05/08/2014 BBC News at Six

The Foreign Office minister Baroness Warsi resigns over

the conflict in Gaza, saying she can no longer support the government.

Sayeeda Warsi, who was the first Muslim ever to serve in the Cabinet,

says Britain's approach to Gaza is not in the national interest.

I have done everything can trying to convince my colleagues the current

policy on Gaza is morally indefensible and it is not in

British interests. not in the national interest.

On the ground in Gaza a 72-hour ceasefire is in place, but

the death toll after nearly a month of fighting stands at over 1800.

We'll be looking at the chances of the ceasefire holding and the impact

of Baroness Warsi's resignation. Also tonight.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The conflict in Gaza prompted a resignation from

the government here today, with the Foreign Office minister, Baroness

Warsi, saying British policy on Gaza is 'morally indefensible'.

Labour praised what it called a resignation of real integrity,

but the Chancellor, George Osborne, called it "unnecessary".

Here's our deputy political editor, James Landale: What language could

be used to describe these images? The government says the killing of

civilians in Gaza is intolerable, but it will not say the Israeli

response is disproportionate or criminal, and it is this lack of

condemnation which prompted this minister to resign, the first Muslim

woman in Cabinet decided she could no longer support the government 's

foreign policy. Over the last four weeks I have done everything I can

at formal and informal meetings to convince my colleagues that our

current policy on Gaza is morally indefensible, it is not in our

interests, not in British interests and it will have consequences in the

end I felt the government 's position was not moving. On a point

of principle I had to resign. The Prime Minister was informed of her

decision while on holiday in Portugal, shortly before it was

announced on social media. He said he regretted the decision. Others

had stronger language. This is a disappointing and unnecessary

decision, the British government is working with others to bring peace

to Gaza. We now have a tentative cease-fire which we hope will hold.

Lady Warsi once and for election in Dewsbury, in Yorkshire, and some

that they thought she had done the right thing. I would agree with her

on that. Other policies whatever, but I have to agree with her. I

support her, it is good, yes. I think Israel has gone beyond. What

can you say. Cider Warsi has long been a supporter of David Cameron

without being part of his inner circle -- Sayeeda Warsi. I am proud

to be standing here with the first Muslim woman in a cabinet. She was a

symbol perhaps that the Tory party was changing, but she was also

outspoken and mocked his reliance on fellow old Etonians. David Cameron

says he has expressed grave concern about civilian casualties and called

on Israel to exercise restraint, but her resignation means he's on much

firmer pressure to do things. This is a serious matter of international

policy. I like her, would like the UK to have a more constructive

policy. People have been shocked by the casualties and suffering we have

seen in Gaza, and I hope David Cameron will reflect on what she

says in her resignation letter. To change his approach. Yesterday Lady

Warsi took part in an act of remembrance over an old war. Today

though, she delivered an act of defiance over a new one.

James Landale: In Gaza, the three-day ceasefire

between Israel and Hamas appears to be holding - Israeli ground

troops have pulled out, but the human cost of the

four week conflict is clear. On the Palestinian side,

more than 1,800 people have been killed,

according to the UN most of them were civilians.

67 Israelis have also died during the operation

- all but four of them soldiers. Our correspondent Jon Donnison is in

Beit Hanoun in the North of Gaza. 12 hours in, the cease-fire is

indeed holding. Today, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced

have been returning to their homes or what is left of them. Frankly we

have been out today and we have seen a devastating level of destruction.

We went to one of the worst affected areas, Beit Hanina and come in the

north of Gaza, to meet one Palestinian family. This man is 80.

north of Gaza, to meet one He has survived half a dozen wars in

Gaza, and a lifetime of struggle. He has

Gaza, and a lifetime of struggle. He home destroyed. For the third time.

Mohammed is one of 34 grandchildren. He is salvaging what he can from the

rubble of what was his fourth wall. He is only 14. This was the man's

bedroom. It was a room with a view. One mile away in the dust, you can

see the Israeli tanks withdrawing. He was a headteacher, he taught

history. He is not a Hamas supporter but he says this war did not start

one month ago with rockets and air strikes, it is about Israel's

decades long military occupation and the land. We want this returned to

us now. Gaza Strip. And the West Bank. Will you stay? Yes, I will