Her parents, Elizabeth El-Nakla and Maged El-Nakla, travelled from their home in Dundee to a Palestinian territory, the Gaza Strip, to see their relatives last week.Humza Yousaf’s in-laws were going to see Maged El-Nakla’s 92-year-old mother, who is ill, and their son, Mohammad, who has an eight-week old child of his own, along with three other children.
Hamas has since killed more than 1,200 people in Israel, according to Tel Aviv officials – while Palestinian officials say 1,354 have been killed and an additional 338,000 displaced in Gaza.El-Nakla – who is also a Dundee City councillor – told the BBC, “they are just terrified.”She added that her mother has not slept since Monday and feels like “every part of her body is shaking”.