British man killed in Gaza - reports

THE Foreign Office is urgently investigating reports that a British national has been killed in Gaza.

Around 1,700 people have died since the conflict started. Picture: Getty

The man, said to be from Rochdale, apparently died in an Israeli strike on the town of Rafah yesterday.

A spokesman for the department said: “We are aware of the reports of the death of a British national in Rafah and are urgently looking into them.”