP Zarah Sultana joined other MPs in demanding that the government “listen to growing calls for a global ceasefire” after describing harrowing conditions in Gaza hospitals, where vinegar and washing-up liquid are being used to disinfect wounds. 

The mood over Gaza seemed to be shifting across the Commons, with veteran Tory back-bench MP Edward Leigh saying that Conservatives were growing more concerned about Israel’s “indiscriminate bombing” and that it was “not in our interest” to be associated with the onslaught. 

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell repeated the new mantra of a “sustainable ceasefire” based on the release of hostages and an end to Hamas missile attacks on Israel, but seemed sensitive to the shifting sentiment on the issue. 

Labour’s David Lammy, as ever, had nothing to offer beyond support for the government and the US administration line. 

The debate was triggered by Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran, who has family members sheltering in the besieged Holy Family church in Gaza, where two women were murdered by an Israeli sniper at the weekend and civilians are running out of food.