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The prime minister recalled feeling "a sickness" and "air of desolation" as he tried to make sense of "the enormity of this barbarous, planned, industrialised murder".

Jay stayed for three-and-a-half years, working for a man he later described as "barbarous" but insisting he managed to shield himself from lasting damage.

The questions have developed in the wake of Hamas’ barbarous sneak attack earlier this month and Israel’s crushing countermeasures, which have displaced hundreds of thousands of residents of Gaza, the Hamas-controlled territory bordering Israel.

"As an occupying power, Israel has no right or justification to target the defenceless civilian population in Gaza or elsewhere in Palestine," the Palestinian foreign ministry said, denouncing a "barbarous campaign of death and destruction".

"I will fight this barbarous and inhumane practice - just the thought of it makes me sick."