High Wycombe faith leaders have urged David Cameron to help secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue.

The town’s Council for Christian Muslim Relations (CCMR) called on the Foreign Secretary to help convince the US government to support a United Nations resolution for a ceasefire.

The US was one of 10 countries to vote against a resolution for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza last month.

A total of 153 member states supported the resolution, while 23 – including the UK and Germany – abstained.

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CCMR chair Chauhdry Shafique wrote to Lord Cameron on January 8 called for a unanimous UN Security Council solution for a ceasefire to be adopted “without delay”.

Mr Shafique – who copied Wycombe MP Steve Baker into the letter – said the “failure” to back a ceasefire had led to an “enormous loss of innocent life in Gaza” and had prevented aid, water, food and fuel being delivered to help avoid famine and disease.

He added: “We call on HM Government to re-introduce this resolution and seek to persuade the US Government and all other members states of the security council to do likewise.”

The Foreign Secretary previously said the UK supports a ceasefire, but “only if it was sustainable” in the long term.

Some 1,200 people were killed as Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, while around 240 people were taken hostage.

Following Israel’s subsequent air strikes and other attacks on Gaza, more than 23,000 people have been killed, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry.

The Foreign Office has been approached for comment.