A cross-party group of MPs has written to the government urging them to bring sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK "without delay" for treatment.

In a letter to senior ministers, 96 MPs stressed children are at risk of imminent death and any barriers to their evacuation should be lifted.

They warn the healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has been "decimated" and have requested a timeline of evacuations, as well as adequate funding.

More than 50,000 children have been killed or injured since the war in Gaza begun in October 2023, according to the UN charity Unicef.

The letter, co-ordinated by the Labour MP and GP Dr Simon Opher, said essential infrastructure in Gaza has been destroyed, and a long "blockade" of food, water and medical supplies and the ongoing violence has led to a medical and humanitarian catastrophe of "horrific proportion".