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| The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a British national has been killed in Gaza. | The Foreign Office is investigating reports that a British national has been killed in Gaza. |
| A spokesman said UK officials were looking into reports that the person was killed in Rafah on Sunday. | A spokesman said UK officials were looking into reports that the person was killed in Rafah on Sunday. |
| Health officials in Gaza say 1,800 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed since the conflict with Israel escalated on 8 July. | Health officials in Gaza say 1,800 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed since the conflict with Israel escalated on 8 July. |
| Sixty-seven Israelis have died, all but three of them soldiers. A Thai national working in Israel was also killed. | Sixty-seven Israelis have died, all but three of them soldiers. A Thai national working in Israel was also killed. |
| A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the reports of the death of a British national in Rafah and are urgently looking into them." | A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the reports of the death of a British national in Rafah and are urgently looking into them." |
| A seven-hour "humanitarian window" announced by Israel in parts of Gaza has ended - it did not include Rafah. | |
| Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander welcomed that ceasefire but said reports of the death of a British aid worker only confirmed that "suffering continues". | |
| He said the killing of civilians and children in Gaza in recent days represented "both a moral failure and a strategic error". | |
| "Hamas displays no regard for human life and must cease firing rockets into Israel and digging tunnels to facilitate the murder of civilians," Mr Alexander added. | |
| "But sustainable security for Israel cannot be achieved simply by permanent blockade, aerial bombardment and periodic ground incursion." | |
| Meanwhile, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced the UK is to provide a further £2m in emergency aid for Gaza. | |
| Further aid | |
| The funds will help provide mattresses, blankets, nappies, cooking equipment and other essential supplies for nearly 8,000 families who have fled the conflict. | |
| It will go to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's (UNRWA) Gaza flash appeal. and brings the UK's total funding for Gaza to £15m. | |
| On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said there had been "an appalling loss of life" in the region. | On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said there had been "an appalling loss of life" in the region. |
| He also said the UN was right to speak out against an Israeli attack near a UN-run school in Gaza on Sunday, which Palestinian officials said killed at least 10 people. | |
| UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attack "a moral outrage and a criminal act". | UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called the attack "a moral outrage and a criminal act". |
| Mr Cameron said the UK government had been "very clear that there needs to be an immediate, comprehensive, humanitarian ceasefire and that we want this conflict to stop - and we obviously think that it's an appalling the loss of life". | Mr Cameron said the UK government had been "very clear that there needs to be an immediate, comprehensive, humanitarian ceasefire and that we want this conflict to stop - and we obviously think that it's an appalling the loss of life". |