Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has said that the return of his parents-in-law from Gaza was “bittersweet”, following their four-week ordeal under siege in the Palestinian territory, AFP reports.

“They are of course delighted that they are here but they are heartbroken that they had to leave family behind in Gaza,” the leader of the devolved government in Edinburgh told BBC Scotland.

He told reporters that his father-in-law was forced to say numerous painful goodbyes when he left the territory last week.

“He was really broken by the fact that he had to say goodbye to his mother, to his son, to their grandchildren, as well — the youngest of which is only three months old,” Yousaf said.