Sunak condemns ‘abhorrent’ killing of British-Israeli sisters and mother

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged both sides in the Israel-Palestinian dispute to de-escalate tensions following a wave of violence.

Rishi Sunak condemned the attack (Phil Noble/PA) (PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak has condemned the “abhorrent” attack which claimed the lives of three members of a British-Israeli family.

Lucy Dee, 48, died on Monday from injures suffered during the terrorist attack in the West Bank on Friday which killed her daughters Rina, 15, and Maia, 20.

Rabbi Leo Dee said his daughters were killed by 20 bullets from a Kalashnikov rifle and his wife was shot twice in the suspected Palestinian shooting on Friday.