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| The Foreign Office is urgently investigating reports that a British national has been killed in Gaza. | The Foreign Office is urgently investigating reports that a British national has been killed in Gaza. |
| The man, said to be from Rochdale, apparently died in an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Sunday. | The man, said to be from Rochdale, apparently died in an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah on Sunday. |
| A spokesman for the department said: "We are aware of the reports of the death of a British national in Rafah and are urgently looking into them." | A spokesman for the department said: "We are aware of the reports of the death of a British national in Rafah and are urgently looking into them." |
| David Cameron said the apparent death of the man underlined the need for "an immediate unconditional humanitarian ceasefire observed properly by both sides". | |
| Speaking on a visit to the Loos Cemetery in northern France, Mr Cameron said: "I'm extremely concerned about these reports and we are doing everything we can to get to the bottom (of them) and find out exactly what has happened. | |
| "I don't want to say anything before we've been able to do that but this only reinforces the need for an immediate unconditional humanitarian ceasefire observed properly by both sides. | |
| "This slaughter, this killing has got to end." |
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