Humza Yousaf’s in-laws are preparing evidence for the International Criminal Court (ICC) from their time being stuck in Gaza , he has said.
The former first minister’s wife’s parents were trapped in the territory in the wake of the October 7 attacks and caught in Israeli reprisals.
It took almost a month for Elizabeth and Maged El-Nakla to escape.
In that time, Elizabeth made a number of impassioned pleas for peace over social media.
The things they saw - of which they're compiling evidence for the ICC who want eye-witness accounts of what's happened in Gaza so they're in the midst doing that - I think will live with them until their dying breath
Humza Yousaf, former first minister
Asked if they had recovered from the trauma, Mr Yousaf said: “I am, but I’m not sure they are, being frankly honest.
“My mother-in-law, in particular, still finds that experience extremely traumatising.”
He added: “The things they saw – of which they’re compiling evidence for the ICC who want eye-witness accounts of what’s happened in Gaza so they’re in the midst doing that – I think will live with them until their dying breath.”
Speaking at an event with broadcaster Matthew Stadlen on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the former first minister recounted a story they had told him.
“My mother-in-law tells me of hearing a blast nearby, they thought the house had been hit, they went outside and lying in their front garden was an eight-year-old girl with a broken spine.”
Mr Yousaf reiterated his position that the UK Government should ban arms sales to Israel.
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