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UK's Starmer urges Middle East 'restraint' on Oct 7 anniversary

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A child is drapped in an Israeli flag as people light candles after a ceremony of commemoration for the victims of the October 7 Hamas attack at a Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary on October 7, 2024. [AFP]

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday urged "all sides" in the Middle East conflict to "find the courage of restraint", on the first anniversary of Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

Addressing lawmakers in parliament, the UK leader said the region "cannot endure another year of this" and that "civilians on all sides have suffered too much".

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