两名英国议员在以色列被拘留
英国外交部长拉米说，以色列拘留两名英国议员，并拒绝他们以英国议会代表团成员身份入境。
综合法新社和路透社报道，拉米星期六（4月5日）晚间说，以色列拘留两名英国议员是不可接受的。
天空新闻引述以色列移民部的一份声明称，被拘留的议员是英国工党议员杨缘（Yuan Yang）和阿布蒂萨姆·穆罕默德（Abtisam Mohamed），他们被拒绝入境是因为两人涉嫌计划“记录以色列安全部队活动并传播反以色列仇恨”。
两人于星期六从卢顿飞往以色列。
拉米说：“我向以色列政府同行明确表明，这不是对待英国议员的方式，我们已在今晚与两名议员取得联系，为他们提供支持。”
他说：“英国政府仍把重点放在恢复以哈停火并进行谈判，以停止流血、释放人质并结束加沙地带冲突。”
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