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Grant Shapps and Oliver Dowden appear to laugh during Sunak's Israel and Gaza statement

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Watch: Grant Shapps and Oliver Dowden laugh during Sunak’s Israel and Gaza statement

Grant Shapps and Oliver Dowden were filmed laughing behind Rishi Sunak as the prime minister delivered a statement on the Israel-Hamas conflict in parliament on Monday, 16 October.

The defence secretary and the deputy prime minister appeared to smile as they held a conversation behind Mr Sunak, who called for a "better future for the Israeli and Palestinian people."

During Mr Sunak's speech in parliament, he said that at least six Britons were killed in Hamas’s “pogrom” in Israel and a further 10 are missing.

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