What is happening in Gaza is simply about “Israeli expansion at the expense of the Palestinian people,” according to Jeremy Corbyn, the former head of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party, Anadolu Agency reports.

Speaking to the news outlet, Corbyn defined the resumption of Israeli attacks after the end of a series of humanitarian pauses as “abominable and appalling.”

“The bombing has started again. The ceasefire, temporary cease-fire is over. Civilians have been killed … It’s got to stop. That’s why we’re demanding a ceasefire now,” said Corbyn, who is the MP for the constituency of Islington North.

To a question about the objective of Israel’s assault, Corbyn pointed to a larger plan to expel Palestinians entirely from the Gaza Strip.

“I think it is about expelling the entire population of Gaza, away from Gaza through the Rafah crossing in the south into the Sinai,” he said.

He said such a move will “just create another Gaza, another hellhole,” while “settlements will then follow all over Gaza.”

“This is a war about Israeli expansion at the expense of the Palestinian people. And the rest of the world seems blind to the reality of what is happening,” he said.