The DUP representative said:

“The scenes we have watched unfold on our screens over the last number of days are horrific. Innocent men, women and children, slaughtered indiscriminately by Hamas terrorists, for no other reason than sheer hatred of the Jewish people.

This is violent antisemitism that is taking the lives of hundreds of innocent people. It is wrong, and any right minded person would see it as wholly and utterly wrong. Our sympathies are with all those who have suffered loss.

This is a deeply volatile situation and it is important that the international community rally behind Israel as they face this terrorist threat. We have seen that those who glorify terrorism here are openly endorsing the actions of their terrorist allies in Hamas. Such an approach in shameful but not surprising.

I know the vast majority of constituents in Upper Bann will, like me, stand with Israel and support its right to defend itself from acts of terror. Our Government must do the same.”