Humza Yousaf and Nadia El-Nakla have said their family in the Gaza Strip feels like “they’re waiting to die”.

Speaking to STV News on Tuesday, the former first minister and his wife said they feel angry and “unbelievably helpless” as relatives starve in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Just last week, they said councillor El-Nakla’s father’s cousin was shot in the street.

Some family members have managed to escape Gaza. But El-Nakla’s cousin Sally, her husband, and their four children remain stuck.

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“She feels like they’re going to die, and they’re just desperate to leave,” El-Nakla told STV News.

“She’s begging me if there’s anything we can do to leave. It’s heartbreaking, it’s unimaginable, and yet we’re watching it.

“I send Sally a voice note through Instagram pretty m

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